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Originally Posted by MSWallack
Sadly, though, those of us stuck using Calibre 1.48 (because of the need to remain on Windows XP) are apparently stuck. Sigh.
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There are actually options: install linux on the old hardware, but if these are office computers I guess not so much?
Or you can follow the directions to run from source, here:
http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/develop.html and change this line
here: from "if isxp" to "if False", to disable the check, and see if it runs alright (sometimes yes, sometimes no). Depends on various things: sse2, Phase of the Moon generator status, etc...
I have
mentioned in a few
places the ability to run from source and backport changes. There is a solution:
- Follow the directions to run from source.
- NEW: Clone my fork instead:
Code:
git://github.com/eli-schwartz/calibre
- Checkout my backports branch, based off the 1.48.0 release:
Code:
git checkout -b WinXP-backports
I have added a few things that have impactful changes, including the Kobo driver changes, Amazon.com metadata source, and Polyfun's libimobiledevcice fix. There is now no need to manually apply the changes yourself, as I advised in two other places to people.
It should work,
if ShellShock's fixed DLLs work for for calibre 1.48 -- if not, I am sure he wouldn't mind making some.
If anyone has other suggestions as to stuff that should be backported --
only compatibility fixes with pre-existing features, I can add those too.