{"id":6642,"date":"2017-03-22T16:27:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=6642"},"modified":"2017-03-22T16:27:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T16:27:16","slug":"sigil-0-9-8-released-install-via-ppa-in-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/03\/sigil-0-9-8-released-install-via-ppa-in-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Sigil 0.9.8 Released! How to Install it via PPA in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sigil-icon.png\" alt=\"Sigil\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5621\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Sigil epub editor has reached the 0.9.8 release yesterday. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Linux Mint 18 via PPA.<\/p>\n<p>Sigil 0.9.8 release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PyQt5 support for plugins.<\/li>\n<li>New preferences menu to adjust the size of Sigil&#8217;s main icons to your liking.<\/li>\n<li>An important fix for temp_folder issues on Windows<\/li>\n<li>Add manifest properties to Book Browser tooltips and to All Files Reports Widget for epub3<\/li>\n<li>Make Sigil&#8217;s UI and spellchecker language settings available to plugins<\/li>\n<li>Various bug-fixes, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/sigil-ebook.com\/2017\/03\/21\/sigil-0-9-8-released\/\" target=\"_blank\">announcement<\/a> for details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_6643\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6643\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sigil-adjust-icon-600x396.jpg\" alt=\"Sigil Adjust menu icons&#039; size\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sigil-adjust-icon-600x396.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sigil-adjust-icon-450x297.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sigil-adjust-icon-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/sigil-adjust-icon.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sigil Adjust menu icons&#8217; size<\/p><\/div>\n<h4>How to Install Sigil 0.9.8 in Ubuntu \/ Linux Mint:<\/h4>\n<p>Sigil does not offer official Linux binaries. Besides building from the source tarball, you may install Sigil 0.9.8 via my personal PPA.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T or searching for &#8220;Terminal&#8221; from start menu. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/sigil<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type in your password (no visual feedback due to security reason) and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sigil-ppa-600x96.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"96\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sigil-ppa-600x96.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sigil-ppa-450x72.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/sigil-ppa.jpg 756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then you can upgrade Sigil editor from an existing release via <b>Software Updater<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/upgrade-sigil-epub-editor-450x289.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"289\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/upgrade-sigil-epub-editor-450x289.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/upgrade-sigil-epub-editor-600x386.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/upgrade-sigil-epub-editor.jpg 811w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Or install \/upgrade Sigil via commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt update\r\n\r\nsudo apt install sigil<\/pre>\n<p><b>In Addition,<\/b> for Linux libxml2 bug see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobileread.com\/forums\/showthread.php?t=277628\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a>. Sorry that I can&#8217;t build it with <code>DBUILD_PATCHED_LIBXML2=1<\/code> option since it requires cloning source from github.com but Launchpad builders do not have internet access.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sigil epub editor has reached the 0.9.8 release yesterday. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Linux Mint 18 via PPA. Sigil 0.9.8 release highlights: PyQt5 support for plugins. New preferences menu to adjust the size of Sigil&#8217;s main icons to your liking. 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