ebook-convert is an app that can convert between different text format extensions, e.g., .epub to .mobi, .mobi to .text, etc. I found lots of web pages that explain this. ebook-tools is an app in pacman. I found one web page that claimed ebooks-tools contains ebook-convert.
I installed & uninstalled ebook-tools twice, (once via pacman gui, once via pacman cli). I uninstalled it because I couldn’t find ebook-convert in terminal. When I entered “ebook-convert” or “ebook-tools” into terminal, then terminal replied: “command not found.” Also terminal could not display ebook-convert man, help, or info, and I tried all these commands repeatedly.
Calibre (in pacman) does contain ebook-convert, according to many web pages. But my experience in the past with Calibre was bad. It was difficult or impossible to stop Calibre from reorganizing every ebook in my computer. I understand that I can install Calibre and use ebook-convert from the cli, without open the Calibre gui. I may try this if I can not successfully install ebook-convert from ebook-tools pacman.
I’ve used linuxmint-cinnamon about 7 years, but manjaro-cinnamon only about a month. I’m not a programmer, and I don’t understand the cli very well. But I’ve installed other apps via pacman, so I think I’m not making a simple mistake during the install.
My Questions:
- Why can’t I install ebook-tools & ebook-convert from pacman? Is there some other application I need to install in order to install ebook-tools?
- Does ebook-tools in pacman contain ebook-convert, and if so then is the ebook-convert in ebook-tools the same as the ebook-convert in Calibre?
- If I use Calibre only from the cli, and I don’t open the Calibre gui, then will Calibre still attempt to reoganize all my ebooks?