I don’t use #calibre for #ebook management or reading. The only reason I have it is for converting files from #epub to #pdf and vice versa. Does anyone know of any other tool which can do the same? Preferably commandline. #foss #linux #gnu #libre_software #free_software #reading #read
Calibre has CLI as well, if the GUI is really offensive. On Artix, part of
pacman -Ql calibre:calibre /usr/bin/calibre calibre /usr/bin/calibre-complete calibre /usr/bin/calibre-customize calibre /usr/bin/calibre-debug calibre /usr/bin/calibre-parallel calibre /usr/bin/calibre-server calibre /usr/bin/calibre-smtp calibre /usr/bin/calibredb calibre /usr/bin/ebook-convert calibre /usr/bin/ebook-device calibre /usr/bin/ebook-edit calibre /usr/bin/ebook-meta calibre /usr/bin/ebook-polish calibre /usr/bin/ebook-viewer calibre /usr/bin/fetch-ebook-metadata calibre /usr/bin/lrf2lrs calibre /usr/bin/lrfviewer calibre /usr/bin/lrs2lrf calibre /usr/bin/markdown-calibre calibre /usr/bin/web2disk calibre /usr/lib/ calibre /usr/lib/calibre/ calibre /usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ ...Although
ebook-convertshows on its man page as converting from one epub format to another, it can as well convert to pdf. I don’t know if it’s possible to convert from pdf to epub, but if the calibre GUI’s does it, perhaps some of calibre’s CLIs can do it as well.Pandoc can also convert from epub to pdf, though my experience with pandoc as a very basic user is that the results, are not of the quality I’d expect, but again, that is without using special arguments, css, and stuff, perhaps advanced users can get the best out of pandoc…