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Fionn · 01-24-2009, 12:44 AM

Hi kovidgoyal,

Congrats on the app... it's a super idea, and there's really nothing else like it. I was considering trying to use Tellico to do something like this, but this is the business.

Thing is, though, I need to take it off my comp.

I've an Asus Eee, running Ubuntu, and having failed to install it using the Ubuntu specific Python easy-install method, I used the binary method.

The app is great, and I've since then installed it on my other comp. But the Eee has a very small screen, which I've found rather frustrating to use with the GUI for calibre. It doesn't quite fit on the screen, and all of the fields are minimum size, while plenty of screen real estate is used up... I guess the layout doesn't really suit the tiny eee screen.

So I'm not going to use it on the eee. Thing is, I've only a 4gb SDD on the Eee, so, as you can imagine, space is an issue.

And I'm not really partial to a full reinstall, because I've spent a long time getting it the way I want it.

The instructions you gave to mani001 above are slightly too unspecific for me to perform a removal of the calibre files from my system, in order to free up space. I wonder could you hazard a suggestion as to how many manpages there are, and where they might be, and the desktop integration, and where hal script and udevs go?

I'm sorry if the question seems a little ignorant. I've stuck to apt/synaptic and .deb installations previously.

Once again, thank you for the wonderful app.

best,
Fionn.

01-24-2009, 12:44 AM	#6
Fionn Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Asus Eee	Hi kovidgoyal, Congrats on the app... it's a super idea, and there's really nothing else like it. I was considering trying to use Tellico to do something like this, but this is the business. Thing is, though, I need to take it off my comp. I've an Asus Eee, running Ubuntu, and having failed to install it using the Ubuntu specific Python easy-install method, I used the binary method. The app is great, and I've since then installed it on my other comp. But the Eee has a very small screen, which I've found rather frustrating to use with the GUI for calibre. It doesn't quite fit on the screen, and all of the fields are minimum size, while plenty of screen real estate is used up... I guess the layout doesn't really suit the tiny eee screen. So I'm not going to use it on the eee. Thing is, I've only a 4gb SDD on the Eee, so, as you can imagine, space is an issue. And I'm not really partial to a full reinstall, because I've spent a long time getting it the way I want it. The instructions you gave to mani001 above are slightly too unspecific for me to perform a removal of the calibre files from my system, in order to free up space. I wonder could you hazard a suggestion as to how many manpages there are, and where they might be, and the desktop integration, and where hal script and udevs go? I'm sorry if the question seems a little ignorant. I've stuck to apt/synaptic and .deb installations previously. Once again, thank you for the wonderful app. best, Fionn.