Questions about setting up the Calibre development environment

dejavudwh · 02-08-2021, 10:42 PM

I am a loyal user of Calibre. In order to modify the directory name and file name of the added book output, I have successfully implemented it on my windows, but I am a little curious about this construction method, because it is not the same as the way I met before same.

1. How does it work? Why do I need to install calibre first and then set environment variables for the src directory of the source code?

2. What is the relationship between the source code and the installation directory? Is it to determine the compiled directory based on environment variables through the commands in the installation directory? So are some files in the installation directory no longer necessary?

3. What are the benefits of this design?

Thank you very much for your answers. I will continue to promote Calibre by my side. Thank you very much for such excellent software.

kovidgoyal · 02-08-2021, 11:33 PM

The development environment allows you to modify all the python parts fo calibre. Without it you would need to build calibre and all its dependencies (about 70 of them).

02-08-2021, 10:42 PM	#1
dejavudwh Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2021 Device: Calibre	Questions about setting up the Calibre development environment I am a loyal user of Calibre. In order to modify the directory name and file name of the added book output, I have successfully implemented it on my windows, but I am a little curious about this construction method, because it is not the same as the way I met before same. 1. How does it work? Why do I need to install calibre first and then set environment variables for the src directory of the source code? 2. What is the relationship between the source code and the installation directory? Is it to determine the compiled directory based on environment variables through the commands in the installation directory? So are some files in the installation directory no longer necessary? 3. What are the benefits of this design? Thank you very much for your answers. I will continue to promote Calibre by my side. Thank you very much for such excellent software.

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02-08-2021, 11:33 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,858 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The development environment allows you to modify all the python parts fo calibre. Without it you would need to build calibre and all its dependencies (about 70 of them).

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