How To Install Calibre 7.24 On Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04 And Derivative Systems (Via Flatpak or PPA)

As you may know, Calibre is a free, open-source, powerful and user-friendly eBook management tool created to help users organize, convert and read eBooks, having support for the most popular eBook formats, including: EPUB, MOBI, PDF, AZW3.

The users can also efficiently manage their eBook library by adding metadata, downloading covers and organizing titles into categories.Another amazing thing about Calibre is that it allows you to convert eBooks between different formats, to make them available on various readers.

Also, it can be used to simply read books, stored locally or on a content server, as it has a built-in eBook viewer integrated.Also, the functionality can be extended via various plugins.

The latest version:

The latest version available is Calibre 7.24, which comes with the below changes:

New features

Allow creating rules to transform series names in the Bulk metadata editor and Preferences->Metadata download
Conversion: Automatically set the page progression direction for books that do not have it set and have their primary language either Arabic or Hebrew
Content server: Book details view: Make calibre://show-book and calibre://view-book URLs in the comments work
Edit book: Spell check: Add a button to export the currently displayed list of words as a CSV file
Add from ISBN: Add a checkbox to automatically convert obsolete ISBN 10 to ISBN 13
Save single format to disk: Allow choosing the book cover as the format to save
Option to show a button to access all available actions from the status bar in Preferences->Look & feel->Main interface

Bug fixes

Read aloud: Fix no audio produced when text contains <3 and using the Windows legacy speech engine
Fix Tabbing while editing cells in the book list not always working
Windows build: Also sign the portable launcher exes
Fix viewing books via the Cover browser not working when in device view

Improved news sources

LWN Weekly
Outlook India
Livemint

How To Install Calibre 7.24 On Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04 And Derivative Systems (Via Flatpak or PPA)

The latest version of Calibre is available both via Flatpak or via a third party PPA. In this article I will show you both ways of installing Calibre on your Ubuntu system.

How To Install Calibre on Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Derivative Systems via PPA

(Optional) Step 0: Update Your System

Before installing Calibre, it is recommended to update your system to ensure that you have the latest security patches and package updates. Run the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Step 1: Add the Calibre PPA Repository

Calibre is not included in Ubuntu’s default repositories, so you need to add the official Personal Package Archive (PPA) maintained by the Calibre team. To do this, execute the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/calibre

Press Enter when prompted to confirm adding the repository. This allows your system to fetch and install Calibre from the PPA.

Step 2: Update the Package List

After adding the Calibre PPA repository, update the package list to ensure your system recognizes the new software source:

sudo apt update

Step 3: Install Calibre

Now that the repository has been added and updated, install Calibre with the following command:

sudo apt install calibre -y

(Optional) Remove Calibre

If you want to uninstall Calibre, use the following command:

sudo apt remove calibre -y

To completely remove Calibre, including all configuration files, use:

sudo apt purge calibre -y

Additionally, to remove the PPA repository, run:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:linuxuprising/calibre

Finally, to clean up unnecessary dependencies, execute:

sudo apt autoremove -y

How To Install Calibre on Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04, and Derivative Systems via Flatpak

Flatpak is another package management system that allows applications to run in a secure and sandboxed environment. Unlike Snap, Flatpak is an open-source project supported by the Freedesktop community, making it a great alternative for installing software on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions.

One of the main advantages of Flatpak is that applications are distributed through Flathub, an independent repository, rather than Ubuntu-specific sources. However, because Flatpak apps include all necessary dependencies, they may consume more disk space.

Step 1: Install Flatpak and Add Flathub Repository

If Flatpak is not already installed on your system, you can install it by running:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install flatpak -y

Next, add the Flathub repository, which hosts thousands of Flatpak applications, including Calibre:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Step 2: Install Calibre via Flatpak

Once Flatpak is installed and Flathub is added, install Calibre with the following command:

flatpak install flathub com.calibre_ebook.calibre

If you cannot find Calibre in the search results, either log out and log back in or run:

flatpak run com.calibre_ebook.calibre

(Optional) Remove Calibre Using Flatpak

To uninstall Calibre installed via Flatpak, use:

flatpak uninstall --delete-data com.calibre_ebook.calibre

This ensures that all data related to Calibre is also removed from your system.

That’s it! Enjoy using Calibre on your Ubuntu system!