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Comment by vzaliva

3 years ago

I love Calibre but "sudo && wget | sh" installation on Linux makes me cringe. I wish there is an apk or snap.

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executesorder66  3 years ago

I mean, you could just install it from your package manager like a normal person. Those instructions are for when your are on some some obscure distro that doesn't package it, but you still want some way of getting it on your system.

Edit: I know on the download page it says "Please do not use your distribution provided calibre package, as those are often buggy/outdated. Instead use the Binary install described below."

But that is bad advice. If you want a recent package, then use a distro that frequently updates it's packages. Most people using distros with ancient packages, (Debian, Slackware) _want_ it that way!