[twobob]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

There's a rather large dependency tree for calibre (http://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux#dependencies), the one most likely to trip you being PyQt4.

For an (old), but working example, see what Jesse Vincent did back in 2009 with Savory: http://savory.googlecode.com/

Let me qualify my previous statement.
That error I posted above is WITH pyQt4 installed on the kindle

from PyQt4.Qt import (QVariant, QFileInfo, QObject, SIGNAL, QBuffer, Qt,
ImportError: cannot import name QVariant

It's a widely reported error when running an arm version of this.
many people have reported getting this running on arm

Originally Posted by Aeris

if easier, it is sufficient to port well the ebook-converter program only (not all calibre)

This contains that. just chop out the bit you want.

Happy to provide the missing libs you may need.
sadly, there my involvement ends.

Originally Posted by aditya3098

I had a look at that stuff. It was a long time ago, but at that time I was still learning the art messing around filesystems. I might have another go now.

Sweet.

Happy to provide the missing libs you may need.