Any interest in Kobo Desktop for Linux? - Page 14

barberiggs · 06-05-2011, 04:49 PM

Just bought the n647 kobo today and looking for a 64bit software for the linux mint debian edition (LMDE) or a 32 bit for the same edition.
Anyone know if these are out yet?
Sent a pm but just double checking in case it is already out for download.

Thanks

PeterT · 06-05-2011, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by barberiggs

Just bought the n647 kobo today and looking for a 64bit software for the linux mint debian edition (LMDE) or a 32 bit for the same edition.
Anyone know if these are out yet?
Sent a pm but just double checking in case it is already out for download.

Thanks

Lol.. I had to check! You mean the Kobo WiFi !

barberiggs · 06-06-2011, 11:35 AM

Yes it runs wifi also, I installed it on the lmde version 32 bit and it works fine, had to reset the kobo to get it to read since it was new nothing was lost, after that all works great, it syncs updated etc etc etc, just had to install the libzip file other than that all went well, now I am going to try it on the 64bit lmde version and see how it works, then I'll deal with the ADE wine and try to get that running. (well my husband will lol).

2doggiesmom · 06-14-2011, 04:52 PM

Hi. This is my first post so apologies for my knowledge gaps.

I had a Kobo which died and it was replaced with a refurbished one. Now I have to get the unofficial desktop version so I can reinstall the books I had purchased but not read.

If someone would tell me how to send a PM to JCKobo I would be very grateful.

2doggiesmom

taming · 06-15-2011, 01:31 PM

JC is spending most of his time on a different project. You might PM George instead as he is posting here often, these days. Of course JC might still hook you up.

george.talusan · 06-15-2011, 03:58 PM

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2183775/kobo-desktop.deb for the Touch compatible desktop

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2183775/kobo-desktop-older.deb for the original Kobo and Kobo Wifi compatible desktop.

The two will hopefully be merged into one awesome release real soon now.

daewon · 06-16-2011, 03:16 PM

I'm running opensuse 11.4 linux and i just tried the .exe installer under the latest wine and it does not seem to be detecting when i plug the Kobo Touch into the usb port...

I refuse to and will not run windows...I saw some mention of using the files in the deb file and placing them manually that some people have had luck with?

Assuming there is going to be no rpm version any time soon...Hw do i install the files from the deb file?

daewon · 06-17-2011, 12:40 AM

dot dot dot

george.talusan · 06-17-2011, 01:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by daewon

This is so irritating...I sent all this money on something i had faith in and it turns out i can't even use it...Come on devs...I see there's been the debian package out for about a year...Does it take that long to do an rpm package? I understand the touch was shipped with not so ready for prime time firmware? You should make people more aware of that who do not use the most mainstream operating systems and might be screwed if they buy the touch not knowing it may end up not being able to use without having to just through a mile of hoops...I swear i am so totally ready to return this and go o something else...

Howdy Daewon,

The developer responsible for providing an unsupported build of the Kobo Desktop to Linux users happens to be me. Unfortunately it's not within my means to target every single distribution - it'd mean the company would have more unsupported than supported software.

You've been given several answers to help you along, and given that you're a Linux user I'm hoping you should be accustomed to doing things from the command line. In brief, download 'alien' using OpenSUSE's package management system. If it's not provided by OpenSUSE, then please download it from the Internet using a searchtool like Google. Once you have alien, you can run this:

Code:

sudo alien -r kobo-desktop.deb

It should create a .rpm from the .deb file. Don't forget to download the .deb file if you haven't. Now you can install it using whatever tool installs .rpms on OpenSUSE. You may need to resolve some dependency issues around libzip or if you're running a 64-bit version of OpenSUSE.

daewon · 06-17-2011, 01:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by george.talusan

Howdy Daewon,

The developer responsible for providing an unsupported build of the Kobo Desktop to Linux users happens to be me. Unfortunately it's not within my means to target every single distribution - it'd mean the company would have more unsupported than supported software.

You've been given several answers to help you along, and given that you're a Linux user I'm hoping you should be accustomed to doing things from the command line. In brief, download 'alien' using OpenSUSE's package management system. If it's not provided by OpenSUSE, then please download it from the Internet using a searchtool like Google. Once you have alien, you can run this:

Code:

sudo alien -r kobo-desktop.deb

It should create a .rpm from the .deb file. Don't forget to download the .deb file if you haven't. Now you can install it using whatever tool installs .rpms on OpenSUSE. You may need to resolve some dependency issues around libzip or if you're running a 64-bit version of OpenSUSE.

Hi George. I apologize for being cross...It's just frustrating you know?...I know you all work hardSometimes linux tends to be touchy between distros even though it may be an rpm file or deb...I did try the suggestions but thye just didn't seem to be working for me...I did look at the alien thing...it didnt say it made rpm's...it said it made packages from rpm's? So i didn't try it...But I've been tinkering with it all this time and i think i'm having some success...

But since i have you on here...What do i do if the touch is telling me that i'm using the wrong network login and i know i am not? :-)

Again i do apologize for being cross...Just venting...I was actually about to delete this post but then yu had already replied...So yeah...Sorry everyne

portablejim · 06-17-2011, 01:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by george.talusan

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2183775/kobo-desktop.deb for the Touch compatible desktop

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2183775/kobo-desktop-older.deb for the original Kobo and Kobo Wifi compatible desktop.

The two will hopefully be merged into one awesome release real soon now.

For those with a 64-bit installation, you may need to get libzip as a 32-bit library.

For those on Debian based (64-bit) distributions (e.g. Ubuntu):
First you need ia32-libs

Code:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

Install the downloaded package with

Code:

sudo dpkg --force-architecture -i kobo-desktop.deb

Install getlibs by getting the latest from http://frozenfox.freehostia.com/cappy/ and installing
then install the needed libraries (in this case libzip)

Code:

getlibs -p libzip1

The software can now be launched from /usr/bin/Kobo with

Code:

Kobo

Solicitous · 06-17-2011, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by george.talusan

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2183775/kobo-desktop.deb for the Touch compatible desktop

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2183775/kobo-desktop-older.deb for the original Kobo and Kobo Wifi compatible desktop.

The two will hopefully be merged into one awesome release real soon now.

Is it just me, or do both report at being 1.8.1 when you go to install either of them?

thdurrant · 06-19-2011, 02:18 AM

Following portablejim's instructions, I get the following error

dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64)
(Reading database ... 211030 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace kobo-desktop:i386 1.8-1 (using kobo-desktop.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement kobo-desktop:i386 ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kobo-desktop:i386:
kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libusb-0.1-4.
kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libpng3.
kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libpng12-0.
kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libjpeg62.
kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libxml2.
dpkg: error processing kobo-desktop:i386 (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ...
Processing triggers for python-gmenu ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_AU.utf8.cache...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
kobo-desktop:i386

On ubuntu 11.04

portablejim · 06-19-2011, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thdurrant

dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kobo-desktop:i386:
kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libusb-0.1-4.
kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libpng3.
kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libpng12-0.
kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libjpeg62.
kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libxml2.

Try running 'getlibs' for the dependancies, using the package name without the version (some numbers are part of the package name).
i.e. I'd try: 'libusb', 'libpng3', 'libpng12', ,libjpeg62', 'libxml2'

e.g.

Code:

getlibs -p libusb

Quote:

Originally Posted by thdurrant

On ubuntu 11.04

I am on 10.10, and have had the 32-bit support for a while, so I guess some of the dependencies were already installed for me. The list above ("I'd try ...") is the complete list of dependencies

thdurrant · 06-19-2011, 04:09 AM

Thanks for the suggestions portablejim,

I tried the package names you suggested, as well as the full names, no good I am afraid...

Given these are the only dependencies, could it be a path issue? i.e. does getlibs download to a non-standard path, that kobo doesn't look for?

06-05-2011, 04:49 PM	#196
barberiggs Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: kobo	hello all Just bought the n647 kobo today and looking for a 64bit software for the linux mint debian edition (LMDE) or a 32 bit for the same edition. Anyone know if these are out yet? Sent a pm but just double checking in case it is already out for download. Thanks

06-16-2011, 03:16 PM	#202
daewon Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Nook STR	I'm running opensuse 11.4 linux and i just tried the .exe installer under the latest wine and it does not seem to be detecting when i plug the Kobo Touch into the usb port... I refuse to and will not run windows...I saw some mention of using the files in the deb file and placing them manually that some people have had luck with? Assuming there is going to be no rpm version any time soon...Hw do i install the files from the deb file? Last edited by daewon; 06-16-2011 at 03:26 PM.

06-17-2011, 12:40 AM	#203
daewon Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Nook STR	dot dot dot Last edited by daewon; 06-17-2011 at 02:27 AM. Reason: removing inappropriate posting

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06-06-2011, 11:35 AM	#198
barberiggs Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: kobo	Yes it runs wifi also, I installed it on the lmde version 32 bit and it works fine, had to reset the kobo to get it to read since it was new nothing was lost, after that all works great, it syncs updated etc etc etc, just had to install the libzip file other than that all went well, now I am going to try it on the 64bit lmde version and see how it works, then I'll deal with the ADE wine and try to get that running. (well my husband will lol).

06-14-2011, 04:52 PM	#199
2doggiesmom Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kobo	Hi. This is my first post so apologies for my knowledge gaps. I had a Kobo which died and it was replaced with a refurbished one. Now I have to get the unofficial desktop version so I can reinstall the books I had purchased but not read. If someone would tell me how to send a PM to JCKobo I would be very grateful. 2doggiesmom

06-15-2011, 01:31 PM	#200
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	JC is spending most of his time on a different project. You might PM George instead as he is posting here often, these days. Of course JC might still hook you up.

06-15-2011, 03:58 PM	#201
george.talusan Kobo Developer Intern Posts: 84 Karma: 253043 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Toronto, ON Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2183775/kobo-desktop.deb for the Touch compatible desktop http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2183775/kobo-desktop-older.deb for the original Kobo and Kobo Wifi compatible desktop. The two will hopefully be merged into one awesome release real soon now.

06-19-2011, 02:18 AM	#208
thdurrant Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kobo Touch	Following portablejim's instructions, I get the following error dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled: package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64) (Reading database ... 211030 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace kobo-desktop:i386 1.8-1 (using kobo-desktop.deb) ... Unpacking replacement kobo-desktop:i386 ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of kobo-desktop:i386: kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libusb-0.1-4. kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libpng3. kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libpng12-0. kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libjpeg62. kobo-desktop:i386 depends on libxml2. dpkg: error processing kobo-desktop:i386 (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Processing triggers for bamfdaemon ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf.index... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils ... Processing triggers for python-gmenu ... Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/desktop.en_AU.utf8.cache... Processing triggers for python-support ... Errors were encountered while processing: kobo-desktop:i386 On ubuntu 11.04

06-19-2011, 04:09 AM	#210
thdurrant Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kobo Touch	Thanks for the suggestions portablejim, I tried the package names you suggested, as well as the full names, no good I am afraid... Given these are the only dependencies, could it be a path issue? i.e. does getlibs download to a non-standard path, that kobo doesn't look for?

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