Calibre Web is an open-source e-book library management tool that allows users to access their e-book libraries on any device via a web interface. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Calibre Web on Arch Linux.
Before we begin, please ensure that you have the following:
We need to install the following dependencies before we can proceed with the installation process:
sudo pacman -S python python-pip python-setuptools python-wheel python-virtualenv python-mako python-dateutil python-cherrypy python-pillow python-tz
Create a new user and directory for Calibre Web:
sudo useradd -r -s /usr/bin/nologin calibreweb
sudo mkdir -p /opt/calibre-web
Download the latest version of Calibre Web from Github:
sudo su - calibreweb
cd /opt/calibre-web/
git clone https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web.git .
Create a new virtual environment:
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install --upgrade pip
pip install -r requirements.txt
We need to configure Calibre Web before we can use it. Rename the sample configuration file and edit it:
cp config/app.template.config config/app.config
nano config/app.config
Update the following fields in app.config:
"username": "your_username",
"email": "your_email@adress.com",
"password": "your_password",
Save and close the file.
Finally, start Calibre Web:
python /opt/calibre-web/cps.py &
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Calibre Web on Arch Linux. Once you have installed Calibre Web, you can access your e-book library via a web interface.
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