In this article we are going to see how we can install Calibre Server in Ubuntu.

What is Calibre?

• Its a e-book manager with cli utilities for file type conversion.
• It is used as personal library in own hosting.

Why Calibre Server?

• I can access my library any where in internet
• I can share opensource & no-copyright books with friends.

Steps:

• Get a Ubuntu PC/VM or in my case a container in my proxmox (PVE)host.

update & upgrade

apt install -y git curl wget build-essential python3-pip xvfb imagemagick calibre

git clone https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web.git

python3 -m pip install –system –target vendor -r requirements.txt

blank metadata.db

https://drive.google.com/file/d/189tv5i5SNT6rivLLLvCmC2JeLtODmSS1/view

adding your files

xvfb-run calibredb add ~/calibre-upload/* –library-path ~/calibre-library

https://kenfavors.com/code/how-to-install-calibre-server-on-ubuntu-14-04-16-04-18-04/

https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/wiki/How-To:Install-Calibre-web-(-Python3-)-in-Linux-Mint-20—Linux-Mint-19

blank DB : https://drive.google.com/file/d/189tv5i5SNT6rivLLLvCmC2JeLtODmSS1/view