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when installing calibre I get an error message

Asked by Mark on 2024-06-06

when installing calibre I get the following error message: You are missing the system library libxcb-cursor.so.0. Try installing packages such as libxcb-cursor0 or xcb-cursor .
how do I find the missing files and install them? The download page for this program is here:
https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux
there is a version in snap but it is 2 generations behind current.

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Solved by:: actionparsnip

Solved:: 2024-06-07

Last query:: 2024-06-07

Last reply:: 2024-06-07

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Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131) said on 2024-06-07:

The answer is hiding in plain sight:
"Try installing packages such as libxcb-cursor0"

In general, if you want to search for packages, Synaptic is a handy tool.

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Mark (ka5rzz) said on 2024-06-07:

That solved my problem. Thanks I don't know why I didn't think of that
sooner I have not used synaptic in years and software wasn't finding
anything .

On 6/6/24 21:30, Daniel Letzeisen wrote:
> Your question #816188 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/816188
>
> Status: Open => Answered
>
> Daniel Letzeisen proposed the following answer:
> The answer is hiding in plain sight:
> "Try installing packages such as libxcb-cursor0"
>
> In general, if you want to search for packages, Synaptic is a handy
> tool.
>