Update needed GLIBC versions in the FAQ

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@ -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.