Calibre Ebook Manager

[Fishy]

I have tried quite a few times to get Calibre 2.35 or later working but no matter what addition I make it always seg faults (or screws up my Puppy). I require 2.35 or later as there is a change in hardware recognition. I have a Kobo Glo HD. The 2.33 sfs does not recognize it when mounted.

I am presently running both Tahr64 and Slack64 in frugal installs trying to decide which to make primary.

thanks in advance for any help.

[smokey01]

Fishy,

Download the desired archive from here:
http://download.calibre-ebook.com/2.45.0/

Now make a directory on a drive that has lots of space, I would call it something like calibre-2.45 on /mnt/home.

Move the downloaded file into the above directory and extract it.

Click on the calibre binary to run the application.

The first-run wizard will ask you where to create your calibre library. Select a drive with lots of space. I would place it in the directory I created above, /mnt/home/calibre-2.45.

Calibre creates two directories on the first run:
/root/Calibre Library
/root/.config/calibre (notice the . in front of config, it makes the directory hidden.

To reset the configuration, delete both of these directories.

Even if you cancel the first-run wizard both of these directories will be created.

It works here on Fatdog so I assume it will work on Slacko and Tahr.

This method is easier that creating a SFS file.

Enjoy

[smokey01]

Fishy, I just tried Calibre on slacko64-6302 and it segfaulted here too.

This is why Fatdog is my primary OS.

Cheers

[666philb]

for tahrpup you'll need to install propitiatory graphic drivers for it to work

[smokey01]

Fishy, I just installed 01micko latest nvidia driver for slacko64 and calibre-2.45 now works.

http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pe ... x86_64.pet

666philb suggestion confirmed for slacko64-6.3.0.2.

Cheers

[Fishy]

Thank you so much for this solution. Need to wait until I get home to apply.

Happy holidays to everyone involved in the development of Puppy and the lucky users.