Calibre Web is a tool that allows you to access and manage ebooks using a web browser. It's a great tool for those who want to keep their ebook collection organized and accessible from any device. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Calibre Web on Linux Mint.
Before installing Calibre Web, you need to make sure that all the necessary dependencies are installed on your system. Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-dev python3-pip
This will install Python 3 and pip, which we will use to install Calibre Web.
Calibre Web requires Calibre to be installed on your system. You can install Calibre by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install calibre
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.
Now that Calibre is installed, we can proceed to install Calibre Web. Open your terminal and run the following command:
sudo pip3 install setuptools
sudo pip3 install calibre-web
This will install Calibre Web and all its dependencies.
To configure Calibre Web, we need to create a configuration file. Run the following command to create a sample configuration file:
calibre-web --manage-users
This will create a file called config.sample.py in the ~/.config/calibre-web directory. Copy this file to config.py by running the following command:
cp ~/.config/calibre-web/config.sample.py ~/.config/calibre-web/config.py
Now open the config file in your text editor and make the necessary changes. The most important change is setting the CALIBRE_LIBRARY_PATH variable to the path of your Calibre library. For example:
CALIBRE_LIBRARY_PATH = '/home/user/Calibre Library'
Save the file and close your text editor.
To start Calibre Web, navigate to the calibre-web directory and run the following command:
python3 manage.py runserver
This will start the Calibre Web server. Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8083. You should see the Calibre Web login page. Log in with the credentials you created in Step 4, and you're all set!
Calibre Web is now installed and configured on your Linux Mint system. You can now access and manage your ebook collection from any device with a web browser.
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