LibrarianSync: Kindle collections builder - Page 30

jangell2 · 06-29-2019, 05:06 PM

How do I install Python?

j.p.s · 06-29-2019, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by jangell2

How do I install Python?

By installing the python package from the snapshots thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=225030

Even though you have a PW3 and you used the the really good thread to jailbreak PW3 <= 9.6.1, you should read the first post in the relatively new general jailbreak thread. Because it is limited in scope to hardware version 5 and it benefits from years of hindsight and is written by a very knowledgeable excellent communicator, it really is required reading.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=320564

jangell2 · 06-29-2019, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j.p.s

By installing the python package from the snapshots thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=225030

Even though you have a PW3 and you used the the really good thread to jailbreak PW3 <= 9.6.1, you should read the first post in the relatively new general jailbreak thread. Because it is limited in scope to hardware version 5 and it benefits from years of hindsight and is written by a very knowledgeable excellent communicator, it really is required reading.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=320564

Thanks for the link to the general jailbreak thread. It’s quite good. However, I should have been more specific. I found the package, I don’t know how to install it. What are the steps to installing Python?

j.p.s · 06-29-2019, 08:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jangell2

Thanks for the link to the general jailbreak thread. It’s quite good. However, I should have been more specific. I found the package, I don’t know how to install it. What are the steps to installing Python?

Python is among the majority of packages that are installed via MRPI, so it doesn't have custom installation instructions, and I guess NiLuJe is a bit terse with the general instructions in his snapshots thread.

Study step #8 in the first post in this thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=313086

You have installed MRPI, right?

NiLuJe · 06-29-2019, 08:15 PM

Yeah, agreed that this bit of documentation is offloaded to the MRPI thread, and it's not particularly expensive.

Then again it really just is as simple as "drop one or multiple .bin files in the mrpackages folder, then click Helper > Install MR Packages"

.

Which is kind of the problem, the actual instructions are so simple that they feel a bit lost in the usual intro/install/usage/changelog layout

.

jangell2 · 06-29-2019, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j.p.s

Python is among the majority of packages that are installed via MRPI, so it doesn't have custom installation instructions, and I guess NiLuJe is a bit terse with the general instructions in his snapshots thread.

Study step #8 in the first post in this thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=313086

You have installed MRPI, right?

Yes, I've installed MRPI, but I guess I missed that Python is installed that way. In the Python package there are 3 bin files. Which one do use?

I feel so dense.

NiLuJe · 06-29-2019, 09:35 PM

There's an interminable list of Kindle nicknames in the filename, I'd hope that should be enough to figure out?

There's basically:

* An universal uninstall package
* An install package for Touch & PW1
* An install package for PW2+

Which means, for a PW3, you can do it blindfolded: the right install package has the longest filename.

All my packages are bundled in the exact same way, FWIW.

jangell2 · 06-29-2019, 09:39 PM

Thank you.

jangell2 · 06-30-2019, 12:33 PM

Python is installed. I then used the lasted gz listed at the top of this thread and unpacked it and placed the bin file into the mrpackages folder and then used KUAL to install packages. It appeared to go ok, but librarian sync does not show up anywhere in the KUAL menu and I've also restarted the kindle.

Did I miss a step or should I have done it differently?

NiLuJe · 06-30-2019, 12:49 PM

Bad news: The packages in the first post are outdated :/.
Good news: This doesn't actually benefit from being packaged as a .bin

.

Just grab the latest sources from GitHub, and follow the first § of the installation instructions.

jangell2 · 06-30-2019, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Bad news: The packages in the first post are outdated :/.
Good news: This doesn't actually benefit from being packaged as a .bin

.

Just grab the latest sources from GitHub, and follow the first § of the installation instructions.

Well, good news. Once I followed your instructions, it worked. I didn't even have to restart the kindle.

What does the § symbol mean?

Thank you again. Collections are alive again. Now if only it would work on my Oasis, but the FW is wrong.

NiLuJe · 06-30-2019, 02:15 PM

Yep, that's one advantage of not needing a .bin: no restart

.

§ stands for "paragraph" (in that context, at least. More generally, "section")

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jangell2 · 06-30-2019, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Yep, that's one advantage of not needing a .bin: no restart

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§ stands for "paragraph"

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One more thing I learned. Thanks.

wow400 · 08-16-2019, 06:53 AM

Hi guys - just having a bit of a problem exporting collections.

I've a JB PW3, accidentally updated to 5.12.1 so (after some help) I installed the latest hotfix & the booklet variant of KUAL. I then hid the old KUAL using a shell script, updated Python & Librarian Sync to get it all running fine.

However, although I have 12 books in a collection marked 'Read', when I export collection in LS (under KUAL), it shows that it's completed (in 0.08 secs) but the file (Kual.Kual) is empty & shows as such in Calibre.

Is this anything to do with the old version of KUAL that I can only hide, rather than delete?

Kind regards,
Nic

ilovejedd · 08-16-2019, 09:42 AM

The blank KUAL.kual file is the shortcut to the KUAL booklet version. Do not delete.

06-30-2019, 02:15 PM	#447
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Yep, that's one advantage of not needing a .bin: no restart . § stands for "paragraph" (in that context, at least. More generally, "section") . Last edited by NiLuJe; 06-30-2019 at 04:27 PM.

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06-29-2019, 05:06 PM	#436
jangell2 Addict Posts: 296 Karma: 1618384 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	How do I install Python?

06-29-2019, 08:15 PM	#440
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Yeah, agreed that this bit of documentation is offloaded to the MRPI thread, and it's not particularly expensive. Then again it really just is as simple as "drop one or multiple .bin files in the mrpackages folder, then click Helper > Install MR Packages" . Which is kind of the problem, the actual instructions are so simple that they feel a bit lost in the usual intro/install/usage/changelog layout .

06-29-2019, 09:35 PM	#442
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	There's an interminable list of Kindle nicknames in the filename, I'd hope that should be enough to figure out? There's basically: * An universal uninstall package * An install package for Touch & PW1 * An install package for PW2+ Which means, for a PW3, you can do it blindfolded: the right install package has the longest filename. All my packages are bundled in the exact same way, FWIW.

06-29-2019, 09:39 PM	#443
jangell2 Addict Posts: 296 Karma: 1618384 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	Thank you.

06-30-2019, 12:33 PM	#444
jangell2 Addict Posts: 296 Karma: 1618384 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	Python is installed. I then used the lasted gz listed at the top of this thread and unpacked it and placed the bin file into the mrpackages folder and then used KUAL to install packages. It appeared to go ok, but librarian sync does not show up anywhere in the KUAL menu and I've also restarted the kindle. Did I miss a step or should I have done it differently?

06-30-2019, 12:49 PM	#445
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Bad news: The packages in the first post are outdated :/. Good news: This doesn't actually benefit from being packaged as a .bin . Just grab the latest sources from GitHub, and follow the first § of the installation instructions.

08-16-2019, 06:53 AM	#449
wow400 Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Kindle PW	Hi guys - just having a bit of a problem exporting collections. I've a JB PW3, accidentally updated to 5.12.1 so (after some help) I installed the latest hotfix & the booklet variant of KUAL. I then hid the old KUAL using a shell script, updated Python & Librarian Sync to get it all running fine. However, although I have 12 books in a collection marked 'Read', when I export collection in LS (under KUAL), it shows that it's completed (in 0.08 secs) but the file (Kual.Kual) is empty & shows as such in Calibre. Is this anything to do with the old version of KUAL that I can only hide, rather than delete? Kind regards, Nic

08-16-2019, 09:42 AM	#450
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,111 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	The blank KUAL.kual file is the shortcut to the KUAL booklet version. Do not delete.

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