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darryl · 01-26-2016, 09:02 PM

I'm all for a little bit of hacking for fun. Personally I have a QNAP NAS which runs calibre2opds beautifully. I also have a Calibre Development Environment which I play with but I haven't yet built from source and probably won't unless I have a real reason to.

I am failing to understand one thing. Given you box is x86, it has been suggested in this thread that you simply use the usual x86 linux install script. I think eschwartz even provided a link. However, there is no mention of you having tried this. It really is as simple as accessing your NAS via ssh. Then, from the command line:

Code:

sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/master/setup/linux-installer.py | sudo python -c "import sys; main=lambda:sys.stderr.write('Download failed\n'); exec(sys.stdin.read()); main()"

This is taken from the Calibre download page link for a linux binary, If all goes well it will install Calibre in /opt/calibre and create the necessary symlinks. You don't have to worry about the dependencies since they are all packaged with the installer. It really may be that easy, in which case your Headless Calibre will be running on your Synology within minutes.

Good luck.

01-26-2016, 09:02 PM	#13
darryl Wizard Posts: 3,108 Karma: 60231510 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Aura H2O, Kindle Oasis, Huwei Ascend Mate 7	I'm all for a little bit of hacking for fun. Personally I have a QNAP NAS which runs calibre2opds beautifully. I also have a Calibre Development Environment which I play with but I haven't yet built from source and probably won't unless I have a real reason to. I am failing to understand one thing. Given you box is x86, it has been suggested in this thread that you simply use the usual x86 linux install script. I think eschwartz even provided a link. However, there is no mention of you having tried this. It really is as simple as accessing your NAS via ssh. Then, from the command line: Code: sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/master/setup/linux-installer.py \| sudo python -c "import sys; main=lambda:sys.stderr.write('Download failed\n'); exec(sys.stdin.read()); main()" This is taken from the Calibre download page link for a linux binary, If all goes well it will install Calibre in /opt/calibre and create the necessary symlinks. You don't have to worry about the dependencies since they are all packaged with the installer. It really may be that easy, in which case your Headless Calibre will be running on your Synology within minutes. Good luck.