Perhaps a flatpak?

https://flathub.org/apps/details/com.calibre_ebook.calibre

On 1/30/20 11:04 AM, Yasha Karant wrote:
> I attempted to upgrade Calibre to the current production release.  It
> fails to run (I can post my question) but the response given is:
>
> SL7 is based on RHEL7 and uses GCC 4.9 (see
> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__access.redhat.com_solutions_19458&d=DwIGaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=VIryM0aQaNiX0n1xowynI6HPID-GSk5v8GbrCq2fldM&s=eWpq7f1FsG6R3tgnKBPi__pLLLgTrtRmzb2uWLpjkWg&e= ).
>
> Solution?: wait for RHEL8, install a proper desktop linux distro or
> follow https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__developers.redhat.com_blog_2...gcc-2D8-2Dclang-2D6_&d=DwIGaQ&c=gRgGjJ3BkIsb5y6s49QqsA&r=gd8BzeSQcySVxr0gDWSEbN-P-pgDXkdyCtaMqdCgPPdW1cyL5RIpaIYrCn8C5x2A&m=VIryM0aQaNiX0n1xowynI6HPID-GSk5v8GbrCq2fldM&s=H94UEqdoz0IpzxgBa16hgbaiKAzxsoIQhIrbgUt9XbM&e=
>
> End quote.
>
> I always thought that SL was a proper desktop (user interface GUI)
> Linux, and not just Debian/Ubuntu derivatives or SUSE.
>
> Calibre needs RuntimeError: Failed to load icu with error:
> /lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.8' not found (required by
> /opt/calibre/lib/libicui18n.so.64)
>
> Is the required lib available for SL7 without disrupting the OS per se?
>
> If not, does anyone know the last Calibre that does work with SL7?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Yasha Karant
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