diff -up calibre/src/calibre/linux.py.manpages calibre/src/calibre/linux.py
--- calibre/src/calibre/linux.py.manpages	2009-10-11 20:11:44.926081363 +0300
+++ calibre/src/calibre/linux.py	2009-10-11 20:11:55.616050312 +0300
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ class PostInstall:
                     continue
                 parser = parser()
                 raw = create_man_page(prog, parser)
-                manfile = os.path.join(manpath, prog+'.1'+__appname__+'.bz2')
+                manfile = os.path.join(manpath, prog+'.1')
                 self.info('\tInstalling MAN page for', prog)
                 open(manfile, 'wb').write(raw)
                 self.manifest.append(manfile)
diff -up calibre/src/calibre/utils/help2man.py.manpages calibre/src/calibre/utils/help2man.py
--- calibre/src/calibre/utils/help2man.py.manpages	2009-10-11 20:12:24.795952999 +0300
+++ calibre/src/calibre/utils/help2man.py	2009-10-11 20:12:52.463949704 +0300
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ __license__ = 'GPL 3'
 __copyright__ = '2009, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
-import time, bz2
+import time
 
 from calibre.constants import __version__, __appname__, __author__
 
@@ -57,6 +57,6 @@ def create_man_page(prog, parser):
     lines = [x if isinstance(x, unicode) else unicode(x, 'utf-8', 'replace') for
             x in lines]
 
-    return  bz2.compress((u'\n'.join(lines)).encode('utf-8'))
+    return  (u'\n'.join(lines).encode('utf-8'))