I read the answer here: Ebook-convert install problems - #2 by Yochanan
Yochanan seems to imply that the only way to get epub->mobi on Manjaro is via Calibre.
However, in other distros there is a tool called ebook-tools
that can convert from epub->mobi: source
However, I do seem to have ebook-tools
installed on Manjaro, but I believe this is some other package entirely:
And now that I investigate further, I’m not even sure what this package is doing because …
when I type ebook2text
, I get:
ebook2text --help
`ebook2text' converts e-books to plain text.
Supported formats include FictionBook 2, BBeB and various Palm-based formats.
Usage: ebook2text [OPTION] FILE
Options:
--info display document metadata instead of the text
--help show this help message
--version show version information
Report bugs to <https://sourceforge.net/p/libebook/tickets/> or <https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/>.
and the same for ebook2raw
& ebook2html
.
What exactly is ebook-tools
for? Is it for Okular?
No.
A look at the package shows this:
$ pacman -Ql ebook-tools
ebook-tools /usr/
ebook-tools /usr/bin/
ebook-tools /usr/bin/einfo
ebook-tools /usr/bin/lit2epub
ebook-tools /usr/include/
ebook-tools /usr/include/epub.h
ebook-tools /usr/include/epub_shared.h
ebook-tools /usr/include/epub_version.h
ebook-tools /usr/lib/
ebook-tools /usr/lib/libepub.so
ebook-tools /usr/lib/libepub.so.0
ebook-tools /usr/lib/libepub.so.0.2.1
ebook-tools /usr/share/
ebook-tools /usr/share/licenses/
ebook-tools /usr/share/licenses/ebook-tools/
ebook-tools /usr/share/licenses/ebook-tools/LICENSE
So … its not related to your other commands “ebook2*
” … those are owned by package libe-book
.
A quick look found a number of other tools that fit your needs. From readers to convertors … ex:
aur/lector 0.5.1-1 [+18 ~0.00]
Qt based ebook reader with support for PDF, epub, fb2, comicbooks, mobi, azw
aur/kcc 5.6.1-2 [+27 ~0.87]
Kindle Comic Converter converts comic files or folders to ePub or Panel View MOBI
Then please show us the source that is used to build that ancient package. Your source is from 2018, a lot has chanced since then.
The current ebook-tools
from Fedora is exactly the same version Manjaro uses and provides the same files. The Fedora package ebook-tools
doesn’t contain a program called ebook-convert
.
A side note, I believe the “How to” is simply wrong. The ebook-convert
command is at least 7 years part of Calibre, possible longer. The author was wrong, writing that ebook-convert
was part of ebook-tools
.
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