In the ‘Title’, let’s put in ‘Rikki Tikki Tavi’. Let’s look at an example of how this works. You can uncheck any site you do not want to search for. On the left side is a list of the sites being searched for the criteria you entered. Here, you can enter an Author's name, Book Title or Keyword. Once you press the button another window opens.

At the top of the screen is a button that says 'Get Books'. Calibre has built-in search capabilities. The quickest way to add them, if you have none already, is to search for them. The library is empty and you can easily find books online to add. Once you start Calibre, you should see a screen similar to Figure 1. Once installed, you are ready to create your library of e-books.

Make sure you have these already installed before you execute one of the above commands. NOTE: You should already have the programs xdg-utils, wget, xz-utils and python 2 installed on your system to compile the code. Sudo -v & wget -no-check-certificate -nv -O- | sudo sh /dev/stdin

If you should get an error about an untrusted certificate then you should try the following command: The command will perform the whole install on your system.

Sudo -v & wget -nv -O- | sudo sh /dev/stdin Of course, you can always read an e-book on a smartphone.įor the full installation, including all of the dependencies, you can use the following command: Calibre will not only allowed to maintain and organize your library of e-books but also perform format conversions.Ĭalibre can also let you read your e-books on your system without needing an e-reader. For those who like to read, Calibre is a wonderful program for managing e-books.

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