Calibre Web is an open-source web application that allows you to manage your e-book library in your web browser. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the step-by-step process of installing Calibre Web on POP! OS Latest.
Before we proceed with the installation of Calibre Web, we need to install some dependencies that it requires. Open a terminal window and execute the following command:
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-dev python3-pip build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev git
This command will install Python 3, pip, git and other packages that we need to install Calibre Web.
The next step is to clone the Calibre Web repository from Github. Execute the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web.git
This command will create a new directory called calibre-web and download all the files from the repository.
After we have cloned the repository, we need to install Calibre Web using pip. Navigate to the calibre-web folder and execute the following command:
pip install -r requirements.txt
This command will install all the required Python packages that Calibre Web needs to run.
Before we can start using Calibre Web, we need to configure it. Navigate to the calibre-web folder and copy the config.example.py file to config.py.
cp config.example.py config.py
Now, open config.py in your favorite text editor and modify the following settings:
DATABASE_URI: This is the path to your Calibre database. Change it to the path on your system where your Calibre database is located.PORT: This is the port number that Calibre Web will use. Change it to the port number that you want to use. The default is 8083.ADMIN_PASSWORD: This is the password that you will use to log in to Calibre Web. Change it to a strong password of your choice.Save the config.py file when you are done.
After we have configured Calibre Web, we can start it by executing the following command in the calibre-web folder:
python cps.py
This command will start Calibre Web and you should see output like this:
Starting Calibre-Web on port 8083
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8083. You should see the Calibre Web login page. Enter the admin password that you set in the config.py file and click on the Login button.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Calibre Web on POP! OS Latest. You can now add e-books to your library using Calibre and manage them using Calibre Web in your web browser.
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