How to Install Calibre on NetBSD

In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install Calibre on NetBSD. Calibre is an ebook management tool that supports various formats such as epub, mobi, pdf, and many more. The steps mentioned here are tested on NetBSD 9.1.

Prerequisites

Before we start, ensure that you have the following:

Installing Calibre

Calibre is not available pre-compiled for NetBSD, but it can be installed from the source. We will be compiling Calibre from source. Below are the steps to install Calibre:

  1. Install Dependencies
pkgin update
pkgin install python38 py38-sip py38-six py38-pyqt5 py38-cssselect \
  py38-lxml py38-dateutil py38-html5lib
  1. Download the Calibre source code
cd /usr/local
sudo wget https://download.calibre-ebook.com/5.24.0/calibre-5.24.0.tar.xz
sudo tar -zxvf calibre-5.24.0.tar.xz
cd calibre-5.24.0
  1. Build and Install Calibre
sudo python3 setup.py install
  1. Launch Calibre
calibre

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Calibre on NetBSD. Now you can use it to manage your ebook collection.

Conclusion

Calibre is a powerful ebook management tool that can help you organize and manage your ebook collection. We hope that this tutorial has helped you to install Calibre on NetBSD. If you face any issues or have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.

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