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How to install Cool Reader on Ubuntu

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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]             
&hellip 
&hellip 
&hellip 
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
&hellip 
&hellip 
&hellip 
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.
Cool_Reader_Application

To open E-book files
You can view the formats supported by Cool Reader when you open the file.
EBOOK_FILE_FORMAT

Open E-book from Cool Reader.
open_Ebook
Enjoy reading your E-books through Cool Reader.
read_ebook

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Frequently asked questions ( 5 )

Q

Does cool reader is support CHM, PDB ?

A

Yes, cool reader is support by following formats
FB2, TXT, RTF, DOC, HTML, EPUB, CHM, PDB or MOBI files

Q

Is this platform dependent and will it work on windows?

A

Yes, cool reader work on Linux,Android and windows

Q

how to add the repo for installing cool reader in ubuntu?

A

dd the repo for installing cool reader in ubuntu by below command
# add-apt-repository ppa:vovansrnd/coolreader

Q

what command to uninstall cool reader 3 and downgrade the packages?

A

use the following command to uninstall cool reader 3 and downgrade the package
# apt-get install ppa-purge
# ppa-purge ppa:vovansrnd/coolreader

Q

which command is used to install cool reader after add repo in ubuntu?

A

use the below command to install cool reader
# apt-get install cr3

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