[Device Plugin] iOS reader applications - Page 3

grozierguy · 08-23-2014, 05:23 PM

Tried installing, got error message. Did not know that updating to version 2 would remove the existing plugins and convert a working iPad/Marvin to no longer recognizable. I did originally have the iPad conneccted, bit since then disconnected and rebooted, restarted Calibre.

calibre, version 2.0.0
ERROR: Install Plugin Failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart Calibre.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 712, in _install_clicked
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 379, in add_plugin
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 53, in load_plugin
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 197, in load
File "importlib\__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 179, in load_module
File "calibre_plugins.ios_reader_apps.__init__", line 43, in <module>
ImportError: No module named PyQt4.Qt

PeterT · 08-23-2014, 06:12 PM

Folks; if you took the time to read a few messages in this forum, you would see that the issue is this Plugin has NOT YET been upgraded to use Qt5, the GUI tooklkit that calibre uses.

If you want to continue using this, in the shorttime you need to reinstall calibre 1.48

dini · 08-27-2014, 06:13 AM

Hi Everyone,

I was having a great deal of difficulty with this plugin, using an iOS 7 iPad Air (LTE cellular). I used calibre 1.48, tried even a fresh install on a different computer (Snow Leopard and Mavericks), following the instructions ultra-accurately on the Marvin blog:
http://blog.marvinapp.com/post/53438723356

As well as the instructions on the earlier version of this thread, before I saw this one. However, calibre would not recognize the iPad, and in fact deleted the iOS reader applications plugin when I tried. And tired and tried. The trick seems to be to not follow the instructions on the blog, and instead, have calibre launched already before connecting the iPad on the first connection attempt after plugin install (and relaunch). It will give the message that it could not connect the device (before you have the chance to tap the Trust button on the iPad). Tap trust, dismiss calibre's message, and connect again. Finally, the Red M appears on the tool bar for the first time.

I spent at least a couple of hours messing around with this, hard resetting the iPad, truly everything. It seems the Trust issue ends up deleting the plugin if you launch calibre after connecting the iPad. I never got the message that there was a problem, and no Marvin icon appeared. Very strange, actually, that the plugin was deleted, not just inactivated. (Actually, not completely deleted, but gone from the list of plugins from the Preferences, and when I go to install again, it is indicated as not yet installed).

I hope my comment helps, including those who are trying to trouble shoot for others!

Alissa1651 · 08-27-2014, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dini

Hi Everyone,

I was having a great deal of difficulty with this plugin, using an iOS 7 iPad Air (LTE cellular). I used calibre 1.48, tried even a fresh install on a different computer (Snow Leopard and Mavericks), following the instructions ultra-accurately on the Marvin blog:
http://blog.marvinapp.com/post/53438723356

As well as the instructions on the earlier version of this thread, before I saw this one. However, calibre would not recognize the iPad, and in fact deleted the iOS reader applications plugin when I tried. And tired and tried. The trick seems to be to not follow the instructions on the blog, and instead, have calibre launched already before connecting the iPad on the first connection attempt after plugin install (and relaunch). It will give the message that it could not connect the device (before you have the chance to tap the Trust button on the iPad). Tap trust, dismiss calibre's message, and connect again. Finally, the Red M appears on the tool bar for the first time.

I spent at least a couple of hours messing around with this, hard resetting the iPad, truly everything. It seems the Trust issue ends up deleting the plugin if you launch calibre after connecting the iPad. I never got the message that there was a problem, and no Marvin icon appeared. Very strange, actually, that the plugin was deleted, not just inactivated. (Actually, not completely deleted, but gone from the list of plugins from the Preferences, and when I go to install again, it is indicated as not yet installed).

I hope my comment helps, including those who are trying to trouble shoot for others!

Thanks dini! Glad that I'm not the only one experiencing this problem, with iPhone 4 iOS 6.1.3, so no "trust" messages in my case, but all of the above, including the sudden cancellation of the plugin. Thanks to dini's post I tried the following and it worked: open Calibre, install the plugin, relaunch calibre, configure the plugin and connect the device with Calibre open. Finally I got the icon for the Kindle app (in my case) on the toolbar.
I just wonder why the plugin retrieved a list of 87 mobi in my device out of the actual 131 mobi files present.
The plugin works, I simply have to connect the device with Calibre already running.

saflier · 08-28-2014, 08:16 AM

After installing Calibre 2.0 the plugin is gone.
When trying to re-install I get the following error:
calibre, version 2.0.0
ERROR: Install Plugin Failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart Calibre.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 712, in _install_clicked
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 379, in add_plugin
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 53, in load_plugin
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 197, in load
File "importlib\__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 179, in load_module
File "calibre_plugins.ios_reader_apps.__init__", line 43, in <module>
ImportError: No module named PyQt4.Qt

JSWolf · 08-28-2014, 09:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by saflier

After installing Calibre 2.0 the plugin is gone.
When trying to re-install I get the following error:
calibre, version 2.0.0
ERROR: Install Plugin Failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart Calibre.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 712, in _install_clicked
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 379, in add_plugin
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 53, in load_plugin
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 197, in load
File "importlib\__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 179, in load_module
File "calibre_plugins.ios_reader_apps.__init__", line 43, in <module>
ImportError: No module named PyQt4.Qt

If you had bothered to read this thread, you would have known that this plugin is NOT Qt5 compatible and thus won't run with Calibre 2.0. You'll ave to go back to Calibre 1.48.

dgparryuk · 08-28-2014, 10:03 AM

Completely and utterly un-tested
i've updated the simple bits and it let me install it...
am going to try it tonight when i get home

i just fancied

a) trying to update it so see some code
b) want to put a couple of books on my iphone....

if someone is brave enough to want to test it...

it WILL NOT WORK ON PRE 2.0 though....

-----------

removed

JSWolf · 08-28-2014, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dgparryuk

Completely and utterly un-tested
i've updated the simple bits and it let me install it...
am going to try it tonight when i get home

i just fancied

a) trying to update it so see some code
b) want to put a couple of books on my iphone....

if someone is brave enough to want to test it...

it WILL NOT WORK ON PRE 2.0 though....

This will also need to be fixed so it runs on 1.48. Plugins should not be Calibre 2.x specific and should be Qt4/Qt5 compatible for the foreseeable future. People who are running Windows XP will not be able to install Calibre 2.x come this Friday so for them it's back to 1.48 and if plugins start to become 2.x specific, any fixes/changes won't get to them. Same issue with people on OS X running an older version. They cannot run Calibre 2.x as well.

Thank you for this fix and let's hope it works. Then once it's worked, it can be ported back to Qt4 without breaking Qt5.

dgparryuk · 08-28-2014, 10:15 AM

i tried to do the bits Kovid said about with the except but it was coming up with indentation errors - so i decided to see if the qt5 bits worked then work backwards

dgparryuk · 08-28-2014, 10:30 AM

gah - won't let me save after changing some of the preferences...
will have another play -

something about the line "for i in range(self.columns.count())]" that seems to be blowing it up...

, line 75, in options - AttributeError: 'unicode' object has no attribute 'toString'

Code:

    def options(self):
        '''
        Return a dict of current options
        '''
        opts = {}
        all_formats = [unicode(self.columns.item(i).data(Qt.UserRole).toString())
            for i in range(self.columns.count())]
        enabled_formats = [unicode(self.columns.item(i).data(Qt.UserRole).toString())
            for i in range(self.columns.count()) if self.columns.item(i).checkState()==Qt.Checked]
        opts['kindle_supported_formats'] = all_formats
        opts['kindle_enabled_formats'] = enabled_formats
        return opts

kovidgoyal · 08-28-2014, 11:09 AM

See point number 2 in my instructions. You need to remove toString() and use the utility function I describe there instead.

MSWallack · 08-28-2014, 03:39 PM

I won't be able to use 2.0 on my XP computer (which is all I have at the office...)?

tempura · 08-29-2014, 12:26 AM

Hopefully the plugins would be made to work on both 2.x, above and below.

Haphazard · 08-29-2014, 05:06 AM

I can no longer connect to Marvin on my iPad. I went through the plugins and found that I no longer have the IOS reader app. When I try and download it I get this error report. I have used Marvin and Calibre in the past quite successfully . I don't know why I can no longer have it or my iPad register in Calibre or why I can't download the IOS app , I must have had the plugin before? calibre, version 2.1.0
ERROR: Install Plugin Failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart Calibre.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 712, in _install_clicked
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 379, in add_plugin
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 53, in load_plugin
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 197, in load
File "importlib\__init__.py", line 37, in import_module
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 179, in load_module
File "calibre_plugins.ios_reader_apps.__init__", line 43, in <module>
ImportError: No module named PyQt4.Qt

BetterRed · 08-29-2014, 05:21 AM

@Haphazard - you'll have to uninstall v2.1 and reinstall 1.48

If you had read this calibre - New in calibre 2.0 and this Stats for porting of calibre plugins to Qt 5 then... you could have avoided having to do that and if you had read posts 31-43 in this thread then... Ψ²

BR

08-27-2014, 06:13 AM	#33
dini Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: iPad and Kindle and Sony	I hope this helps Hi Everyone, I was having a great deal of difficulty with this plugin, using an iOS 7 iPad Air (LTE cellular). I used calibre 1.48, tried even a fresh install on a different computer (Snow Leopard and Mavericks), following the instructions ultra-accurately on the Marvin blog: http://blog.marvinapp.com/post/53438723356 As well as the instructions on the earlier version of this thread, before I saw this one. However, calibre would not recognize the iPad, and in fact deleted the iOS reader applications plugin when I tried. And tired and tried. The trick seems to be to not follow the instructions on the blog, and instead, have calibre launched already before connecting the iPad on the first connection attempt after plugin install (and relaunch). It will give the message that it could not connect the device (before you have the chance to tap the Trust button on the iPad). Tap trust, dismiss calibre's message, and connect again. Finally, the Red M appears on the tool bar for the first time. I spent at least a couple of hours messing around with this, hard resetting the iPad, truly everything. It seems the Trust issue ends up deleting the plugin if you launch calibre after connecting the iPad. I never got the message that there was a problem, and no Marvin icon appeared. Very strange, actually, that the plugin was deleted, not just inactivated. (Actually, not completely deleted, but gone from the list of plugins from the Preferences, and when I go to install again, it is indicated as not yet installed). I hope my comment helps, including those who are trying to trouble shoot for others! Last edited by dini; 08-27-2014 at 06:19 AM. Reason: changed one word (typo)

08-28-2014, 10:03 AM	#37
dgparryuk Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: Kobo Glo	Completely and utterly un-tested i've updated the simple bits and it let me install it... am going to try it tonight when i get home i just fancied a) trying to update it so see some code b) want to put a couple of books on my iphone.... if someone is brave enough to want to test it... it WILL NOT WORK ON PRE 2.0 though.... ----------- removed Last edited by dgparryuk; 08-28-2014 at 10:27 AM.

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08-23-2014, 05:23 PM	#31
grozierguy Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: iPad with Marvin	Tried installing, got error message. Did not know that updating to version 2 would remove the existing plugins and convert a working iPad/Marvin to no longer recognizable. I did originally have the iPad conneccted, bit since then disconnected and rebooted, restarted Calibre. calibre, version 2.0.0 ERROR: Install Plugin Failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart Calibre. Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 712, in _install_clicked File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 379, in add_plugin File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 53, in load_plugin File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 197, in load File "importlib\__init__.py", line 37, in import_module File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 179, in load_module File "calibre_plugins.ios_reader_apps.__init__", line 43, in <module> ImportError: No module named PyQt4.Qt

08-23-2014, 06:12 PM	#32
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,141 Karma: 73448616 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	Folks; if you took the time to read a few messages in this forum, you would see that the issue is this Plugin has NOT YET been upgraded to use Qt5, the GUI tooklkit that calibre uses. If you want to continue using this, in the shorttime you need to reinstall calibre 1.48

08-28-2014, 08:16 AM	#35
saflier Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Kindle	After installing Calibre 2.0 the plugin is gone. When trying to re-install I get the following error: calibre, version 2.0.0 ERROR: Install Plugin Failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart Calibre. Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 712, in _install_clicked File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 379, in add_plugin File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 53, in load_plugin File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 197, in load File "importlib\__init__.py", line 37, in import_module File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 179, in load_module File "calibre_plugins.ios_reader_apps.__init__", line 43, in <module> ImportError: No module named PyQt4.Qt

08-28-2014, 10:15 AM	#39
dgparryuk Enthusiast Posts: 33 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: Kobo Glo	i tried to do the bits Kovid said about with the except but it was coming up with indentation errors - so i decided to see if the qt5 bits worked then work backwards

08-28-2014, 11:09 AM	#41
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,826 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	See point number 2 in my instructions. You need to remove toString() and use the utility function I describe there instead.

08-28-2014, 03:39 PM	#42
MSWallack Right, Except When Wrong Posts: 353 Karma: 3968525 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Indianapolis Device: Kindle Oasis 3 (sometimes iPad Mini).	I won't be able to use 2.0 on my XP computer (which is all I have at the office...)?

08-29-2014, 12:26 AM	#43
tempura Connoisseur Posts: 71 Karma: 47102 Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Outside the Universe Device: Kindle PW3	Hopefully the plugins would be made to work on both 2.x, above and below.

08-29-2014, 05:06 AM	#44
Haphazard Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: ipad air	I can no longer connect to Marvin on my iPad. I went through the plugins and found that I no longer have the IOS reader app. When I try and download it I get this error report. I have used Marvin and Calibre in the past quite successfully . I don't know why I can no longer have it or my iPad register in Calibre or why I can't download the IOS app , I must have had the plugin before? calibre, version 2.1.0 ERROR: Install Plugin Failed: A problem occurred while installing this plugin. This plugin will now be uninstalled. Please post the error message in details below into the forum thread for this plugin and restart Calibre. Traceback (most recent call last): File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\dialogs\plugin_updater.py", line 712, in _install_clicked File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 379, in add_plugin File "site-packages\calibre\customize\ui.py", line 53, in load_plugin File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 197, in load File "importlib\__init__.py", line 37, in import_module File "site-packages\calibre\customize\zipplugin.py", line 179, in load_module File "calibre_plugins.ios_reader_apps.__init__", line 43, in <module> ImportError: No module named PyQt4.Qt

08-29-2014, 05:21 AM	#45
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 20,532 Karma: 26944418 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Haphazard - you'll have to uninstall v2.1 and reinstall 1.48 If you had read this calibre - New in calibre 2.0 and this Stats for porting of calibre plugins to Qt 5 then... you could have avoided having to do that and if you had read posts 31-43 in this thread then... Ψ² BR

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