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How to update deb-app in non-deb way without ruining deb database.

Asked by Steve Sargent

I have calibre installed on my system, from the package manager, but the features I need are in a newer version that does not have a deb file yet. The installer routine uses a python setup.py routine. I want to be able to use the latest version, but don't want to screw up any dependency issues or database issues. How do I install the newer non-deb version and manually update the apt database to reflect current changes. I've installed other software in the past that had a older version on the system and it caused problems when the update manager ran. I'd like to avoid that nightmare this time.

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Rohit R (rr0hit) said : 		#1

I think "checkinstall" package can help if you are compiling from a source tar ball. After " ./configure " and make run " sudo checkinstall " instead of " make install "

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Steve Sargent (gs-sarge) said : 		#2

I'm not using make. Calibre uses python with a 'setup.py install' script. Since the setup script is written by hand (I'm assuming this), this suggestion doesn't solve the problem in this case.

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Best Rohit R (rr0hit) said : 		#3

I found a .deb file for calibre 0.7.18 which is the latest version in maverick repository. You may manually download it from following link :

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/calibre/calibre_0.7.18+dfsg-1_all.deb

or you may add the maverick repository to your sources list. This should work fine. Or just wait till you upgrade to maverick. Hope this helps.

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Rohit R (rr0hit) said : 		#4

I found a .deb file for calibre 0.7.18 which is the latest version in maverick repository. You may manually download it from following link :

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/c/calibre/calibre_0.7.18+dfsg-1_all.deb

or you may add the maverick repository to your sources list. This should work fine. Or just wait till you upgrade to maverick. Hope this helps.

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Steve Sargent (gs-sarge) said : 		#5

this would help. thank you for the advice. At the moment, I uninstalled calibre and compiled it by hand successfully. It would be nice to do it the Ubuntu way, though. Thanks.. now I can.