[GUI Plugin] Check Books

[uhh.andy]

I figured out what the problem was.
I had installed node with homebrew, and for apple silicon Macs the executables are put in '/opt/homebrew/bin' which was not in the PATH when subprocess.Popen ran ace.
Adding it to the path fixed the issue.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by uhh.andy

I figured out what the problem was.
I had installed node with homebrew, and for apple silicon Macs the executables are put in '/opt/homebrew/bin' which was not in the PATH when subprocess.Popen ran ace.
Adding it to the path fixed the issue.

Good to know. I'll discard the changes, then.

[KomadoriRobin]

Originally Posted by uhh.andy

I figured out what the problem was.
I had installed node with homebrew, and for apple silicon Macs the executables are put in '/opt/homebrew/bin' which was not in the PATH when subprocess.Popen ran ace.
Adding it to the path fixed the issue.

I'm having the same issue, also on a Apple silicon Mac. Forgive me for being such a noob, but I don't quite understand your solution. I'm able to find the executables in '/opt/homebrew/bin', but I don't know what to do next. Thank you!

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by KomadoriRobin

I'm having the same issue, also on a Apple silicon Mac. Forgive me for being such a noob, but I don't quite understand your solution. I'm able to find the executables in '/opt/homebrew/bin', but I don't know what to do next. Thank you!

Hi, @KomadoriRobin.

You need to add the '/opt/homebrew/bin' directory to your PATH (that's a set of directories where executable programs are located).
I'm on Windows, so I can't give you the exact steps for MacOS, but you can google it. This was one of the first hits I got:
https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/appleo...ment-variable/

[Seth H]

Have just installed Check Books and set up the required columns for ACE and Epubcheck.

On running Epubcheck I get the following message;

calibre, version 7.16.0
ERROR: EPUBCheck error: Something went wrong. Click on 'Show details' for more info.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre_plugins.Check_Books.main", line 1031, in check_with_epubcheck
with open(report_file_name, encoding='utf-8') as fh:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/Users/svhills/Check Books/Morgan Talty/Fire Exit (34309)/EPUBCheck/EPUBCheck JSON report.json’

When trying to run ACE I get the following error message;

calibre, version 7.16.0
ERROR: No report found: Something went wrong. ACE did not produce a report.

NoneType: None

I am using an Apple Mac with an M1 chip running Sonoma 14.6.1

Assistance would be appreciated.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by uhh.andy

I figured out what the problem was.
I had installed node with homebrew, and for apple silicon Macs the executables are put in '/opt/homebrew/bin' which was not in the PATH when subprocess.Popen ran ace.
Adding it to the path fixed the issue.

First, I would ask you to check the above solution that worked for someone having the same error as you with ACE on macOs..

Second, try changing the chosen folder. It looks like you don't have write permission for the current folder.

[Seth H]

Thiago.eec. Thank you for your response. However I think setting up Check Books may be outside my level of expertise. Terminal server can find no file or folder for "/opt/homebrew/bin”.

[thiago.eec]

Originally Posted by Seth H

Thiago.eec. Thank you for your response. However I think setting up Check Books may be outside my level of expertise. Terminal server can find no file or folder for "/opt/homebrew/bin”.

Try this to add ACE/EpubCHECK to your path:

https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/appleo...ment-variable/

PS.: Does ACE work from terminal?

[Seth H]

I don’t feel I have the technical knowledge to proceed further with this install. So will reluctantly remove Check Books.

[jospalau]

I installed and tried the plugin today. It works really good with EpubCheck which is enough for me, thanks. But unfortunately not with Ace. Same error as commented previously.

I use Gentoo and Ace runs fine from the command line. It seems Node is crashing for some reason when executed from the plugin, not sure why.

[PeterT]

Out of curiosity, is your calibre installed from the Gentoo repository or directly from Kovid's calibre site?

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[jospalau]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Out of curiosity, is your calibre installed from the Gentoo repository or directly from Kovid's calibre site?

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Calibre site from the command line, last version. The Editor plugin doesn't work either.



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[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jospalau

Calibre site from the command line, last version. The Editor plugin doesn't work either.



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Is your calibre installed from the main calibre site? Most repository version are crap and don't work well or are old version.

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Is your calibre installed from the main calibre site? Most repository version are crap and don't work well or are old version.

The answer was quite clear; calibre was installed from the main calibre site via command line; NOT from the distribution's repository.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by jospalau

Calibre site from the command line, last version. The Editor plugin doesn't work either.

The editor issue makes me wonder if you are having an issue with QT and your graphics driver. Have you updated the driver to the most recent? If so, there are some environment variables that can disable some QT features such as not using the GPU which might be helpful.