The equivalent of 'ebook-tools' in Manjaro

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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:

ebook-tools
ebook-tools1323×786 69.9 KB

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?

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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
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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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