[Device Plugin] iOS reader applications

[ljrkrispes]

I am but a novice who bought an iPad Air 2 today and am bitterly regretting it since now my MacBook will not "see" it so I cannot sync Calibre and Marvin. I did just download the Calibre 2.12 update. Still no joy.

[eschwartz]

@ljrkrispes,
I and Mr. Goodbar posted temporary updates to the plugin that should work -- see a few posts back.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=342

[hymie]

Originally Posted by hymie

I don't know. But without libplist.so.2 , I get this error:

Failed to initialize plugin: iOS reader applications (1, 4, 4, 0, 1)
Failed to initialize plugin: u'/home/hymie/.config/calibre/plugins/iOS reader applications.zip'

And when I try to reinstall the iOS Reader Applications plugin, I get this error:

calibre, version 2.12.0
ERROR: Unhandled exception: <b>InvalidPlugin</b>:Initialization of plugin Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages/calibre/customize/ui.py", line 551, in initialize_plugin
File "calibre_plugins.ios_reader_apps.__init__", line 898, in initialize
File "site-packages/calibre/devices/idevice/libimobiledevice.py", line 205, in __init__
File "site-packages/calibre/devices/idevice/libimobiledevice.py", line 443, in load_library
File "ctypes/__init__.py", line 443, in LoadLibrary
File "ctypes/__init__.py", line 365, in __init__
OSError: libplist.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
failed with traceback:

This might be the problem:

newlaptop-pts/8:/opt/calibre/lib% ldd libusbmuxd.so.4
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xffffe000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0xb76fb000)
libplist.so.2 => not found
libxml2.so.2 => /usr/local/lib/libxml2.so.2 (0xb75d0000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/libdl.so.2 (0xb75cc000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb75b7000)
libiconv.so.2 => not found
libm.so.6 => /lib/libm.so.6 (0xb7591000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb742e000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb7731000)
liblzma.so.0 => /lib/liblzma.so.0 (0xb740d000)

[eschwartz]

Yeah.

This:
File "site-packages/calibre/devices/idevice/libimobiledevice.py", line 443, in load_library
is loading libimobiledevice not libplist, so if it was going to error out with the old source, it would've complained about that.

[ljrkrispes]

Thanks to Mr Goodbar and eschwartz for this posting. I have now downloaded the plug in addons--do I just drag them into Calibre? How do I get them working for me? yes, I am a moron..

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by ljrkrispes

Thanks to Mr Goodbar and eschwartz for this posting. I have now downloaded the plug in addons--do I just drag them into Calibre? How do I get them working for me? yes, I am a moron..

Preferences ==> Advanced ==> Plugins

Instead of clicking Get new plugins, use Load plugin from file, and select the .zip you downloaded..

[Mr. Goodbar]

Originally Posted by ljrkrispes

Thanks to Mr Goodbar and eschwartz for this posting. I have now downloaded the plug in addons--do I just drag them into Calibre? How do I get them working for me? yes, I am a moron..

Make sure you follow the directions for installation at the start of the thread as well, but again you'll be installing from a file. If you already installed a previous version I would recommend uninstalling that first, restarting, installing the new one and then restarting again.

[eschwartz]

It shouldn't be necessary to uninstall, just like the plugin updater it will simply upgrade.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

It shouldn't be necessary to uninstall, just like the plugin updater it will simply upgrade.

Mr Goodbar made a prudent recommendation, he also contributed directly to getting the PI working again, I'm not entirely sure you even use the PI.

Try to refrain from contradicting what others suggest, unless it is patently wrong.

BR

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

Mr Goodbar made a prudent recommendation, he also contributed directly to getting the PI working again, I'm not entirely sure you even use the PI.

Try to refrain from contradicting what others suggest, unless it is patently wrong.

BR

Not owning an iDevice, I do not use this PI, correct. Nevertheless, I try to be helpful in general. I manage to help many people in various things that I do not personally use. And as it happens, we contributed much the same changes, more or less in parallel -- but I don't really care who gets credit. The important thing is, change happened, and people are happy.

I was not trying to attack anyone, and I am unsure why you have taken offense.

P.S. Perhaps I do indeed feel it is patently wrong and was being polite. Overcaution cannot really hurt, but sometimes doesn't really help either; no need to make a fuss.

for your helpful contribution to this discussion.

[BetterRed]

whatever - must try remember in eschwartz's world 'try to refrain [yourself]' is regarded as an 'attack' - must be a cultural thing.

Added : IMO given recent track record of this PI an abundance of caution is appropriate, but I don't use the PI either, so what would I know - no more than other non-users I venture.

BR

[ljrkrispes]

TO eschwartz and Mr. Goodbar....I have just finished loading my 1330 books onto my new iPad Air 2. Thanks for leading me in small steps to this success. I am soon going to RV full time and am trying to move all of my books to the iPad since my husband refuses to let me fill the underneath of the RV with boxes of books...

[Mr. Goodbar]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

It shouldn't be necessary to uninstall, just like the plugin updater it will simply upgrade.

Generally I agree, but there have been instances on the Mac where some files did not get updated correctly during an upgrade. I've had this happen to me personally in the past, thus my recommendation to delete and start from scratch.

[Mr. Goodbar]

Originally Posted by ljrkrispes

TO eschwartz and Mr. Goodbar....I have just finished loading my 1330 books onto my new iPad Air 2. Thanks for leading me in small steps to this success. I am soon going to RV full time and am trying to move all of my books to the iPad since my husband refuses to let me fill the underneath of the RV with boxes of books...

Glad to help and enjoy the full time RV'ing. My in-laws have done that for a number of years and have really enjoyed it.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Mr. Goodbar

Generally I agree, but there have been instances on the Mac where some files did not get updated correctly during an upgrade. I've had this happen to me personally in the past, thus my recommendation to delete and start from scratch.

Do you mean, the old Qt4 files? Those need to be removed by hand no matter what?