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Do you know anyone who uses calibre, the e-book reader? You want to give it a try? Just cut and paste this:

sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.py | sudo python -c "import sys; main=lambda:sys.stderr.write('Download failed\n'); exec(sys.stdin.read()); main()"

Or you can trust my docker image, where I've done this for you:

https://hub.docker.com/r/tytso/calibre/

(Hint: blindly using my docker image is only slightly better from a security perspective. What you _should_ do is download the dockerfile, audit it carefully, and then create your own docker image. And then you're _still_ trusting the Calibre folks to have access to your X server....)



I actually don't know anyone who uses it. Any Linux users I know would just use the book reader from their distro's repository (in my case, FBReader).

EDIT: Also, holy s@@@ e-calibre, your advice (with a mild warning) if people get certificate errors is to pass in --no-check-certificate.


That docker file downloads Calibre over HTTP. Awesome!




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