{"id":7389,"date":"2017-12-24T15:26:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T15:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7389"},"modified":"2017-12-24T15:26:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T15:26:04","slug":"sigil-epub-editor-0-9-9-released-how-to-install-in-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/12\/sigil-epub-editor-0-9-9-released-how-to-install-in-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Sigil ePub Editor 0.9.9 Released! How to Install 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>Sigil epub ebook editor reached the 0.9.9 release a few days ago. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, and higher via PPA.<\/p>\n<p>Sigil 0.9.9 release highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to limit\/disable clipboard history saving.<\/li>\n<li>A new Spellcheck Dictionary Preferences setting that allows the user to include words with numbers in them.<\/li>\n<li>Two new Quick Launch Icons for plugins added to the main menu. <\/li>\n<li>Preview Window Title bar will now show height and width of the Preview Window<\/li>\n<li>Convert br tags in header text to linebreaks for toc\/ncx\/nav generation routines<\/li>\n<li>And various bug-fixes. <a href=\"https:\/\/sigil-ebook.com\/2017\/12\/22\/sigil-0-9-9-released\/\" target=\"_blank\">See the announcement for details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install Sigil 0.9.9 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>Besides building the new release from source tarball, an unofficial PPA is available that contains the packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, and Ubuntu 18.04.<\/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>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove the PPA repository, launch &#8216;Software &#038; Updates&#8217; utility and navigate to &#8216;Other Software&#8217; tab.<\/p>\n<p>To remove Sigil epub editor, either use system package manager or run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove sigil sigil-data<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sigil epub ebook editor reached the 0.9.9 release a few days ago. Here&#8217;s how to install it in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, and higher via PPA. Sigil 0.9.9 release highlights: Ability to limit\/disable clipboard history saving. A new Spellcheck Dictionary Preferences setting that allows the user to include words with numbers in them. 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