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lykwydchykyn

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Registered: 2013-07-11

Posts: 91

[Solved] okular won't open .epub files on one machine

On my desktop system, when I try to open an .epub file in okular, I get this error:

okular(25429)/okular (app) Okular::DocumentPrivate::loadGeneratorLibrary: Invalid plugin factory for "okularGenerator_epub"!

And the GUI says it can't open the file.

I can open the same file in okular on my laptop, also running Arch, with the same version of okular installed.

I tried installing epub-tools, but that didn't help, and it's not installed on the laptop (which can open epub files).

Anyone have an idea?

Last edited by lykwydchykyn (2015-10-13 14:23:39)

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

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Re: [Solved] okular won't open .epub files on one machine

epub-tools or ebook-tools? Is your mirror up to date?

lykwydchykyn

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Registered: 2013-07-11

Posts: 91

Re: [Solved] okular won't open .epub files on one machine

epub-tools or ebook-tools? Is your mirror up to date?

epub-tools.

I assume the mirrors are up-to-date, both computers are running the same version of okular.

eh... ok.  Now I see that epub-tools is the wrong thing.  I needed ebook-tools. 

Thanks, problem solved.

Last edited by lykwydchykyn (2015-10-13 14:23:18)

Awebb

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Re: [Solved] okular won't open .epub files on one machine

As a rule of thumb: Packages from the official repositories do not have dependencies from the AUR, and they very rarely have AUR optional dependencies.