Calibre from source on ARM - Debian and dependencies

flying_sausages · 01-20-2021, 06:46 AM

Hey everyone,
So I'd like to compile Calibre from source on Debian-based ARM machines, but it's taking me a little longer than i prefer to fetch down all the requirements.

The instructions point to this JSON with a list of the dependencies, and I was curious whether there's a way to interpret these requirements programmatically and satisfy them without having to go find each package manually.

My aim is to create a script that would build it from source together with installing the dependencies, and make it as architecture agnostic as possible. Maybe make some packages while I'm at it.

kovidgoyal · 01-20-2021, 08:05 AM

I suggest archlinux arm its up-to-date no need to compile yourself. If you want to install all those dependencies yourself, I doubt you can use debian packages since they probably arent present in the versions needed. If you want to automate, your best bet is to add ARM support to https://github.com/kovidgoyal/bypy which is what is used to build the calibre releases.

pepapepa · 02-05-2021, 02:30 PM

Hi, will you share it if you get it to work?

01-20-2021, 06:46 AM	#1
flying_sausages Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2020 Device: Kobo Forma	Calibre from source on ARM - Debian and dependencies Hey everyone, So I'd like to compile Calibre from source on Debian-based ARM machines, but it's taking me a little longer than i prefer to fetch down all the requirements. The instructions point to this JSON with a list of the dependencies, and I was curious whether there's a way to interpret these requirements programmatically and satisfy them without having to go find each package manually. My aim is to create a script that would build it from source together with installing the dependencies, and make it as architecture agnostic as possible. Maybe make some packages while I'm at it.

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01-20-2021, 08:05 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,330 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I suggest archlinux arm its up-to-date no need to compile yourself. If you want to install all those dependencies yourself, I doubt you can use debian packages since they probably arent present in the versions needed. If you want to automate, your best bet is to add ARM support to https://github.com/kovidgoyal/bypy which is what is used to build the calibre releases.

02-05-2021, 02:30 PM	#3
pepapepa Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2020 Device: none	Hi, will you share it if you get it to work?

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