25th August 2016, 1:05
(25th August 2016, 0:40)AJSlye Wrote: Another option would be to try using aptitude instead of aptget. Aptitude is more intelligent than apt-get and can handle downgrading or removal conflicting packages for you, but it will also make a series of recommendations based on different working scenarios for you to chose from.
Code:aptitude install calibre
I installed and tried aptitude with no luck---I asked it to "try harder" twice:
david@david-Inspiron-660s:~$ sudo aptitude install calibre
[sudo] password for david:
The following NEW packages will be installed:
calibre calibre-bin{ab} fonts-mathjax{a} libjs-mathjax{a} libjs-sphinxdoc{a} libpodofo0.9.3{a} libtidy-0.99-0{a} python-apsw{a}
python-bs4{a} python-cherrypy3{a} python-cssselect{a} python-cssutils{a} python-dateutil{a} python-feedparser{a} python-html5lib{a}
python-libxml2{a} python-lxml{a} python-markdown{a} python-mechanize{a} python-pil{a} python-pygments{a} python-pyparsing{a}
python-pyqt5{a} python-pyqt5.qtsvg{a} python-pyqt5.qtwebkit{a} python-repoze.lru{a} python-routes{a} python-sip{a} python-utidylib{a}
python-webob{a}
0 packages upgraded, 30 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 37.4 MB of archives. After unpacking 152 MB will be used.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
calibre-bin : Depends: qtbase-abi-5-5-1 which is a virtual package, provided by:
- libqt5core5a, but 5.7.0+dfsg-1+16.04+build5 is installed. - libqt5core5a, but 5.7.0+dfsg-1
+16.04+build5 is installed.
The following actions will resolve these dependencies:
Keep the following packages at their current version:
1) calibre [Not Installed]
2) calibre-bin [Not Installed]
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?]
I don't *need* Calibre but I do need a ebook reader able to handle different formats. Do you know of Lucidor or another ebook reader?