How to install Calibre 2.20 on Ubuntu 14.10/14.04 and other Linux Ubuntu Derivatives. Calibre is an open-source book management software for Linux Ubuntu Systems.
Calibre comes with many interesting features such as e-book viewer and conversion. It support eBook formats, including: epub, cbz, mobi and fb2. The software is multi-platform and it works on Linux, Windows and Mac OS X systems.
The latest version available is Calibre 2.20.0 and it can be installed on Ubuntu, Debian and Ubuntu Derivatives. To install Calibre 2.20.0 on Ubuntu, Debian and Ubuntu Derivatives follow the instructions given below:
Please note that there is no Calibre 2.20.0 repository available. The Calibre 2.20.0 can be installed via a python oneliner for the latest Calibre version. To install Calibre 2.20.0 on Linux systems, run the following commands in Terminal:
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()”
When the command is executed, the installation script downloads and extracts and installs the app in /opt/calibre folder.
To install Calibre 2.20.0 on Arch Linux, Manjaro, Antergos and other Arch Linux Systems, run the following command:
sudo pacman -Sy yaourt
sudo yaourt calibre
If you want to remove and uninstall Calibre 2.20.0 from Arch Linux, Manjaro and Antergos Systems, run:
sudo yaourt -Rsn calibre