Package Details: epy-ereader-git 2023.6.11.r0.g6b0e9fe-3

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/epy-ereader-git.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: epy-ereader-git
Description: CLI Ebook Reader
Upstream URL: https://github.com/wustho/epy
Keywords: azw cli ebook epub fb2 fictionbook mobi terminal
Licenses: GPL-3.0-only
Conflicts: epy, epy-ereader
Provides: epy, epy-ereader
Submitter: xiota
Maintainer: xiota
Last Packager: xiota
Votes: 7
Popularity: 0.000110
First Submitted: 2023-05-18 21:06 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-04-18 11:27 (UTC)

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xiota commented on 2025-08-08 16:59 (UTC) (edited on 2025-08-08 17:01 (UTC) by xiota)

Official Arch repos added python-deadlib as a split package, with a subpackage for each library. Uninstall aur/python-deadlib and reinstall the specific libraries you need.

As long as the program works, people can keep using it. The codex has been used with few changes for about 1900 years.

m040601 commented on 2025-08-08 16:46 (UTC) (edited on 2025-08-08 16:48 (UTC) by m040601)

This needs some correction.

Depends On                    : python  python-imghdr

The github repo https://github.com/wustho/epy has not seen any activity in the last 2 years,

  2023-06-11 06:20  Deprecate setup.py
  2023-06-11 06:15  Try fixing #87 & bump version

Neither his other similar cli ereader alternative tools, "epr" 

  2022-09-30 16:00  Allow manually run workflow for publishi
  2022-09-30 15:58  Update github workflow
  2022-09-30 15:52  Bump version

and "baca"

  2024-03-05 02:55  Bump version
  2024-03-05 02:53  Fix background colour not applied to mos
  2023-11-21 00:41  Fix climage has no attribute _color_type

Depends On                    : python  python-imghdr

error: package 'python-imghdr' was not found
:: removing python-deadlib breaks dependency 'python-imghdr' required by epy-ereader-git

Today, 2025-08-08, "python-imghdr" disappeared from the AUR. There is no "python-imghdr" anymore in Archlinux. There is now only, 

extra/python-standard-imghdr 3.13.0-3 (9.5 KiB 23.0 KiB)
    Standard library imghdr redistribution. "dead battery".

$ pacman -Si python-standard-imghdr

Name            : python-standard-imghdr
Description     : Standard library imghdr redistribution. "dead battery".
URL             : https://github.com/youknowone/python-deadlib
Provides        : python-standard-imghdr  python-imghdr
Replaces        : python-imghdr

I removed and reinstalled "epy-ereader-git" and it still seems to be working.

But I am not sure if the project is gonna last or has much future.

lioncahir commented on 2025-01-02 18:16 (UTC)

@xiota Works like a charm, thank you for the ninja-fast fix!

lioncahir commented on 2024-12-28 17:46 (UTC)

After Python 3.13, this program no longer starts, as Python 3.13 no longer ships with 'imghdr' module. There is already a PR available (https://github.com/wustho/epy/pull/117) for upstream, waiting to be merged. Not sure if there is any workaround we can do in the PKGBUILD?

m040601 commented on 2023-05-18 23:22 (UTC)

Got it !

So I'll just uninstall epy-git and install epy-ereader-git then.

m040601 commented on 2023-05-18 21:40 (UTC) (edited on 2023-05-18 21:42 (UTC) by m040601)

I'm confused about this PKGBUILD "epy-ereader-git"

It looks exactly the same as "epy-git", https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/epy-git.

The "Description" is exactly the same,

 Description:   CLI Ebook Reader

Only thing different is,

  replaces=( 
    'epy'    
    'epy-git'
  )

What is the point exactly ? Also there is currently no PKGBUILD named "epy" in the AUR.

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