How To Install calibre-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install calibre-bin on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is calibre-bin
calibre-bin is:
Calibre is a complete e-library solution. It includes library management, format conversion, news feeds to e-book conversion, e-book viewer and editor, and e-book reader sync features.
This package contains the compiled architecture dependent plugins, the main package is called ‘calibre’. Task: ubuntustudio-publishing
Package: calibre-bin Architecture: amd64 Version: 4.99.4+dfsg+really4.12.0-1build1 Priority: extra Section: universe/text Source: calibre Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Norbert Preining [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 4519 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.6), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libhunspell-1.7-0, libhyphen0 (>= 2.8.7), libicu66 (>= 66.1-1~), libmtp9 (>= 1.1.5), libpodofo0.9.6 (>= 0.9.6+dfsg), libpython3.8 (>= 3.8.2), libqt5core5a (>= 5.12.2), libqt5dbus5 (>= 5.12), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.12.5) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.12.5), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.12), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.9), qtbase-abi-5-12-8, sip-py3api-12.7, python3 Recommends: calibre (>= 4.99.4+dfsg+really4.12.0-1build1) Filename: pool/universe/c/calibre/calibre-bin_4.99.4+dfsg+really4.12.0-1build1_amd64.deb Size: 768868 MD5sum: 0988f9eafce2e15e68afa7a36ca5a266 SHA1: bfb20fae49f9de9480527b6fb6f900eef0379256 SHA256: e8e11553fb0d7649a4ac81f9312e4d60a691c7e40586d88553145d9846aedb9f Homepage: https://calibre-ebook.com Description-en: powerful and easy to use e-book manager Calibre is a complete e-library solution. It includes library management, format conversion, news feeds to e-book conversion, e-book viewer and editor, and e-book reader sync features.
This package contains the compiled architecture dependent plugins, the main package is called ‘calibre’. Task: ubuntustudio-publishing
There are three methods to install calibre-bin on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install calibre-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install calibre-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install calibre-bin
Install calibre-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install calibre-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install calibre-bin
Install calibre-bin Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install calibre-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install calibre-bin
How To Uninstall calibre-bin on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the calibre-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove calibre-bin
Uninstall calibre-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall calibre-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove calibre-bin
Remove calibre-bin Configurations and Data
To remove calibre-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge calibre-bin
Remove calibre-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove calibre-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge calibre-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install calibre-bin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
