From 765700698ac6adadaf29383e70bcfc41dc245189 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kovid Goyal Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 09:26:28 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Update needed GLIBC versions in the FAQ --- manual/faq.rst | 17 +++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/manual/faq.rst b/manual/faq.rst index 5d9de694b7..0f6312ee7b 100644 --- a/manual/faq.rst +++ b/manual/faq.rst @@ -1094,14 +1094,15 @@ First, you must install calibre onto your linux server. If your server is using a modern linux distro, you should have no problems installing calibre onto it. .. note:: - calibre needs GLIBC >= 2.13 and libstdc++ >= 6.0.17. If you have an older + calibre needs GLIBC >= 2.17 and libstdc++ >= 6.0.17. If you have an older server, you will either need to compile these from source, or use calibre - 1.48 which requires only GLIBC >= 2.10. In addition, although the calibre - command line utilities do not need a running X server, some of them do - require the X server libraries to be installed on your system. This is - because of Qt (which is used for various image processing tasks), and - links against these libraries. If you get an ImportError about some Qt - modules, you are likely missing some X libraries. + 2.85.1 which requires GLIBC >= 2.13 or calibre 1.48 which requires only + GLIBC >= 2.10. In addition, although the calibre command line utilities do + not need a running X server, some of them do require the X server libraries + to be installed on your system. This is because of Qt, which is used for + various image processing tasks, and links against these libraries. If you + get an ImportError about some Qt modules, you are likely missing some X + libraries. You can run the calibre server via the command:: @@ -1123,4 +1124,4 @@ Finally, you can add downloaded news to the calibre library with:: /opt/calibre/calibredb add --with-library /path/to/library outfile.epub -Remember to read the command line documentation section of the calibre User Manual to learn more about these, and other commands. +Remember to read the :ref:`cli` section of the calibre User Manual to learn more about these, and other commands.