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ATDrake · 07-24-2010, 06:20 PM

All the Mobi2Mobi utils are dependent on having the necessary CPAN and other prereqs installed. So you can't really skip installing one and expect anything to work. Except for maybe ConvertLIT if you don't need that.

There is a wiki entry on how to install Mobi2Mobi for Mac, but if it's not helping you so far, then I'm afraid I don't know what else to suggest.

One very important thing to note is that you have to keep all the stuff in the MobiPerl and Palm folders in the same place, with the same structure, as where you end up moving mobi2html, etc. to eventually.

E.g.:
mobils
MobiPerl/Config.pm
opf2mobi
Palm/Doc.pm

Otherwise the lot will fail to work.

If you're just generating Mobi files, you might want to look into Amazon's KindleGen. Although it requires an Intel Mac and version 1.1 currently has a nasty bug where it apparently appends a copy of all your files to the end of the generated file, bloating it up horribly.

But I expect they'll fix that eventually.

07-24-2010, 06:20 PM	#3
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	All the Mobi2Mobi utils are dependent on having the necessary CPAN and other prereqs installed. So you can't really skip installing one and expect anything to work. Except for maybe ConvertLIT if you don't need that. There is a wiki entry on how to install Mobi2Mobi for Mac, but if it's not helping you so far, then I'm afraid I don't know what else to suggest. One very important thing to note is that you have to keep all the stuff in the MobiPerl and Palm folders in the same place, with the same structure, as where you end up moving mobi2html, etc. to eventually. E.g.: mobils MobiPerl/Config.pm opf2mobi Palm/Doc.pm Otherwise the lot will fail to work. If you're just generating Mobi files, you might want to look into Amazon's KindleGen. Although it requires an Intel Mac and version 1.1 currently has a nasty bug where it apparently appends a copy of all your files to the end of the generated file, bloating it up horribly. But I expect they'll fix that eventually.