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Originally Posted by Moonbase59
I’m switching my laptop from Linux Mint 21.3 to EndeavourOS (rolling, Arch-based) and need to move my Calibre, including all personal settings and my Calibre library.
How to do that safely?
Is it enough to
- rsync over the complete Calibre Library folder (called "Calibre-Bibliothek" because I’m on a German-language system)
- rsync over my ~/.config/calibre with all subfolders
- then re-install using the Linux install script on the Calibre site
- or (better) install calibre-bin from the AUR
Or must I install Calibre first, then rsync my data over?
Assume the setup is the same (same paths, same Calibre version, same username, same UID & GID, same folder structure). |
NEVER EVER install calibre from any Linux repository. Most times it's a major fail. ALWAYS install calibre from the official calibre website.
Install calibre and run it so you can find out where the configuration directory is. Then copy over your configuration directory. Then copy over your libraries.
As for using rsync, I prefer to use FreeFileSync.