64-bit Portable Calibre

[JSWolf]

Would it be possible to make a 64-bit portable version of Calibre 5.x? Thanks.

[gbm]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Would it be possible to make a 64-bit portable version of Calibre 5.x? Thanks.

If you were running Linux yes very easy.



Yes but you have to bulid your own. Look in the calibre2 folder -- resources folder for the calibre-portable.bat file.

REM If trying to run off a USB stick then the folder structure
REM shown below is recommended (relative to the location of
REM this batch file). This can structure can also be used
REM when running of a local hard disk if you want to get the
REM level of control this batch file provides.
REM - Calibre2 Location of program files
REM - CalibreConfig Location of Configuration files
REM - CalibreLibrary Location of Books and metadata
REM - CalibreSource Location of Calibre Source files (Optional)
REM

To avoid needing Calibre to be set in the search path, ensure that Calibre Program Files is current directory when starting.
The following test falls back to using search path . This folder can be populated by copying the Calibre2 folder from an existing installation or by installing direct to here.

Good luck

bernie

P.S.

Just tested this on my Windows VM it works.

CONFIG FILES:       E:\Calibre Portable\CalibreConfig
LIBRARY FILES:      E:\Calibre Portable\CalibreLibrary
DATABASE:           E:\Calibre Portable\CalibreMetadata\metadata.db
'
***CAUTION*** Library Switching will be disabled
'
SOURCE FILES:       *** Not being Used ***
PROGRAM FILES:      E:\Calibre Portable\Calibre2
PROGRAM FILES:      *** Use System search PATH ***
TEMPORARY FILES:    C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Temp\CALIBRE_TEMP
INTERFACE LANGUAGE: EN
'
Press CTRL-C if you do not want to continue
Press any key to continue . . .

[kovidgoyal]

Just replace the Calibre folder in a calibre portable installations with the Calibre folder from a normal calibre 64 bit installation and it will work.

[gbm]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Just replace the Calibre folder in a calibre portable installations with the Calibre folder from a normal calibre 64 bit installation and it will work.

Yes works very well.

calibre 4.23 [64bit] Portable embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.18362')
Python 2.7.16+
Windows: ('10', '10.0.18362', 'SP0', u'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None

bernie

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Just replace the Calibre folder in a calibre portable installations with the Calibre folder from a normal calibre 64 bit installation and it will work.

The problem is that I would have install 5.x and then uninstall it and reinstall 4.23 for every 5.x update.Can't a portable 64-bit version be made to download like the 32-bit version?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by gbm

Yes works very well.

calibre 4.23 [64bit] Portable embedded-python: True is64bit: True
Windows-10-10.0.18362-SP0 Windows ('64bit', 'WindowsPE')
('Windows', '10', '10.0.18362')
Python 2.7.16+
Windows: ('10', '10.0.18362', 'SP0', u'Multiprocessor Free')
Interface language: None

bernie

It works very badly because it means having to install 5.x, uninstall 5.x, and reinstalling 4.23. I do not want to overwrite 4.23.

So come up with a solution that means NO INSTALLING OF THE FULL 5.X.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The problem is that I would have install 5.x and then uninstall it and reinstall 4.23 for every 5.x update.Can't a portable 64-bit version be made to download like the 32-bit version?

I use lessmsi to extract files from MSIs when 7-Zip doesn't work.

msiexec /a D:\Temporary\calibre-64bit-5.3.0.msi /qn TARGETDIR=D:\Temporary\Calibre

at the command prompt should also extract the files but that requires using command prompt.

[gbm]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I use lessmsi to extract files from MSIs when 7-Zip doesn't work.

msiexec /a D:\Temporary\calibre-64bit-5.3.0.msi /qn TARGETDIR=D:\Temporary\Calibre

at the command prompt should also extract the files but that requires using command prompt.

Thanks I will try this on my VM because the windows msi installer is a cluster....

bernie

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

I use lessmsi to extract files from MSIs when 7-Zip doesn't work.

msiexec /a D:\Temporary\calibre-64bit-5.3.0.msi /qn TARGETDIR=D:\Temporary\Calibre

at the command prompt should also extract the files but that requires using command prompt.

Thanks. The misexec command worked well. I was able to change the 32-bit portable to a 64-bit portable and keep 4.23 as is.