Install Calibre Library in Ubuntu 12.10/12.04/Linux Mint

Install Calibre 0.9.9 Library in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 14/13

Calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books.

It has a cornucopia of features divided into the following main categories:

1. Library Management
2. E-book conversion
3. Syncing to e-book reader devices
4. Downloading news from the web and converting it into e-book form
5. Comprehensive e-book viewer
6. Content server for online access to your book collection

Bug Fixes:

• Fix rich text delegate not working with Qt compiled in debug mode.
• When deleting all books in the library, blank the book details panel
• Conversion: Fix malformed values in the bgcolor attribute causing conversion to abort
• Conversion: Fix heuristics applying incorrect style in some circumstances
• Possible fix for 64bit calibre not starting up

Improved news sources:

• Sivil Dusunce
• Anchorage Daily News
• Le Monde
• Harpers
• New York Times
• Weblogs SL
• Zaman Gazetesi
• Aksiyon Dergisi
• Endgadget
• Metro UK
• Heise Online

To install Calibre 0.9.9 in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/calibre
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install calibre

To install Calibre 0.9.9 in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/Linux Mint 13 open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/calibre2
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install calibre

That's it, Enjoy

Source: Calibre