Calibre won't load on new Macbook Pro--please help!

[HandbagJunkie]

I've been searching this forum and cannot find an answer and I need help!

I just upgraded from a powerbook to a macbook pro and Calibre is not working. I downloaded Calibre just fine. When I launch it for the first time (not from the dmg, but as copied to my Applications folder), it complains:

calibre is already running: calibre may be running in the system tray, in the upper right region of the screen. If you are sure it is not running, try deleting the file: /Users/MyUserName/.calibre_calibre GUI.lock

1. It is not running
2. There appears to be no such file on the computer
3. What is this "system tray"? I can't find that either.

My OS is updated and it's the latest version of calibre: Version: 0.6.31

Can anyone help me get Calibre running on my new machine? Thanks!

[drplokta]

Originally Posted by HandbagJunkie

I've been searching this forum and cannot find an answer and I need help!

I just upgraded from a powerbook to a macbook pro and Calibre is not working. I downloaded Calibre just fine. When I launch it for the first time (not from the dmg, but as copied to my Applications folder), it complains:

calibre is already running: calibre may be running in the system tray, in the upper right region of the screen. If you are sure it is not running, try deleting the file: /Users/MyUserName/.calibre_calibre GUI.lock

1. It is not running
2. There appears to be no such file on the computer
3. What is this "system tray"? I can't find that either.

My OS is updated and it's the latest version of calibre: Version: 0.6.31

Can anyone help me get Calibre running on my new machine? Thanks!

I suspect the system tray message applies to the Windows version, and should be ignored on OS X.

The lock file is a hidden file (because its filename starts with a .), and won't show up in Finder. You'll need to run Terminal and type "rm .calibre_calibre\ GUI.lock", which should delete it. If you want to see if it's there before you delete it, type "ls -a", which will list all files in the directory including hidden ones.

[HandbagJunkie]

drplokta thank you for your reply!

I tried your suggestion, but it says: command not found and when it listed the files in terminal, it doesn't show up.

Any other suggestions are much appreciated.

[SuperJet]

I also run into problem with 0.6.31. When I launch calibre in the console under /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/, I got these error messages:

calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/calibre
Python function terminated unexpectedly: dlopen(/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/site-packages/PyQt4/QtWebKit.so, 2): Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/QtWebKit.framework/Versions/4/QtWebKit
  Referenced from: /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/site-packages/PyQt4/QtWebKit.so
  Reason: image not found
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 147, in main
    return run_entry_point()
  File "/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/python2.6/site.py", line 115, in run_entry_point
    pmod = __import__(mod, fromlist=[1], level=0)
  File "site-packages/calibre/gui2/__init__.py", line 15, in <module>
  File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/metadata/meta.py", line 11, in <module>
  File "site-packages/calibre/customize/ui.py", line 12, in <module>
  File "site-packages/calibre/customize/builtins.py", line 393, in <module>
  File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/pdf/output.py", line 18, in <module>
  File "site-packages/calibre/ebooks/pdf/writer.py", line 22, in <module>
ImportError: dlopen(/Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/site-packages/PyQt4/QtWebKit.so, 2): Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/QtWebKit.framework/Versions/4/QtWebKit
  Referenced from: /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/Resources/Python/site-packages/PyQt4/QtWebKit.so
  Reason: image not found

While 0.6.28 runs well.
And I can't see ".calibre_calibre GUI.lock" under /USERS/[myname]

[kovidgoyal]

http://bugs.calibre-ebook.com/ticket/4299

[HandbagJunkie]

I was finally able to change the permissions on the home directory and it worked! Thanks all!