One-Click Install Packages for KOReader & Plato

[serpico8591]

Hi all,

The installation process of the one-click files worked flawlessly. Thank you so much!
I can hardly believe I'm the first one, but I haven't found an answer to the following question.

As instructed, I installed and unzipped the zip files in the root directory of my Kobo. Now when I look at ' My Books' in my Kobo, or in Calibre (My device), 119 files from the unzipped files are now considered to be ebooks. The majority no more then 1 or 2kb each.
Can I safely delete these files or somehow change attributes, so they are no longer considered to be part of my ebook library?

Please forgive me if this question was asked before.

Thanks in advance.

Kind regards,

Paul

[NiLuJe]

USBMS ate your babies.

c.f., https://github.com/koreader/koreader...mportant-notes

(I'll probably update the instructions to recommend a device reboot beforehand, as that should at least help prevent the Nickel side of things from screwing with this. That still leaves the truly terrible USB stack of various OSes to content with...).

TL;DR: Make sure the config is actually updated (re-run the OCP after a device reboot if need be); watch Nickel burn down all the things on unplug, then reinstall everything once again because Nickel just broke it .

[sadtango289]

please check video https://youtu.be/supgXXOzo28

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by sadtango289

please check video https://youtu.be/supgXXOzo28

Did you follow the instructions in message #2 in this thread? Specifically in section 3 where it says you need to unblock the script?

On recent Windows versions (i.e., when running PowerShell >= 7), you'll have to "unblock" the script to allow it to run. (Right Click > Tick Unblock in the bottom-right corner).
That should look like this (before ticking the box):


If you try opening PowerShell and then running the script you would see an error message similar to the following:

PS C:\Users\david\downloads> .\install.ps1
.\install.ps1 : File C:\Users\david\downloads\install.ps1 cannot be loaded. The file
C:\Users\david\downloads\install.ps1 is not digitally signed. You cannot run this script on the current system. For more information about running scripts and setting execution policy, see about_Execution_Policies at https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170.
At line:1 char:1
+ .\install.ps1
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : SecurityError: ( [], PSSecurityException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess

[sadtango289]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Did you follow the instructions in message #2 in this thread? Specifically in section 3 where it says you need to unblock the script?

On recent Windows versions (i.e., when running PowerShell >= 7), you'll have to "unblock" the script to allow it to run. (Right Click > Tick Unblock in the bottom-right corner).
That should look like this (before ticking the box):


If you try opening PowerShell and then running the script you would see an error message similar to the following:

The problem is I don't have "unblock"
https://i.imgur.com/2oGaA6r.png

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by sadtango289

The problem is I don't have "unblock"
https://i.imgur.com/2oGaA6r.png

What version of Windows and PowerShell are you using? Windows 10/11 have the Unblock checkbox while Windows 7/8 should show an Unblock button.

You may be forced into using an admin PowerShell session to execute the following:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser

after you have finished, I would recommend using:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Restricted -Scope CurrentUser

[demosthien]

Just completed the install (KoReader via MacOS) using the install script method. It all worked perfectly, except for a single user error.

Error: I downloaded the KoReader zip and transferred it to my Kobo (Nia). But (I feel I misread the instructions) I unzipped the KoReader zip onto the Kobo. Subsequently the script ran, but obviously didn't properly complete (but didn't throw up an obvious error message) but the Kobo still performed a refresh on ejecting.

After the refresh all the files from the KoReader zip were then scanned by the Kobo & appeared in the library.

I simply deleted them all and went back to the instructions & found my error.

It might be worth noting in the instructions post for the script that the KoReader/Plato zip should not be unzipped... You know, for numpties like myself who misread the instructions. ;-)

Otherwise, thanks for your work. I'm now off to play with KoReader on my Kobo.

[NiLuJe]

It *sorta* is mentioned .

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

[*] Don't download the packages onto the device itself, that's unnecessary, and may actually complicate matters on Linux & macOS.

[sadtango289]

Originally Posted by DNSB

What version of Windows and PowerShell are you using? Windows 10/11 have the Unblock checkbox while Windows 7/8 should show an Unblock button.

You may be forced into using an admin PowerShell session to execute the following:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -Scope CurrentUser

after you have finished, I would recommend using:

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Restricted -Scope CurrentUser

My old powershell is 5. version (default in my PC ). I installed ver 7 and script is worked . Still not found "unblock" but it still worked . Weird .

[MicheleClinco]

Hallo.

I have a Kobo Aura Edition 2 (Model N236) and after the update to firmware version 4.35.20400 KOReader does not work anymore and hangs at startup. I have to reboot the reader in order to restart.
I'm using KOReader 2023.04

The firmware update, as usually, broke KFMon so I made some tests reinstalling more or less everything, in different ways, using Nickelmenu alone, reinstalling KOReader from scratch, but what I can see is that the process actually starts but then it hangs without touching the screen.

I tried to install also Plato (that I was not using before) but I have the same results.

I had a look at the crash.log file but I saw no particular message and the trace stops with the same line that appeared when the app war correctly running.

It seems that this firmware update broke something more serious than KFMon.
Any suggestion? Shall I try a complete backup, reset to factory defaults and reinstall everything again?
Shall I report this situation somewhere else?

Bye, Michele

[NiLuJe]

Yup, it's a regression that affects a few devices, c.f., https://github.com/koreader/koreader/issues/10107

[cape1234]

Please, will this One-Click Install Packages for KOReader & Plato work with Kindle jailbreaked PW3?
I have already a very old koreader and KUAL.

[DNSB]

No. These packages are for the Kobo ereaders. You could take a look at the KOReader: a document reader for PDF, DJVU, EPUB, FB2, HTML, ... (GPLv3) for some help on installing KOReader on a jailbroken Kindle.

Does your version of KOReader support updating from within KOReader?

[ahmetsosyal]

is it possible to make the ereader automatically boot into KOReader after a restart? Thanks...

[cape1234]

Originally Posted by DNSB

No. These packages are for the Kobo ereaders. You could take a look at the KOReader: a document reader for PDF, DJVU, EPUB, FB2, HTML, ... (GPLv3) for some help on installing KOReader on a jailbroken Kindle.

Does your version of KOReader support updating from within KOReader?

I tried to update fronmwithin KOReader but it seems I have not the right path to the update server. When I try to update it shows the following:
OTA update is not available in the stable channel. I tried different server addresses.