How to install Cool Reader on Ubuntu
How to install Cool Reader on Ubuntu
Cool Reader 3 is an open source and lightweight e-book reader, based on XML and CSS. It is multiplatform, which works on Linux, Windows or Android and has support for FB2, TXT, RTF, DOC, HTML, EPUB, CHM, PDB or MOBI files. With Cool reader, you can read books inside zip archives, without extracting the archives.
To install Cool reader
The first stept is to add the repository to the system. You can do that by using the following command.
root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# add-apt-repository ppa:vovansrnd/coolreader
CoolReader 3 from http://zenway.ru/
My small review:
http://zenway.ru/page/coolreader-3
More info: https://launchpad.net/~vovansrnd/+archive/ubuntu/coolreader
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpbk_w44eo/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpbk_w44eo/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key 8A90A682 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpbk_w44eo/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 8A90A682: public key " Launchpad PPA for vovans" imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg: imported: 1 (RSA: 1)
OK
Once the repository is added, run the apt-get update command to update the local repository index.
root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# apt-get update
Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com trusty-security InRelease [65.9 kB]
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty InRelease
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty InRelease
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net trusty Release.gpg [316 B]
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Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/restricted Translation-en_IN
Ign http://in.archive.ubuntu.com trusty/universe Translation-en_IN
Fetched 5,045 kB in 60s (83.6 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Once it is done, install Cool Reader by using the following command.
root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# apt-get install cr3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
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Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1.1) ...
Setting up libjpeg62:amd64 (6b1-4ubuntu1) ...
Setting up cr3 (3.1.2.3-39) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-0ubuntu6.6) ...
Cool Reader is now installed, use the following command to open it.
root@linuxhelp1:/home/user1# cr3
Cool Reader application looks like the below image.
To open E-book files
You can view the formats supported by Cool Reader when you open the file.
Open E-book from Cool Reader.
Enjoy reading your E-books through Cool Reader.
# apt-get install ppa-purge
# ppa-purge ppa:vovansrnd/coolreader
# add-apt-repository ppa:vovansrnd/coolreader
FB2, TXT, RTF, DOC, HTML, EPUB, CHM, PDB or MOBI files
# apt-get install cr3