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How to install Mcomix Comic Book Reader on Ubuntu 17.04

To install Mcomix Comic Book Reader on Ubuntu 17.04

Mcomix is a user-friendly, cross-platform and customizable Ebook reader specifically designed to handle comic books. Being a fork of Comix, it can also serve as a generic viewer and supports a variety of container formats including CB7, CBT and PDF. This tutorial explains the installation of Mcomix comic Book reader on Ubuntu 17.04.


Installation procedure

To proceed with the installation procedure, add the following repo by executing the following command. 

root@linuxhelp:~# add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
 The main Web Upd8 PPA maintained by: http://www.webupd8.org/

To add this PPA, simply paste this in a terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8

Packages in this PPA: audacious, ap-hotspot, awn-applet-radio, awn-applet-wm, calise, cmus, dockbarx, dockbarx-themes-extra, dropbox-share, emerald, exaile, fbmessenger, gnome-subtitles, gnome-window-applets, grsync, grive, gthumb, launchpad-getkeys, mc, mdm (Mint Display Manager), minitunes, minitube, musique, notifyosdconfig, nautilus-columns, powertop, ppa-purge, rosa-media-player, fixed pulseaudio-equalizer, subtitleeditor, syncwall, umplayer, unity-reboot, wimlib, youtube-dl, xfce4-dockbarx-plugin, xournal, yad, yarock and others. Almost all packages are updated to their latest version.

For other (specialized) PPAs we maintain, see: https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~nilarimogard/+archive/ubuntu/webupd8
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keybox ' /tmp/tmphssy1bs3/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: /tmp/tmphssy1bs3/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 531EE72F4C9D234C: public key " Launchpad webupd8"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1
OK

The repositories are added to the system. Update the required repostories by executing the apt-get update command. 

root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu zesty InRelease [15.4 kB]
Get:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 Packages [24.8 kB]
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu zesty/main i386 Packages [24.8 kB]
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/nilarimogard/webupd8/ubuntu zesty/main Translation-en [17.8 kB]
Hit:6 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease            
Hit:7 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease
Hit:8 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease
Fetched 82.8 kB in 3s (21.4 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done

The target system is updated with the required repositories. Now install the Mcomix package by running the install command. If there are any depedency errors, run the dpkg lock command to remove any potential errors before installing. 

root@linuxhelp:~# rm /var/lib/dpkg/lock 
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install mcomix
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  python-cairo python-gobject-2 python-gtk2 python-imaging python-pil
  python-pkg-resources
Suggested packages:
  unrar python-gobject-2-dbg python-gtk2-doc python-pil-doc python-pil-dbg
  python-setuptools
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  mcomix python-cairo python-gobject-2 python-gtk2 python-imaging python-pil
  python-pkg-resources
0 upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 262 not upgraded.
Need to get 1,609 kB of archives.
After this operation, 8,182 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 python-pkg-resources all 33.1.1-1 [127 kB]
Get:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 python-cairo amd64 1.8.8-2.1 [41.3 kB]
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 python-gobject-2 amd64 2.28.6-12ubuntu2 [181 kB]
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Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...
Setting up python-pil:amd64 (4.0.0-4) ...
Setting up python-gtk2 (2.24.0-5.1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up python-imaging (4.0.0-4) ...
Setting up mcomix (1.2.1-1) ...

The Mcomix application is installed successfully. To run the application, type the application name in the Ubuntu dashboard and click on the icon to run the Mcomix.

The Mcomix application is running successfully.

The installation procedure of Mcomix comic book reader on Ubuntu 17.04.

Tag : MComix Ubuntu
FAQ
Q
What is the stable PPA to be used for Mcomix?
A
The stable PPA to be used for Mcomix is "add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8"
Q
What is Mcomix?
A
Mcomix is a user-friendly, cross-platform and customizable Ebook reader specifically designed to handle comic books. Being a fork of Comix, it can also serve as a generic viewer and supports a variety of container formats including CB7, CBT and PDF.
Q
Purposing term of use the Mcomix comic Book reader?
A
Mcomix is a user-friendly, cross-platform and customizable Ebook reader specifically designed to handle comic books. Being a fork of Comix, it can also serve as a generic viewer and supports
Q
What are the Alternatives for Mcomix?
A
The Alternative for Mcomix are as follows
Sumatra PDF,
HoneyView,
Cdisplay Ex,
YACReader,
STDU Viewer, etc.,
Q
Whether its possible to install Mcomix on Windows?
A
Yes, its possible to install Mcomix on Windows.