Calibre Portable for Windows to Calibre for Linux

[SpicyPoison]

I have my Calibre library on an external drive using Calibre Portable latest version (v7.13). Until now I am a Windows user but soon to be Linux user. Calibre Portable had been a great way to access my library from any Windows OS running computer.

How can I transport my Calibre Library from Calibre Portable for Windows to Calibre for Linux with all the books (450+), settings and preferences, News Recipe Schedules. In short, I want to have my Calibre configured on Linux as it is on my Windows Calibre Portable.

What is the easiest and fastest way? Do I have to manually configure all the preferences again and manually copy paste the library folder to the linux? Or is there any other easier and faster way.

[kovidgoyal]

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...ter-to-another

[SpicyPoison]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/faq...ter-to-another

calibre, version 7.13.0
ERROR: Cannot export/import: You are running calibre portable, all calibre data is already in the calibre portable folder. Export/import is unavailable.

I know this method of exporting calibre data to a single file and importing on another. But the problem is that I am using 'Calibre Portable' version running from an external hard drive.
Hence, I am getting the above mentioned error.

[kovidgoyal]

So instead of running calibre-portable.exe, run calibre.exe, while setting the CALIBRE_CONFIG_DIRECTORY environmnet variable to point to the portable config directory and then use the export tool.

https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cus...ment-variables

[SpicyPoison]

I have installed calibre on linux from official installation guide.
And I already have my library on a "USB Drive/Calibre/Spicy Poison's Library".
I have my portable Calibre installed on "USB Drive/Calibre/Calibre Portable" in this folder.

Since I am going to use both OS (Windows and Linux) I have decided to not use export feature described earlier. Instead I will be using Calibre on both OS to use same folder on which my library is stored.

The only disadvantages is that I would need to setup configuration and preferences settings again on linux. Now, is there any way by which I can copy some configuration and preference files from "USB Drive/Calibre/Calibre Portable" directory to where Calibre has equivalent directory in linux directories? If not, I shall manually configure my whole Calibre again.

[kovidgoyal]

You cannot share the same library folder between windows and linux, that will lead to data loss as their filesystems have very different semantics.

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by SpicyPoison

Since I am going to use both OS (Windows and Linux) I have decided to not use export feature described earlier. Instead I will be using Calibre on both OS to use same folder on which my library is stored.

The only disadvantages is that I would need to setup configuration and preferences settings again on linux. Now, is there any way by which I can copy some configuration and preference files from "USB Drive/Calibre/Calibre Portable" directory to where Calibre has equivalent directory in linux directories? If not, I shall manually configure my whole Calibre again.

You need to use Export, then have same version of Calibre, but for target OS, and then use Import. All the configurations and even noDRM settings will import.

I've used Linux & Windows on dual boot since 1998 (NT 4, Win 2K, XP, Win7) and since Jan 2017 deleted the Windows 7.
I still have an old Win10 laptop and XP, win7 and Win10 on VMs on Linux (and used export/import to Win10 destination).
The XP and Win7 calibre installs still exist, but books can only be added, the versions of Calibre are too old for Import.