Install Calibre library management (Ebook reader, viewer & converter) software on Linux Ubuntu Systems. Install Calibre 2.36 on Ubuntu 15.04 and Ubuntu 14.04 Systems.
The latest Calibre 2.36 adds many new and powerful features such as:
- Icon themes: Change the calibre icons easily via icon themes – You can now change the icons calibre uses easily via Preferences->Look & Feel->Change icon theme. Several icon themes are already available for calibre
- Conversion of all ebook formats to Microsoft Word (DOCX) files – Supports conversion of text styles, images, lists, tables, embedded fonts, etc. Produces DOCX files compatible with Microsoft Word 2007 or newer. Note that this code is very new, so there will likely still be kinks that will be worked out in the coming weeks.
- Allow opening ebook files and covers in external applications by simply right clicking on them in the Book Details panel – Now, you can right click on an ebook format or the cover in the Book Details panel, and open it with any application installed on your computer. calibre will automatically present you with a list of application capable of opening the file. Simply choose one, or if your particular application is not auto-detected, you can browse for it manually.
- Edit Book: A new reports tool that shows a summary of files, images, words, characters and styles used in the book – The reports tool is a great way to get an overview of the different parts of your book. Every line in the report is hot-linked, double clicking it jumps to the places in the book where that item is used.
Install Calibre 2.36.0 on Linux Ubuntu
Open Terminal and run the following commands to install Calibre 2.36.0 on Linux Ubuntu Systems – Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Derivatives:
On Arch Linux, Manjaro, ArchBang, Antergos and other Arch Linux derivatives:
$ sudo pacman -Sy yaourt
$ sudo yaourt calibre
On Linux Ubuntu, Debian, Linux Mint, Pinguy OS, Elementary OS, Deepin, Peppermint, Linux Lite, Fedora, CentOS, OpenSUSE, Mageia other Derivatives:
$ sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/master/setup/linux-installer.py | sudo python -c “import sys; main=lambda:sys.stderr.write(‘Download failed\n’); exec(sys.stdin.read()); main()”