Calibre

[dhstsw]

Hi there,

anyone has any idea in how to install calibre?

http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux

Of course, those lines don't work:

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wget -nv -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/master/setup/linux-installer.py
python -c "import sys; main=lambda:sys.stderr.write('Download failed\n'); exec(sys.stdin.read()); main()"

[Auberon2k]

I'm not certain why you'd want to install Calibre on the NAS as an app. Calibre is not really suited to running as a service. I personally use Cailbre portable and the Library stored on a shared folder on my AS-608T, I just connect to the folder and run the EXE. The number of dependencies alone would make installing this quite a chore.

[ho66es]

I'm with auberon2k on this, use nas to store books and run calibre on client

[micwallo]

I'm not certain why you'd want to install Calibre on the NAS as an app. Calibre is not really suited to running as a service. I personally use Cailbre portable and the Library stored on a shared folder on my AS-608T, I just connect to the folder and run the EXE. The number of dependencies alone would make installing this quite a chore.

I use it in this way before, but the speed of adding book is unacceptable slow.

[Auberon2k]

Really? I added a couple hundred books to it recently, my wife and mother both got new e-readers and wanted a pile of romance books dumped onto their devices. I'm using Cailbre portable from a shared folder on my AS-608T over wireless (802.11n, getting 80-130Mbs) from my laptop. The initial opening of the library was slow but after that it was fine. I actually copied it locally on my laptop at one point and it was still slow initially opening the database too, I figure it's more a limitation of Calibre portable opening a db of 500+ titles.

[Elrique64]

What I have found is, you can't place the Calibre library file(s) on a network drive without a specific set of database files residing on the server, but you can have your books on a network drive. So, what this means is every dekstop/client PC would need it's own library base.

One way around this might be the some method I use for Lightroom. Put all of the Lightroom files into ownCloud and then they are automatically sent to/from the NAS. (One way around Adobe's no network use of Lightroom.) I would guess you could try the same thing with Calibre. Put the library files into your ownCloud folder on your desktop. Then the folder gets put on the server automatically. Next desktop client grabs that library file from the same ownCloud "share" from the server. I expect you could use the Asus or Dropbox apps just as easily.

I haven't tested this, but I am willing to, when I get a chance, sometime next week, if there is interest.

Mike G.

[Auberon2k]

Use Calibre Portable and the DBs are stored with the application and I store the Library there also. It is fully self contained.

[nidele]

Hi
I manage and share my ebook's library with this system
a)I use this script COS http://blog.slucas.fr/en/oss/calibre-opds-php-server
that you have to install in a web folder.
b) You may change the config_local.php with the calibre folder.

If you want synchronize the library you can use COPS with owncloud
a) Install owncloud
b) create a folder "ebook"
c) change the config_local.php in COPS with the path of the library in owncloud

[dhstsw]

Sweet!

[ho66es]

Hi
I manage and share my ebook's library with this system
a)I use this script COS http://blog.slucas.fr/en/oss/calibre-opds-php-server
that you have to install in a web folder.
b) You may change the config_local.php with the calibre folder.

If you want synchronize the library you can use COPS with owncloud
a) Install owncloud
b) create a folder "ebook"
c) change the config_local.php in COPS with the path of the library in owncloud

nicely done