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["Nate Muench \(Mink\)" <915662@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

Version: 0.8.34+dfsg-1

I package (or backport (from Debian/Precise) to be more accurate)
calibre for use on Oneiric.  Someone uses my package, tipped me off on
this.

I know your preparing to click on the Invalid status, don't.  All I do
is just package what Debian/Ubuntu has in their repos.

Anyways, If you attempt to convert a .rar file containing a .pdf file into EPUB, you will get a Python backtrace, ending with:
"OSError: libunrar.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"

I looked into this, there is a part here (http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux) I want to highlight, in the source install section:
"Note that if your distribution does not have a correctly compiled libunrar.so, calibre will not support rar files."

I looked inside the 2 unrar packages within the Ubuntu Repos (unrar &
unrar-free), neither package has this "libunrar.so" file.

In conclusion, Ubuntu (or Debian) doesn't have a proper RAR library.  I
was directed here: http://www.freshports.org/archivers/libunrar/

I suggest this package be put together and uploaded.  So people who
download calibre from Ubuntu/Debian repos (not from the site) have the
proper RAR support.

Think I'm still full of BS, try it yourself, If I'm wrong then mark this
bug as invalid.

** Affects: calibre (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: calibre (Debian)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Also affects: calibre (Debian)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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  calibre cannot convert RAR Archives

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