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orbited · 08-16-2023, 05:47 AM

TLDR: Is there a way to get KOReader to see books synced by Kobocloud?

After hours of trying to get KOReader’s built-in Dropbox integration to work, I’ve given up. There are (supposedly) excellent guides out there, but I just cannot get it to work. However, setting up Kobocloud with Google Drive was a breeze.

The problem is that while the native Kobo reader can find the files synced by Kobocloud, KOReader does not.

The obvious solution – or so I thought – was to make a symbolic link from the Library folder in the .add directory where Kobocloud is installed (a location not monitored by KOReader, I deduce) to a folder directly under the onboard folder, thus putting the files somewhere where KOReader is actually looking for them.

However, when SSH-ing into the Kobo and trying:

ln -s /mnt/onboard/.add/kobocloud/Library/ /mnt/onboard/SyncedLibrary

It returns the error:

ln: /mnt/onboard/SyncedLibrary/: Operation not permitted

I’m logged in as root, so I can’t see how it would be a permissions issue?

Any ideas on how to get KOReader to find Kobocloud synced books?

08-16-2023, 05:47 AM	#1
orbited Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2023 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Using Kobocloud with KOReader TLDR: Is there a way to get KOReader to see books synced by Kobocloud? After hours of trying to get KOReader’s built-in Dropbox integration to work, I’ve given up. There are (supposedly) excellent guides out there, but I just cannot get it to work. However, setting up Kobocloud with Google Drive was a breeze. The problem is that while the native Kobo reader can find the files synced by Kobocloud, KOReader does not. The obvious solution – or so I thought – was to make a symbolic link from the Library folder in the .add directory where Kobocloud is installed (a location not monitored by KOReader, I deduce) to a folder directly under the onboard folder, thus putting the files somewhere where KOReader is actually looking for them. However, when SSH-ing into the Kobo and trying: ln -s /mnt/onboard/.add/kobocloud/Library/ /mnt/onboard/SyncedLibrary It returns the error: ln: /mnt/onboard/SyncedLibrary/: Operation not permitted I’m logged in as root, so I can’t see how it would be a permissions issue? Any ideas on how to get KOReader to find Kobocloud synced books?