OSX Calibre server app

chrsl31 · 07-03-2017, 07:29 AM

Hello,

I'm new here, and first of all , I want to thank the creators of Calibre software.

I have very few knowledge in programming, but I'd like to have calibre server as a stand alone app, or just the calibre server opening automaticly at boot time.
I am on Maveriks on one MacbookPro and on Sierra on another one.

Can you please help me with simple instructions to do that ?

Thank you very much.

chrsl31 · 07-10-2017, 02:16 AM

So nobody can help me ?

chrsl31 · 07-14-2017, 11:57 AM

No answer in 11 days ?
Am I missing something ?

kovidgoyal · 07-14-2017, 02:20 PM

http://www.macworld.com/article/1166...t-startup.html

And in calibre Prefdrences->Sharing over the net->Run server automatically when calibre starts

chrsl31 · 07-14-2017, 02:58 PM

Thank you very much.
But that was not my question.
I do not want to run Calibre app, I just want the server, not the main app.

PeterT · 07-14-2017, 04:36 PM

You do realize that calibre 3 and it's server is totally different from calibre 2. You can't run the calibre GUI and standalone server at the same time; it's one or the other.

This is why Kovid suggested running the app, and the server withn it.

chrsl31 · 07-15-2017, 01:51 AM

Thank you PeterT.

I do not want to run at the same time calibre GUI and standalone server.
I just want to run a standalone server, only a standalone server ...
I just want to have Calibre server running in the background, WITHOUT Calibre (2 or 3, I don't care) main application running ...

BetterRed · 07-15-2017, 04:58 AM

@chrsl31 - see Command line interface->calibre-server in the calibre User Manual. There are a number of new options.

Also suggest you read the The calibre Content server section of the manual.

BR

chrsl31 · 07-15-2017, 05:29 AM

Thank you BetterRed.

"Command line", that's the point.
I read the manual many times, but I do not know how to make the link between the command lines (that I type in Terminal, I guess) and the result I want, that is a standalone running app ...
How can I transform the command lines in an application ?

Thanks

BetterRed · 07-15-2017, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrsl31

How can I transform the command lines in an application ?

From the very beginning of the Command Line Interface section of the calibre User Manual

Quote:

On macOS, the command line tools are inside the calibre bundle, for example, if you installed calibre in /Applications the command line tools are in /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/console.app/Contents/MacOS/.

I'm not a Mac owner. So, I assume you either need to unbundle the command line tools from there to somewhere more accessible, or type something like this into Terminal

Code:

/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/console.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre-server <whatever options you want>

BR

Tenzin_la · 07-15-2017, 07:57 PM

May I ask what your reluctance to running Calibre and using the server from that? I'm not sure that there is much 'overhead' (RAM & CPU usage) from running Calibre. From what I can see, Calibre, when not actually doing anything, doesn't use much resources at all.

The reason I ask is, although quite robust if you are not comfortable using the Command Line Interface, it may not be worth it.

kovidgoyal · 07-15-2017, 11:19 PM

I dont use os x, but basically you have to create a launchd plist file to run the calibre-server command at startup. If you dont know how to do that, you will need to google, or simply use the calibre GUI, which is a lot simpler for most people.

chrsl31 · 07-16-2017, 04:33 AM

Thank you.
I finally got what I wanted thanks to this link:
https://developer.apple.com/library/...unchdJobs.html

BetterRed · 07-16-2017, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrsl31

Thank you.
I finally got what I wanted thanks to this link:
https://developer.apple.com/library/...unchdJobs.html

And they say Macs are easy to use

I see they're recycling PLIST. OS/360 JCL (circa 1960s) had a PLIST verb. Can't recall what it was about, might have been Partitioned Datasets - which is roughly what a 'bundle' appears to be. See Ecclesiastes 1:9

BR

07-03-2017, 07:29 AM	#1
chrsl31 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2017 Device: iPad	OSX Calibre server app Hello, I'm new here, and first of all , I want to thank the creators of Calibre software. I have very few knowledge in programming, but I'd like to have calibre server as a stand alone app, or just the calibre server opening automaticly at boot time. I am on Maveriks on one MacbookPro and on Sierra on another one. Can you please help me with simple instructions to do that ? Thank you very much. Last edited by chrsl31; 07-05-2017 at 08:38 AM.

07-16-2017, 04:33 AM	#13
chrsl31 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2017 Device: iPad	Thank you. I finally got what I wanted thanks to this link: https://developer.apple.com/library/...unchdJobs.html Last edited by chrsl31; 07-16-2017 at 10:03 AM.

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chrsl31 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2017 Device: iPad	So nobody can help me ?

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chrsl31 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2017 Device: iPad	No answer in 11 days ? Am I missing something ?

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,355 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	http://www.macworld.com/article/1166...t-startup.html And in calibre Prefdrences->Sharing over the net->Run server automatically when calibre starts

07-14-2017, 02:58 PM	#5
chrsl31 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2017 Device: iPad	Thank you very much. But that was not my question. I do not want to run Calibre app, I just want the server, not the main app.

07-14-2017, 04:36 PM	#6
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,525 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	You do realize that calibre 3 and it's server is totally different from calibre 2. You can't run the calibre GUI and standalone server at the same time; it's one or the other. This is why Kovid suggested running the app, and the server withn it.

07-15-2017, 01:51 AM	#7
chrsl31 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2017 Device: iPad	Thank you PeterT. I do not want to run at the same time calibre GUI and standalone server. I just want to run a standalone server, only a standalone server ... I just want to have Calibre server running in the background, WITHOUT Calibre (2 or 3, I don't care) main application running ...

07-15-2017, 04:58 AM	#8
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,725 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@chrsl31 - see Command line interface->calibre-server in the calibre User Manual. There are a number of new options. Also suggest you read the The calibre Content server section of the manual. BR

07-15-2017, 05:29 AM	#9
chrsl31 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2017 Device: iPad	Thank you BetterRed. "Command line", that's the point. I read the manual many times, but I do not know how to make the link between the command lines (that I type in Terminal, I guess) and the result I want, that is a standalone running app ... How can I transform the command lines in an application ? Thanks

07-15-2017, 07:57 PM	#11
Tenzin_la Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 26718 Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Long Island, NY - USA Device: Oasis	May I ask what your reluctance to running Calibre and using the server from that? I'm not sure that there is much 'overhead' (RAM & CPU usage) from running Calibre. From what I can see, Calibre, when not actually doing anything, doesn't use much resources at all. The reason I ask is, although quite robust if you are not comfortable using the Command Line Interface, it may not be worth it.

07-15-2017, 11:19 PM	#12
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,355 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I dont use os x, but basically you have to create a launchd plist file to run the calibre-server command at startup. If you dont know how to do that, you will need to google, or simply use the calibre GUI, which is a lot simpler for most people.