MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Koreader running on Kobos (all of them, hopefully!)

LoganW · 11-19-2015, 10:13 AM

The links in the original post and instructions are a bit obsolete and it takes a bit of hunting to piece together the correct information now. To help any future people with the problem, I wrote up some notes:

Currently, the most general instructions would be:

1. Download the latest stable release of KOReader and follow the instructions of the included ReadMe file.
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases

Those instructions will tell you to download Kobo Start Menu, most recent version is 08 available from here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=266821

The above procedure more detailed, as of November 2015 with Kobo Start Menu 08 and KOReader-stable-v2015.11 would be:

1. Download KBStartMenu_08.zip and extract.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=266821

2. Connect the Kobo to a PC and copy the extracted kbmenupngs to the root of the device.

3. Eject and verify that the images (e.g., exit_nickel.png) are in the library.

4. Connect the Kobo to a PC and copy the extracted KoboRoot.tgz to the folder .kobo of the device.

5. Eject and wait for the update to finish.

6. Download the latest stable release of KOReader and extract.
https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases

7. Connect the Kobo to a PC and copy the extracted koreader folder into the ".adds" directory on the device.

8. Eject and use the Kobo Start Menu to select KOReader.

And by the way, many thanks to everyone involved in developing these tools. Fantastic work and it really makes the Kobo actually usable!

11-19-2015, 10:13 AM	#2486
LoganW Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2015 Device: Kindle Touch, Paperwhite, Voyage, Oasis 2	Updated instructions The links in the original post and instructions are a bit obsolete and it takes a bit of hunting to piece together the correct information now. To help any future people with the problem, I wrote up some notes: Currently, the most general instructions would be: 1. Download the latest stable release of KOReader and follow the instructions of the included ReadMe file. https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases Those instructions will tell you to download Kobo Start Menu, most recent version is 08 available from here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=266821 The above procedure more detailed, as of November 2015 with Kobo Start Menu 08 and KOReader-stable-v2015.11 would be: 1. Download KBStartMenu_08.zip and extract. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=266821 2. Connect the Kobo to a PC and copy the extracted kbmenupngs to the root of the device. 3. Eject and verify that the images (e.g., exit_nickel.png) are in the library. 4. Connect the Kobo to a PC and copy the extracted KoboRoot.tgz to the folder .kobo of the device. 5. Eject and wait for the update to finish. 6. Download the latest stable release of KOReader and extract. https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases 7. Connect the Kobo to a PC and copy the extracted koreader folder into the ".adds" directory on the device. 8. Eject and use the Kobo Start Menu to select KOReader. And by the way, many thanks to everyone involved in developing these tools. Fantastic work and it really makes the Kobo actually usable! Last edited by LoganW; 11-19-2015 at 10:21 AM.