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Originally Posted by kindle_helpme
Hello,
Due to situations, I currently only have a Steam Deck as a computer usage but I am having trouble using this. The Converter tells me "Cannot find KindleGen!" message but I have the Linux version in the following path. /home/deck/.var/app/io.github.ciromattia.kcc/data/
any idea on how to get it to work? I downloaded the app directly from the Discover app
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The Kindlegen app is currently available on Windows and MacOS where it installs as part of the Kindle Previewer. I know there was a installation of KindleGen for Linux and I seem to remember the executable had to be moved to /usr/local/bin but even if you find the installer tarball I'm not even moderately certain that it will still work. I seem to remember you don't need KindleGen unless you want to generate a .mobi file.
I took a look at the ciromattia github page and the Linux installer has not been available for quite a while.
Doing some quick searching, I found some information at the ASCIIDoctor project:
Current workaround for Linux is:
- Find kindlegen_linux_2.6_i386_v2_9.tar.gz somewhere in the internet. Note that this step is legally questionable.
- Unpack it
{*]Do one of
a. Add unpacked directory to PATH
b. Set KINDLEGEN environment variable with path to KindleGen executable
c. Use -a ebook-kindlegen-path=/path/to/kindlegen to command line when converting to Mobi
Searching for the tarball file found quite a few hits including:
https://github.com/zzet/fp-docker/find/master
https://archive.org/download/kindlegen2.9
Good luck!