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cmartin616 · 05-13-2020, 08:06 AM

I'm sorry but the documentation doesn't include any references to setting the environment variables in a Linux system. There are many different ways to set env variables in Linux so which does Calibre read from? It does not appear to respect /etc/environment. Calibredb is being run from a service account with no home so I can't set ~/.profile.

Something works as intended is great. Not documenting how something works and when a user asks for assistance, its unfortunate the response is simply - it works as intended and you are the problem.

I can't believe the amount of push back in this forum when people are requesting help. I've tried to be very clear in my asks and the responses don't seem to indicate I've conveyed my ask well. If you could help me clarify on what aspects I am leaving out, I'd gladly update with the information.

To clarify, I am asking exactly where I set Ubuntu environmental variables that will be used by both a service account running calibredb *and* an admin user (me) running the Calibre GUI.

Thank you.

05-13-2020, 08:06 AM	#5
cmartin616 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: none	I'm sorry but the documentation doesn't include any references to setting the environment variables in a Linux system. There are many different ways to set env variables in Linux so which does Calibre read from? It does not appear to respect /etc/environment. Calibredb is being run from a service account with no home so I can't set ~/.profile. Something works as intended is great. Not documenting how something works and when a user asks for assistance, its unfortunate the response is simply - it works as intended and you are the problem. I can't believe the amount of push back in this forum when people are requesting help. I've tried to be very clear in my asks and the responses don't seem to indicate I've conveyed my ask well. If you could help me clarify on what aspects I am leaving out, I'd gladly update with the information. To clarify, I am asking exactly where I set Ubuntu environmental variables that will be used by both a service account running calibredb and an admin user (me) running the Calibre GUI. Thank you.