How To Install calibre on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install calibre on Kali Linux. calibre is powerful and easy to use e-book manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install calibre on Kali Linux.

What is `calibre`

calibre is:

Calibre is a complete e-library solution. It includes library management,
format conversion, news feeds to e-book conversion, e-book viewer and editor,
and e-book reader sync features.

Calibre is primarily an e-book cataloging program. It manages your e-book
collection for you. It is designed around the concept of the logical book,
i.e. a single entry in the database that may correspond to e-books in several
formats. It also supports conversion to and from a dozen different e-book
formats.

Calibre supports almost every single e-Reader (e.g., Kindle, Kobo, Nook) and
is compatible with more devices with every update. Calibre can transfer your
e-books from one device to another in seconds, wirelessly or with a cable.
It will send the best file format for your device converting it if
needed, automatically.

Calibre can automatically fetch news from a number of websites/RSS feeds,
format the news into a e-book and upload to a connected device.

Calibre has also a built-in e-book viewer that can display all the major e-book
formats.

There are three methods to install calibre on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install calibre Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install calibre using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install calibre

Install calibre Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install calibre using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install calibre

Install calibre Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install calibre using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install calibre

How To Uninstall calibre on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the calibre package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove calibre

Uninstall calibre And Its Dependencies

To uninstall calibre and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove calibre

Remove calibre Configurations and Data

To remove calibre configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge calibre

Remove calibre configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove calibre configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge calibre

Dependencies

calibre have the following dependencies:

References

calibre website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install calibre package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.