[Old Thread] calibre portable edition - Page 2

kovidgoyal · 06-02-2008, 03:46 PM

It would require about a 1000 lines of code to be tested and debugged.

astrodad · 06-02-2008, 03:52 PM

Wow, interesting. How long would that take? If it would give us a more networkable version, maybe others would be interesting in sponsoring (via paypal) you to do the work.

kovidgoyal · 06-02-2008, 03:54 PM

Well writing it would take about a day, testing and debugging would need people to be willing to test and debug

astrodad · 06-02-2008, 03:56 PM

Hehe, true. I would be willing to test and debug, as well as host MySQL databases if necessary. I would also be willing to sponsor a portion of the development effort.

kovidgoyal · 06-02-2008, 04:26 PM

Well for $500 I'm willing to commit to writing it and fixing the bug reports that people will generate from using it.

Winter57 · 08-05-2009, 09:04 AM

Hi Kovid - I'm just preparing to travel with a SanDisk Cruzer 16GB. I have the basic U3 (not using it) and installed the Portableapps thingy with a bunch of apps I like to use.

One of the major apps is (of course) your wonderful Calibre as I intend to buy a PRS-505. After following numerous threads on moving Calibre to my Thumb Drive,

this is what I did and it appears to work - at least I've just tried it:

Install Calibre 0.6 on my PC. Copy the Calibre directory "as is" to my Thumb Drive. Completely uninstall Calibre from my PC (using "Your Uninstaller 2006"). Launch Calibre from my Thumb Drive and select a PDF file and convert it to EPUB and also to LIT. It all seems to work, though none of the PDF illustrations (drawings, not photos) were converted - only placeholders inserted.

Is this procedure correct? am I missing something?

itimpi · 08-05-2009, 09:31 AM

The problem with that approach is that you will be storing your Calibre settings under your user Profile on the PC, and also relying on the drive letter that the USB stick is assigned.

Both of these can be set as discussed earlier in this thread so that they point to your USB stick - the library location via a command line parameter and the config data location via setting an environment variable.

Kirtai · 08-05-2009, 08:17 PM

What I did to make a portable calibre on my usb drive is the following:

Create a bat file with the following contents

@echo off
set CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY=%cd%\config
cd calibre
calibre.exe --with-library ..\calibre-db
exit

In the same folder, make the following folders: calibre, calibre-db, config.
Copy calibre into the "calibre" folder.
Your book database will be in the calibre-db folder and config files in calibre-db.

You can start calibre from the bat file and it should just work.

I still need to make a unix script for this but it should be very similar.

rogue_ronin · 08-05-2009, 10:56 PM

I think this will do it on linux:

Code:

#!/bin/bash
#Start Calibre as a portable app

export CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY=`pwd`/config
cd calibre
calibre --with-library ../calibre-db

And I think you mean ... and config files in config. Not:

Quote:

Your book database will be in the calibre-db folder and config files in calibre-db.

m a r

markbond1007 · 08-06-2009, 12:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Well for $500 I'm willing to commit to writing it and fixing the bug reports that people will generate from using it.

Well if I knew python I'd give you a hand and do it, but I only really use PHP. Still I have the MySQL DB Server sitting here (and quite a lot of experience using it) and am willing to help with testing it should you need it..

Mark

kovidgoyal · 08-06-2009, 12:23 PM

Actually, it looks like this may well happen in the relatively near future. I'm currently working on refactoring calibre to make it storage backend independent. Once that's done, it should be relatively easy to implement.

Kirtai · 08-07-2009, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogue_ronin

And I think you mean ... and config files in config.

Whoops, yes, that's what I meant

noxx · 01-19-2011, 03:55 PM

i download the latest version
calibre Portable 0.7.28 Development Test 1

now i have problems to start calibre on my office-computer: no admin right

DoctorOhh · 01-19-2011, 08:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by noxx

i download the latest version
calibre Portable 0.7.28 Development Test 1

now i have problems to start calibre on my office-computer: no admin right

This version isn't supported by calibre's creator. You might get better results by contacting the person putting this together or asking in the comments section of the portable app page.

Good Luck

itimpi · 01-20-2011, 03:43 AM

If you are running Windows, have you tried using the "portable calibre.bat" file that is in the calibre resources folder? This approach has the advantage that it can be used with whatever is the latest release of calibre.

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06-02-2008, 03:46 PM	#16
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,267 Karma: 27111060 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It would require about a 1000 lines of code to be tested and debugged.

06-02-2008, 03:52 PM	#17
astrodad Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 568242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle Paperwhite 1, iPad, iPhone	Wow, interesting. How long would that take? If it would give us a more networkable version, maybe others would be interesting in sponsoring (via paypal) you to do the work.

06-02-2008, 03:54 PM	#18
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,267 Karma: 27111060 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Well writing it would take about a day, testing and debugging would need people to be willing to test and debug

06-02-2008, 03:56 PM	#19
astrodad Guru Posts: 962 Karma: 568242 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Oasis 3, Kindle Paperwhite 1, iPad, iPhone	Hehe, true. I would be willing to test and debug, as well as host MySQL databases if necessary. I would also be willing to sponsor a portion of the development effort.

06-02-2008, 04:26 PM	#20
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,267 Karma: 27111060 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Well for $500 I'm willing to commit to writing it and fixing the bug reports that people will generate from using it.

08-05-2009, 09:04 AM	#21
Winter57 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	Hi Kovid - I'm just preparing to travel with a SanDisk Cruzer 16GB. I have the basic U3 (not using it) and installed the Portableapps thingy with a bunch of apps I like to use. One of the major apps is (of course) your wonderful Calibre as I intend to buy a PRS-505. After following numerous threads on moving Calibre to my Thumb Drive, this is what I did and it appears to work - at least I've just tried it: Install Calibre 0.6 on my PC. Copy the Calibre directory "as is" to my Thumb Drive. Completely uninstall Calibre from my PC (using "Your Uninstaller 2006"). Launch Calibre from my Thumb Drive and select a PDF file and convert it to EPUB and also to LIT. It all seems to work, though none of the PDF illustrations (drawings, not photos) were converted - only placeholders inserted. Is this procedure correct? am I missing something?

08-05-2009, 09:31 AM	#22
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	The problem with that approach is that you will be storing your Calibre settings under your user Profile on the PC, and also relying on the drive letter that the USB stick is assigned. Both of these can be set as discussed earlier in this thread so that they point to your USB stick - the library location via a command line parameter and the config data location via setting an environment variable.

08-05-2009, 08:17 PM	#23
Kirtai Addict Posts: 304 Karma: 2454436 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: PRS-505, PRS-650, iPad, Samsung Galaxy SII (JB), Google Nexus 7 (2013)	What I did to make a portable calibre on my usb drive is the following: Create a bat file with the following contents @echo off set CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY=%cd%\config cd calibre calibre.exe --with-library ..\calibre-db exit In the same folder, make the following folders: calibre, calibre-db, config. Copy calibre into the "calibre" folder. Your book database will be in the calibre-db folder and config files in calibre-db. You can start calibre from the bat file and it should just work. I still need to make a unix script for this but it should be very similar.

08-06-2009, 12:23 PM	#26
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,267 Karma: 27111060 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Actually, it looks like this may well happen in the relatively near future. I'm currently working on refactoring calibre to make it storage backend independent. Once that's done, it should be relatively easy to implement.

01-19-2011, 03:55 PM	#28
noxx Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 36 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: germany Device: Sony PRS-650	i download the latest version calibre Portable 0.7.28 Development Test 1 now i have problems to start calibre on my office-computer: no admin right

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01-20-2011, 03:43 AM	#30
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	If you are running Windows, have you tried using the "portable calibre.bat" file that is in the calibre resources folder? This approach has the advantage that it can be used with whatever is the latest release of calibre.