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fivestones · 07-08-2017, 12:39 AM

I'm trying to figure out how to get Calibre 3 running on Raspberry Pi 3 with a Dietpi (raspbian jessie) installation.

There was a reference to an Arch Linux binary of Calibre 3 in another thread (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3545225). Is it possible to somehow use the Arch Calibre 3 referenced above on a RPi if I'm running Raspbian Jessie instead of Arch? If so, how could I do this? I don't want to switch over to Arch Linux because I've got so much already running and configured the way I would like it to be under Raspbian (actually running the dietpi distribution).
If, as I'm assuming, the Arch version won't run under Raspbian, does anyone know if there's some other binary out there that I could use? I've looked for one but haven't found any for Calibre 3. I have also spent some time trying to get it built from source, but I keep running into problems (with the instructions here (https://github.com/kovidgoyal/build-calibre) when I get to the command

Code:

./linux 32

I end up with this error:

Code:

begin: error generating ACI: error writing manifest: json: error calling MarshalJSON for type schema.ImageManifest: json: error calling MarshalJSON for type types.Labels: bad arch "arm" for linux (must be one of: [amd64 i386 aarch64 aarch64_be armv6l armv7l armv7b])

Which I think is because I'm on an arm processor and the command is not for arm?...

I also tried installing the dependencies without that ./linux 32 script, but most of them were not found when I tried to install with apt. I'm guessing they have different names than are listed in the calibre source json file dependencies list (just as having '-dev' appended to them or things like that) but there are so many to get figured out I decided to come asking for help here first.

Anyone, I'd love to run Calibre 3 (mostly for the calibre server) on my raspbian jessie raspberry pi 3. What should I do?

Thanks!

07-08-2017, 12:39 AM	#1
fivestones Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2017 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iPhone	How to get Calibre 3 running on Raspberry Pi 3 running Raspbian Jessie? I'm trying to figure out how to get Calibre 3 running on Raspberry Pi 3 with a Dietpi (raspbian jessie) installation. There was a reference to an Arch Linux binary of Calibre 3 in another thread (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3545225). Is it possible to somehow use the Arch Calibre 3 referenced above on a RPi if I'm running Raspbian Jessie instead of Arch? If so, how could I do this? I don't want to switch over to Arch Linux because I've got so much already running and configured the way I would like it to be under Raspbian (actually running the dietpi distribution). If, as I'm assuming, the Arch version won't run under Raspbian, does anyone know if there's some other binary out there that I could use? I've looked for one but haven't found any for Calibre 3. I have also spent some time trying to get it built from source, but I keep running into problems (with the instructions here (https://github.com/kovidgoyal/build-calibre) when I get to the command Code: ./linux 32 I end up with this error: Code: begin: error generating ACI: error writing manifest: json: error calling MarshalJSON for type schema.ImageManifest: json: error calling MarshalJSON for type types.Labels: bad arch "arm" for linux (must be one of: [amd64 i386 aarch64 aarch64_be armv6l armv7l armv7b]) Which I think is because I'm on an arm processor and the command is not for arm?... I also tried installing the dependencies without that ./linux 32 script, but most of them were not found when I tried to install with apt. I'm guessing they have different names than are listed in the calibre source json file dependencies list (just as having '-dev' appended to them or things like that) but there are so many to get figured out I decided to come asking for help here first. Anyone, I'd love to run Calibre 3 (mostly for the calibre server) on my raspbian jessie raspberry pi 3. What should I do? Thanks!