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godzilla8nj · 03-09-2010, 02:32 PM

I'm looking for advice or a guide to help me set up a headless Calibre server for multiple devices readers (Kindle, iPhone, Android phones, etc.) to access.

I'm using a VPS (VPSville) with choices of Ubuntu Server 8.04 - 9.04.

I've already tried and failed to install Gnome and VNC on the VPS (not sure if that's my own fault or the specialized VPS templates) so I could access Calibre graphically. (Here is the failed attempt. I cannot get past a missing fonts error.)

I'm not brand new to Linux, but I am self-taught with many gaps and this is an ambitious undertaking for me. So any hand-holding would be appreciated.

The deliverable would be a server I can add Project Gutenberg and Creative Commons licensed ebooks to for the public library at which I work so that we may retain our own collection of ebooks. (Currently we subscribe to titles with DRM-restrictive Overdrive.)

Thanks in advance to anyone with recommendations.

03-09-2010, 02:32 PM	#1
godzilla8nj Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 13 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: G1	Headless Calibre Server Setup I'm looking for advice or a guide to help me set up a headless Calibre server for multiple devices readers (Kindle, iPhone, Android phones, etc.) to access. I'm using a VPS (VPSville) with choices of Ubuntu Server 8.04 - 9.04. I've already tried and failed to install Gnome and VNC on the VPS (not sure if that's my own fault or the specialized VPS templates) so I could access Calibre graphically. (Here is the failed attempt. I cannot get past a missing fonts error.) I'm not brand new to Linux, but I am self-taught with many gaps and this is an ambitious undertaking for me. So any hand-holding would be appreciated. The deliverable would be a server I can add Project Gutenberg and Creative Commons licensed ebooks to for the public library at which I work so that we may retain our own collection of ebooks. (Currently we subscribe to titles with DRM-restrictive Overdrive.) Thanks in advance to anyone with recommendations. Last edited by godzilla8nj; 03-09-2010 at 02:46 PM.