Calibredb add after ebook-convert fails

[spullar]

I am converting a recipe to epub using ebook-convert. When it is finished I am trying to add the epub to the database but I keep getting errors

Output saved to   /home/scott/calibre/star.epub
scott@ubuntu:~/calibre$ calibredb add -d star.epub
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/tmp/init.py", line 48, in <module>
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/library/cli.py", line 729, in main
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/library/cli.py", line 364, in command_add
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/library/cli.py", line 129, in get_db
  File "/home/kovid/build/calibre/src/calibre/startup.py", line 81, in my_abspath
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/posixpath.py", line 337, in abspath
    if not isabs(path):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/posixpath.py", line 52, in isabs
    return s.startswith('/')
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'startswith'

[kovidgoyal]

Use calibredb --library-path

[spullar]

is there a config file that can be edited so that the path doesn't need to be entered in every time? Also the --library-path option is not listed in the --help.

[kovidgoyal]

Run the GUI once and the library path will be set.

[spullar]

the computer I am running on doesn't have the X server running on it. everything I do is through SSH or web interface

[kovidgoyal]

well run the gui on a another computer and copy over the config files. You can see them via preferences->advanced