How to install Sigil EPUB Ebook Editor on Ubuntu 16.10 and Ubuntu 16.04 Systems. Sigil is an ebook editor for Linux Ubuntu Systems. Sigil is a free, open source, multi-platform ebook editor which is designed to edit books in ePub format (both ePub 2 and ePub 3).
Sigil-0.9.7
This Sigil-0.9.7 release is a mix of bug fixes and new features for both epub2 and epub3 users.
New Features
- Extend validation plugin interface with add_extended_result() method to allow better cursor positioning
- Extend TextTab and Tabs derived by it to position cursor based on offset
- Allow editing of page-map.xml files, xpgt files and other misc xml based files inside Sigil
- Update Windows builds use Python 3.5.2, VS2015
- Update Mac OS X builds and build instructions to use Python-3.5.2
- Remove support for python2.7 only plugins and simply Manage Plugins settings
- Update to Qt 5.6.1-1 with QtWebKit added back for release builds for Windows (VS2015) and Mac OSX
- Update Mac OS X and Linux build instruction documentation for recent changes
- Allow Linux Dictionaries to look up default paths for dictionaries passed in by build cmake settings
- Make the columns in the Manage Plugins table be sortable by the user
- Better detect undefined and non-existing url fragments to prevent issues when splitting or merging files
- Make tooltips for Run Plugin Icons show the name of the selected plugin on hover
- Upgrade from jquery 1.6.2 to version 2.2.4
- Upgrade from jquery.scrollTo 1.4.2 to version 2.1.2
- Upgrade to double sized 48×48 pixel icons for High DPI displays, Special Thanks to PatNY for creating our icons
Bug Fixes
- Allow tags in the svg and mathml namespace to automtically self-close if empty to help work around a bug in Kindlegen that will not seem to accept a closing svg image tag even though image is non-void
- Prevent TextTab from constantly recentering page when focus is lost
- Fix bugs in plugin basename_to_id when used with xpgt files or any unrecognized extensions
- Fix typos in pls mimetype in plugins
- Fix code synchronization issues among 3 places where file extensions are mapped to mimetypes
- Fix plugin readotherfile interface to rebuild the opf on the fly only if it has been modified
- Fix plugin validation issues with integer vs string representations of line number and character offsets
- Fix duplicate filename in multiple directories bug when updating CSS urls
- Fix bug in page-map.xml mimetype when “Add Existing …” is used
- Fix undefined behaviour shifting signed negative values in 3rdparty libs and fix many warnings
- Fix text vs binary file type recognition in the plugin interface (CSS and js files are text not binary)
- Fix too small toolbar icons on high dpi displays
- Fix bug that caused text highlighting to get lost on some systems when doing a CSS Find & Replace.
- Fix bug in plugin interface basename_to_id to recognize .htm extensions
- Fix bug in epub3 semantic popups to always refect the local name of epub:type setting
- Fix bug where creation on an HTML TOC could overwrite an existing Nav under epub3
- Fix manifest id not starting with alpha character bug
Be aware that Sigil-0.9.7 still enforces the need for epub3 to have and support an NCX so that it generates as backward a compatible epub.
Install Sigil 0.9.7 in Ubuntu
Open terminal and run the following commands to install Sigil EPUB Ebook editor on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu derivatives:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/sigil
sudo apt update
sudo apt install sigil flightcrew
Once installed, open Sigil ebook editor from Ubuntu Dash or Terminal.
Uninstall Sigil From Ubuntu
If you wish to uninstall and remove Sigil EPUB Ebook editor from Linux Ubuntu Systeme, run the following commands:
sudo apt install ppa-purge
sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/sigil
sudo apt-get update