Calibre 2.1 Linux install fails

[Mike Watson]

Updating existing Calibre on CentOS 6.5 to Calibre 2.1. Installed failed with two warnings. CentOS 6.5 up to date as of 31 August 2014.

bash-4.1$ sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/master/setup/linux-installer.py | sudo python -c "import sys; main=lambda:sys.stderr.write('Download failed\n'); exec(sys.stdin.read()); main()"
[sudo] password for mikew:
2014-08-31 13:58:04 URL:https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/master/setup/linux-installer.py [25619/25619] -> "-" [1]
Installing to /opt/calibre
Downloading tarball signature securely...
Will download and install calibre-2.1.0-x86_64.txz
                               Downloading calibre-2.1.0-x86_64.txz
100% [=======================================================================================]
                                                                                                 Downloaded 58367012 bytes
Checking downloaded file integrity...
Extracting files to /opt/calibre ...
Extracting application files...
Creating symlinks...
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/fetch-ebook-metadata to /usr/bin/fetch-ebook-metadata
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/lrf2lrs to /usr/bin/lrf2lrs
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-convert to /usr/bin/ebook-convert
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-meta to /usr/bin/ebook-meta
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-edit to /usr/bin/ebook-edit
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/lrfviewer to /usr/bin/lrfviewer
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre to /usr/bin/calibre
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/markdown-calibre to /usr/bin/markdown-calibre
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-debug to /usr/bin/calibre-debug
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-parallel to /usr/bin/calibre-parallel
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/web2disk to /usr/bin/web2disk
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-server to /usr/bin/calibre-server
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-customize to /usr/bin/calibre-customize
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-polish to /usr/bin/ebook-polish
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-viewer to /usr/bin/ebook-viewer
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibre-smtp to /usr/bin/calibre-smtp
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/lrs2lrf to /usr/bin/lrs2lrf
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/ebook-device to /usr/bin/ebook-device
        Symlinking /opt/calibre/calibredb to /usr/bin/calibredb
Setting up command-line completion...
Installing zsh completion to: /usr/share/zsh/site-functions/_calibre
Failed to find directory to install bash completions, using default.

____________________ WARNING ____________________
Setting up completion failed with error:
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        Traceback (most recent call last):
          File "site-packages/calibre/linux.py", line 746, in setup_completion
          File "site-packages/calibre/linux.py", line 504, in write_completion
          File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/viewer/main.py", line 12, in <module>
          File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/viewer/ui.py", line 12, in <module>
        ImportError: cannot import name QWebView

Setting up desktop integration...

____________________ WARNING ____________________
Setting up desktop integration failed with error:
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        Traceback (most recent call last):
          File "site-packages/calibre/linux.py", line 816, in setup_desktop_integration
          File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/main.py", line 15, in <module>
          File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/oeb/polish/stats.py", line 17, in <module>
        ImportError: /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.15' not found (required by /opt/calibre/lib/libQt5WebKit.so.5)

Creating un-installer: /usr/bin/calibre-uninstall

There were 2 warnings

* Setting up completion failed with error:

* Setting up desktop integration failed with error:

Run "calibre" to start calibre

(Note: /usr/share/zsh/site-functions exists. Bash version: bash-4.1.2-15)

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Enter "calibre" on command line. Received this error.

bash-4.1$ calibre
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site.py", line 51, in main
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui_launch.py", line 40, in calibre
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 461, in main
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/main.py", line 321, in run_gui
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/ui.py", line 41, in <module>
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/init.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/library/views.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/library/delegates.py", line 22, in <module>
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/dialogs/comments_dialog.py", line 9, in <module>
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/dialogs/comments_dialog_ui.py", line 41, in <module>
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/comments_editor.py", line 18, in <module>
ImportError: /usr/lib64/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.15' not found (required by /opt/calibre/lib/libQt5WebKit.so.5)

[Kovid Goyal (kovid)]

As is noted ont he download page, you need glibc >= 2.13 and libstdc++
from gcc >= 4.7. for calibre 2.0. If you cannot install these on your
distro then use an older calibre release. Instructions for installing
older releases are on the linux download page.

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