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Old 01-09-2012, 12:11 AM   #1
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CLI Convert EPUB -> Mobi
I noticed that zamzar (.com) uses calibre to convert epub into mobi so I am figuring that they are using some sort of CLI function to do it. I was wondering if there was some pre-existing code or better yet does Calibre already have the function to convert epubs to mobi from the command line?

I want to do it automatically from my website, so the GUI wont help me at all. Thanks!
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I noticed that zamzar (.com) uses calibre to convert epub into mobi so I am figuring that they are using some sort of CLI function to do it. I was wondering if there was some pre-existing code or better yet does Calibre already have the function to convert epubs to mobi from the command line?

I want to do it automatically from my website, so the GUI wont help me at all. Thanks!
The functionality is included in a standard Calibre install. The command is ebook-convert

The relevant page of the manual is: http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cli/ebook-convert.html

You can simply call it with the file to be converted, and the file name of the converted file, but there are lots of options documented in the manual.

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ebook-convert epub-book.epub converted-book.mobi
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Old 01-09-2012, 03:26 AM   #3
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Man I even looked that up! I found all sorts of other CLI commands but not that one, I must be an idiot.

Thank you.
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is it possible to only have the CLI backend though, since this is installed on a server, it wants to add xorg and stuff and that's all pointless to me
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is it possible to only have the CLI backend though, since this is installed on a server, it wants to add xorg and stuff and that's all pointless to me
I'm not sure. I seem to recall reading something about that, but it's not something I've really looked into.

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is it possible to only have the CLI backend though, since this is installed on a server, it wants to add xorg and stuff and that's all pointless to me
There is a FAQ for that

It is linked on the first line of the Help page
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Well after searching even after reading your advice it took me a while trying to find what you were talking about. To anyone who gets here through Google or whatever, it's at the very bottom of the FAQ on the manual.




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