Sorry for the delay - the info you requested is below. I'm sure that the problem I had was because I installed from the package but when I ran calibre it told me that it was out of date and asked me to update. That update was presumably not managed by apt
steve@computer01:~$ apt-cache policy calibre calibre-bin calibre: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.8.38+dfsg-1 Version table: 0.8.38+dfsg-1 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status calibre-bin: Installed: (none) Candidate: 0.8.38+dfsg-1 Version table: 0.8.38+dfsg-1 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe i386 Packages -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1022807 Title: package calibre 0.8.38+dfsg-1 [modified: usr/bin/calibre usr/bin /calibre-customize usr/bin/calibre-debug usr/bin/calibre-parallel usr/bin/calibre-server usr/bin/calibre-smtp usr/bin/calibredb usr/bin /ebook-convert usr/bin/ebook-device usr/bin/ebook-meta usr/bin/ebook- viewer usr/bin/epub-fix usr/bin/fetch-ebook-metadata usr/bin/lrf2lrs usr/bin/lrfviewer usr/bin/lrs2lrf usr/bin/markdown-calibre usr/bin/pdfmanipulate usr/bin/web2disk] failed to install/upgrade: unable to securely remove '/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/utils/opensearch/query.py': Not a directory To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calibre/+bug/1022807/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs