[GUI Plugin] Power (Full-text) Search

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

Do we need to uninstall 1.3.0 before installing 1.4.0? If so, how is that done, since Power Search doesn't show up in my list of installed plugins?

Preferences > Plugins > Load plugin from file. I didn't have to uninstall the old version first.

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Preferences > Plugins > Load plugin from file. I didn't have to uninstall the old version first.

Indeed. I did know how to install it, as evidenced by the fact that I already had. It was the uninstall I was asking about. Thanks

[mapozyan]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

Do we need to uninstall 1.3.0 before installing 1.4.0? If so, how is that done, since Power Search doesn't show up in my list of installed plugins?

No, you don't need to uninstall 1.3.0.

In my system, if I check "Show only user installed plugins" in plugins dialog I can see Power Search plugin. Is it different in your case?

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by mapozyan

No, you don't need to uninstall 1.3.0.

In my system, if I check "Show only user installed plugins" in plugins dialog I can see Power Search plugin. Is it different in your case?

Yes. It is installed, but does not show up.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

Yes. It is installed, but does not show up.

Did you search for it, or looked alphabetically? I'm asking because the name registered is 'Calibre Power Search Plugin'. Maybe you were looking for 'Power Search'.

[Uncle Robin]

Installing 1.4.0 resulted in Power Search showing up in my list of plugins, so yay. Another newbie question here, related more to ElasticSearch: How do I make sure this is always running prior to invoking Power Search?

[ownedbycats]

I used the MSI installer, which has the option to install it as a service: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elas...t/windows.html

In the Configuration section I also suggest lowering the amount of memory the JVM uses. It's set to 2GB by default which is quite a bit more than Power Search needs. I set it to 500 MB myself.

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I used the MSI installer, which has the option to install it as a service: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elas...t/windows.html

In the Configuration section I also suggest lowering the amount of memory the JVM uses. It's set to 2GB by default which is quite a bit more than Power Search needs. I set it to 500 MB myself.

Thanks! That's very helpful, it will save me having to navigate to the ElasticSearch directory and run the .bat every time

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I used the MSI installer, which has the option to install it as a service: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elas...t/windows.html

Very good! I didn't noticed this when I first installed it. I reinstalled it as a service and it is far more convenient.

P.S.: After installation, I opened localhost:9200 on my browser to test if it worked. Surprisingly, it was now asking for username/password. So, I went to %programdata%\Elastic\Elasticsearch\config and edited the elasticsearch.yml file: just changed xpack.security.enabled value to false. After rebooting it worked as expected now.

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

Very good! I didn't noticed this when I first installed it. I reinstalled it as a service and it is far more convenient.

P.S.: After installation, I opened localhost:9200 on my browser to test if it worked. Surprisingly, it was now asking for username/password. So, I went to %programdata%\Elastic\Elasticsearch\config and edited the elasticsearch.yml file: just changed xpack.security.enabled value to false. After rebooting it worked as expected now.

I just finished installing from the msi and checked the .yml you mentioned. It was already set to false, one less thing to worry about.

[Uncle Robin]

From the "if it aint' broke, don't fix it" files:

After installing ElasticSearch as a service from the MSI, I tried Power Search. Nothing. Attached is a screenshot of the search for "Poirot", attempted after reinstalling 1.4.0 and rebooting my PC. No "details" progress bar came up, the Power Search window just sat with the cursor blinking next to the Search phrase for half an hour, in the "results" window - as can be seen "marked: true" Eventually, the cursor disappeared. Checking Task Manager while the Power Search cursor was blinking (assuming that was an indicator of some activity, it showed the ElasticSearch service running, but using only 0.9MB of memory. What have I done wrong THIS time?

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

From the "if it aint' broke, don't fix it" files:

After installing ElasticSearch as a service from the MSI, I tried Power Search. Nothing. Attached is a screenshot of the search for "Poirot", attempted after reinstalling 1.4.0 and rebooting my PC. No "details" progress bar came up, the Power Search window just sat with the cursor blinking next to the Search phrase for half an hour, in the "results" window - as can be seen "marked: true" Eventually, the cursor disappeared. Checking Task Manager while the Power Search cursor was blinking (assuming that was an indicator of some activity, it showed the ElasticSearch service running, but using only 0.9MB of memory. What have I done wrong THIS time?

Just remove* the caps.json from %appdata%\Roaming\calibre\plugins, restart calibre and try again. It needs to reindex, since your changed ElasticSearch installation.

*You will need to configure the plugin again after that.

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by thiago.eec

Just remove* the caps.json from %appdata%\Roaming\calibre\plugins, restart calibre and try again. It needs to reindex, since your changed ElasticSearch installation.

*You will need to configure the plugin again after that.

Perfect, thank you! I figured it was something caused by the reinstallation of ElasticSearch by msi, but didn't know how to fix it. Much appreciated!

[ownedbycats]

Another appreciated option would be a button to index (or re-index) new books without doing a search.

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Another appreciated option would be a button to index (or re-index) new books without doing a search.