04-25-2011, 09:11 AM | #1 |
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Managed to run Kindle app on Linux
Not sure if someone else has tried or posted this already, but I was able to finally run Kindle on my Ubuntu Linux computer, following some online instructions. I am running Kindle for PC 1.3.0 Build 30884 though, not most recent version. This is what I did (for whoever is interested or running Ubuntu):
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install wine1.3 I got Kindle 1.3 from: http://www.filehorse.com/download-kindle-for-pc/7000/ By the way, I am running 64bit version of Ubuntu Lucid. |
04-25-2011, 09:30 AM | #2 |
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1.4.1 will work fine with Wine 1.3, as well. Certain "tools" however still don't. Linux users were stuck with 1.0 beta version of K4PC for a long time, but somewhere in Wine 1.2, the problems with the newer versions were remedied.
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I will give a try later though. Thanks for the tip. |
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04-25-2011, 10:17 AM | #6 | |
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Hint: Your Linux version of Calibre/python knows nothing about your Windows version of K4PC (or the Wine Windows Registry--which is needed for the plugin). And even if you ran K4PC and Calibre/Python all in Wine... still no go. There's some fundamental differences between the Wine dll's and the native Windows ones. Last edited by DiapDealer; 04-25-2011 at 10:32 AM. |
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04-25-2011, 11:38 AM | #7 |
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They don't work because their reading the memory space of the K4 App. That memory space is different for Wine+K4PC and Windows+K4PC. That is why the tools don't work.
Also I didn't know the new Wine fixed the newer K4PC, that is good to know since I've been stuck with the Beta since the release. =X= |
04-25-2011, 11:15 PM | #8 |
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Try virtualbox
If you install VirtualBox (OSE version works fine), you can then install and run Windows (or any other OS) in a virtual machine and get full functionality from Calibre and its plugins. If you can install and run linux, you can install VirtualBox- it's pretty easy- just use Synaptic to DL and install it. Once VirtualBox is installed you set up a virtual machine and install Windows, then with the Windows virtual machine running (you get a standard windows desktop and menu system, just as if you were running Windows because you are), install Calibre and the plugins. Windows running in a VM will be able to access the web and the CDROM drive. If you want to access the USB ports (and some other hardware) from the VM you'll have to install the non OSE version of VirtualBox.
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04-25-2011, 11:30 PM | #9 |
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The "tools" work fine in wine with k4pc. I've done it several times with the python scripts, You just need to install a windows version of python with wine.
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04-26-2011, 09:06 AM | #11 |
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Thanks Mark
I am aware of Virtual Box. Actually, I do have an Ubuntu headless server running virtual box with several VMs on it, but I wanted to run it inside Linux. |
04-26-2011, 10:07 AM | #12 |
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How are you accessing those VMs? I have used tightVNC to access the linux desktop on a headless audio server for my squeezeboxes but never tried running a VM that way...
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I installed Virtual Box via aptitude, the way you normally do if you're on the Ubuntu GUI. From there, creating the VM is a matter of typing a few commands in order to generate the VM name, NIC, hard drive and size, assigning RAM, etc. Once the VM has been created, you connect to those via remote desktop protocol. I can even connect to one of those via Internet because I assigned a public IP and open a few ports on my home's firewall. It is like running VMware on a headless server; some commands are even the same. I think I have a link with instructions and a small Word document I created for each command. PM me with your email address, I will send you the info. I like it that way because uses very little resources. I run Virtual Box on my Ubuntu laptop via GUI (a different Virtual Box setup) but if you want to save resources or use a Headless server, is the way to go. Last edited by jocampo; 04-26-2011 at 10:40 AM. Reason: fixing some typos |
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