Install Problems

[Eggman]

While installing Calibre the first time I redirected the calibre ebook folder to my D drive because that is where I keep my documents. Not sure if that is what caused the problem but Calibre won't run. I am running on Windows XP on a fairly old PC.

During the initial setup (when you pick your device etc) I got the following error:

ERROR: Could not move library: table authors already exists
RemoteTraceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\library\sqlite.py", line 175, in run
OperationalError: table authors already exists

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\wizard\__init__.py", line 523, in move_library
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 154, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 127, in connect
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 366, in initialize_database
File "site-packages\calibre\library\sqlite.py", line 211, in run
DatabaseException: table authors already exists
RemoteTraceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\library\sqlite.py", line 175, in run
OperationalError: table authors already exists

When attempting to proceed past there it asks me to pick a directory. I have tried several different directories and all result in an error about a corrupt database:

Corrupted database: Your calibre database appears to be corrupted. Do you want calibre to try and repair it automatically? If you say No, a new empty calibre library will be created.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 205, in initialize_db
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 157, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\library\schema_upgrades.py", line 20, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\library\schema_upgrades.py", line 34, in upgrade_version_1
File "site-packages\calibre\library\sqlite.py", line 211, in run
DatabaseException: no such index: series_idx
RemoteTraceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\library\sqlite.py", line 175, in run
OperationalError: no such index: series_idx

From here I can select yes or no to repair the DB or create a new one. Either way results in an error. I either get:

ERROR: Repairing failed: The database repair failed. Starting with a new empty library.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 127, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\debug.py", line 91, in reinit_db
WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: u'D:\\Documents\\Calibre\\metadata.db.tmp'

or

ERROR: Bad database location: Bad database location u'D:/Documents/Calibre EBooks'. calibre will now quit.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\main.py", line 191, in initialize_db_stage2
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 154, in __init__
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 127, in connect
File "site-packages\calibre\library\database2.py", line 366, in initialize_database
File "site-packages\calibre\library\sqlite.py", line 211, in run
DatabaseException: table authors already exists
RemoteTraceback (most recent call last):
File "site-packages\calibre\library\sqlite.py", line 175, in run
OperationalError: table authors already exists

I have uninstalled and re-installed several times with no luck. I am very interested in this software but I just can not seem to get it to work. Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks.

[Eggman]

I believe I found the solution here:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87249

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by Eggman

I believe I found the solution here:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=87249

I was at a loss remembering any solution for this problem and was curious as to what the possible solution might be so I followed the link. I was surprised that in the other thread I was the person suggesting the possible solution.

I guess the holes in my memory are more numerous than I thought.