MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Move Calibre to new machine (Linux), keeping all books and settings?

Moonbase59 · 07-04-2025, 06:38 AM

Using rsync somehow comes naturally to Linux guys and gals…

But I just found that Calibre’s creator actually provided for this situation by having a full export/import.

So to test this, what I did was:

Exported everything on my old machine to my NAS, using Calibre’s Export all Calibre data.
Installed extra/calibre. It even reminds you of the import on the welcome screen—nice.
Imported everything from the NAS folder, using the new Calibre’s Import all Calibre data.
It was complaining about a non-empty folder, because I was re-using the new Calibre’s "~/Calibre-Bibliothek" folder. Just cleared that out and tried importing again. Worked this time.
Calibre restarted, and all my settings and books are there, like I never changed machines. Nice!

07-04-2025, 06:38 AM	#2
Moonbase59 Addict Posts: 223 Karma: 1000244 Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: Germany Device: Tolino Vision 5, Tolino Tab 8", Pocketbook Era (16GB)	Using rsync somehow comes naturally to Linux guys and gals… But I just found that Calibre’s creator actually provided for this situation by having a full export/import. So to test this, what I did was: Exported everything on my old machine to my NAS, using Calibre’s Export all Calibre data. Installed extra/calibre. It even reminds you of the import on the welcome screen—nice. Imported everything from the NAS folder, using the new Calibre’s Import all Calibre data. It was complaining about a non-empty folder, because I was re-using the new Calibre’s "~/Calibre-Bibliothek" folder. Just cleared that out and tried importing again. Worked this time. Calibre restarted, and all my settings and books are there, like I never changed machines. Nice!