[CentOS] Calibre installation fails on C7

Thu Dec 24 15:54:54 UTC 2015
Wes James <comptekki at me.com>

> On Dec 23, 2015, at 7:16 PM, Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 03:34:56PM -0700, Wes James wrote:
>> 
>>> On Dec 22, 2015, at 9:13 PM, Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 09:03:28PM -0700, Wes James wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Dec 22, 2015, at 8:06 PM, Fred Smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Attempting to install latest Calibre on Centos-7, getting:
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> typed in "calibre ssl install error” to google
>>>> 
>>>> first hit:
>>>> 
>>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26615914/calibre-fails-to-install <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/26615914/calibre-fails-to-install>
>>>> 
>>>> not sure if it helps (the no check cert option??)
>>> 
>>> Nope. makes no difference.
>> 
>> 
>> I just went through the build it yourself process.  Give this a try:
> 
> Wes, thanks for following up.
> 
> But I wonder if Calibre is worth that much work?
> 
> The specific problem I had can be worked around just by following the
> instructions on the Calibre downloadpge for "manual install". I did
> that and it appears to work properly.


Good!  I don’t know how Johnny keeps the centos distro rolling.  Getting all the pieces to make it work is quite interesting.

Happy holidays!  

-wes