diff -up calibre/src/calibre/linux.py.manpages calibre/src/calibre/linux.py
--- calibre/src/calibre/linux.py.manpages	2010-04-10 19:34:42.632332811 +0300
+++ calibre/src/calibre/linux.py	2010-04-10 19:34:50.404207554 +0300
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ class PostInstall:
                     continue
                 parser = parser()
                 raw = create_man_page(prog, parser)
-                if isfreebsd:
+                if isfreebsd or islinux:
                     manfile = os.path.join(manpath, prog+'.1')
                 else:
                     manfile = os.path.join(manpath, prog+'.1'+__appname__+'.bz2')
diff -up calibre/src/calibre/utils/help2man.py.manpages calibre/src/calibre/utils/help2man.py
--- calibre/src/calibre/utils/help2man.py.manpages	2010-04-10 19:30:51.670926847 +0300
+++ calibre/src/calibre/utils/help2man.py	2010-04-10 19:32:27.842332121 +0300
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ __copyright__ = '2009, Kovid Goyal <kovi
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 import time, bz2
-from calibre.constants import isfreebsd
+from calibre.constants import isfreebsd, islinux
 
 from calibre.constants import __version__, __appname__, __author__
 
@@ -58,9 +58,7 @@ def create_man_page(prog, parser):
     lines = [x if isinstance(x, unicode) else unicode(x, 'utf-8', 'replace') for
             x in lines]
 
-    if not isfreebsd:
-        return  bz2.compress((u'\n'.join(lines)).encode('utf-8'))
-    else:
+    if isfreebsd or islinux:
         return  (u'\n'.join(lines)).encode('utf-8')
-
-
+    else:
+        return  bz2.compress((u'\n'.join(lines)).encode('utf-8'))