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itimpi · 03-01-2013, 10:49 AM

Just tried to get calibre running from source and it has not quite worked but I am not sure why. The steps I followed were:

Make sure my Raspbian build is up to date with 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get upgrade'
Install the calibre and bzr packages from the rpi repositories to try and get all required dependencies in place.
Start the GUI via startx and open up a terminal window
Launch calibre using the 'calibre' command to check it works. It ran the welcome wizard and then came up saying it was running version 0.8.51. Closed down calibre.
Ran the bzr command to grab a copy of the calibre source. Seems to complete without a problem.
set up the CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM environment variable to point to the Calibre source.
triy to start calibre using the 'calibre' command. Then get messages about compiling various forms which suggest the source is being picked up.
HOWEVER, when calibre started it says it was STILL running the 0.8.51 release, and not the latest 0.9.21 release which I would expect if it is really running from source.

Not sure what has gone wrong

This is exactly the sort of procedure I would expect to run on an Intel based Linux install (although I would use the calibre binary install in place of the repository build). I think it is going to take some effort to pin down why the new source is not being used. My suspicion is a problem with one or more of the dependencies needing to be updated for this release of Calibre to function correctly.

03-01-2013, 10:49 AM	#4
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Just tried to get calibre running from source and it has not quite worked but I am not sure why. The steps I followed were: Make sure my Raspbian build is up to date with 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get upgrade' Install the calibre and bzr packages from the rpi repositories to try and get all required dependencies in place. Start the GUI via startx and open up a terminal window Launch calibre using the 'calibre' command to check it works. It ran the welcome wizard and then came up saying it was running version 0.8.51. Closed down calibre. Ran the bzr command to grab a copy of the calibre source. Seems to complete without a problem. set up the CALIBRE_DEVELOP_FROM environment variable to point to the Calibre source. triy to start calibre using the 'calibre' command. Then get messages about compiling various forms which suggest the source is being picked up. HOWEVER, when calibre started it says it was STILL running the 0.8.51 release, and not the latest 0.9.21 release which I would expect if it is really running from source. Not sure what has gone wrong This is exactly the sort of procedure I would expect to run on an Intel based Linux install (although I would use the calibre binary install in place of the repository build). I think it is going to take some effort to pin down why the new source is not being used. My suspicion is a problem with one or more of the dependencies needing to be updated for this release of Calibre to function correctly.