Calibre silent installation and configuration

verukins · 10-04-2021, 10:55 PM

Hi all,
trying to silently install and configure calibre.

- Silent installation is easy thanks to the MSI
- configuration to the json files under C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming to make it look/feel as desired is doable

Two things im having trouble with
- Is there a way to change to the default directory for configuration from <user profile>\appdata\roaming... i would like it to be machine rather than user-based. I haven't been able to find anything in the registry or MSI tables. Is this perhaps hard-coded ?
- Based on the above - preventing the first run wizard for running. This seems to check for the existence of C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming - so i believe this is linked with the first question... but if someone else knows better - please let me know.

kovidgoyal · 10-04-2021, 11:29 PM

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cus...ment-variables

as for the welcome wizard, it looks for a key ina config file called welcome_wizard_was_run

verukins · 10-05-2021, 03:43 AM

Ok - cool, thanks a lot of that.

I didn't even consider environment variables - as its a unusual method to provide silent install config... but in this instance- makes sense.

Will give it a crack.

begem0t · 10-17-2022, 06:15 PM

I'm not able to assign TARGETDIR during install. Any help with this?

10-04-2021, 10:55 PM	#1
verukins Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2021 Device: Kindle	Calibre silent installation and configuration Hi all, trying to silently install and configure calibre. - Silent installation is easy thanks to the MSI - configuration to the json files under C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming to make it look/feel as desired is doable Two things im having trouble with - Is there a way to change to the default directory for configuration from <user profile>\appdata\roaming... i would like it to be machine rather than user-based. I haven't been able to find anything in the registry or MSI tables. Is this perhaps hard-coded ? - Based on the above - preventing the first run wizard for running. This seems to check for the existence of C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming - so i believe this is linked with the first question... but if someone else knows better - please let me know.

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10-04-2021, 11:29 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cus...ment-variables as for the welcome wizard, it looks for a key ina config file called welcome_wizard_was_run

10-05-2021, 03:43 AM	#3
verukins Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2021 Device: Kindle	Ok - cool, thanks a lot of that. I didn't even consider environment variables - as its a unusual method to provide silent install config... but in this instance- makes sense. Will give it a crack.

10-17-2022, 06:15 PM	#4
begem0t Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 14 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: smartphone	I'm not able to assign TARGETDIR during install. Any help with this?

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