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carmenchu · 10-02-2018, 06:42 AM

Hello!
I have just installed Lubuntu, and am trying to run my favorite software in it--please be lenient if my questions are silly/repeated.
I keep a copy of my calibre library in an external disk, which I synchronize regularly: so, before installing calibre in lubuntu, I put a copy there, and pointed calibre to it on first launch. So far, so good--only I didn't remember about expoting settings, but that could easily be mended by hand...
However, on asking for a library check, I got a lot of 'missing format' and 'extra format', and compounded the problem (case sensitivity) by asking for 'fix' and then running my usual sync program (FreeFileSync).
The result is compounded problem indeed: a lot of book folders with both 'A Title for You.ext' and 'A Title For You.ext' in them.
I am not asking for a fix to that: I can always delete and copy again. What I would dearly appreciate is advice on:
1. copying the library to linux without hitting again the same snag: will this work
*delete current library in linux
*export settings from windows to external disk
*launch calibre in linux, run welcome wizard and point to extenal disk to import settings,
or am I missing something?
2. keeping thereafter both libraries synchronized via external disk (which doubles as backup)--it seems that FreeFileSync is NOT the tool for lubuntu.
Thanks a lot!

10-02-2018, 06:42 AM	#1
carmenchu Groupie Posts: 191 Karma: 266070 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Spain Device: Win10,Win11,Ubuntu,PockbookLux44	newbie to Linux: help to sync calibre library in Windows Hello! I have just installed Lubuntu, and am trying to run my favorite software in it--please be lenient if my questions are silly/repeated. I keep a copy of my calibre library in an external disk, which I synchronize regularly: so, before installing calibre in lubuntu, I put a copy there, and pointed calibre to it on first launch. So far, so good--only I didn't remember about expoting settings, but that could easily be mended by hand... However, on asking for a library check, I got a lot of 'missing format' and 'extra format', and compounded the problem (case sensitivity) by asking for 'fix' and then running my usual sync program (FreeFileSync). The result is compounded problem indeed: a lot of book folders with both 'A Title for You.ext' and 'A Title For You.ext' in them. I am not asking for a fix to that: I can always delete and copy again. What I would dearly appreciate is advice on: 1. copying the library to linux without hitting again the same snag: will this work delete current library in linux export settings from windows to external disk *launch calibre in linux, run welcome wizard and point to extenal disk to import settings, or am I missing something? 2. keeping thereafter both libraries synchronized via external disk (which doubles as backup)--it seems that FreeFileSync is NOT the tool for lubuntu. Thanks a lot!