https://github.com/fny/calibre-installer
The simple way to update or install calibre
https://github.com/fny/calibre-installer
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The simple way to update or install calibre
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/fny/calibre-installer
- Owner: fny
- License: gpl-3.0
- Created: 2013-01-29T03:50:00.000Z (over 13 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2016-08-28T17:42:48.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-03-25T03:51:20.992Z (about 1 year ago)
- Language: Shell
- Size: 582 KB
- Stars: 34
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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README
# calibre Installer for OS X
The simple way to update or install calibre.
You can [download the latest release](https://github.com/fny/calibre-Installer/archive/master.zip)
from the source archive or by cloning the repo. (GitHub recently deprecated the
[Downloads Tab](https://github.com/blog/1302-goodbye-uploads).) Expect me to
move the app for proper hosting soon: builds don't belong in code repositories. ;D
As of its current version, [calibre](http://calibre-ebook.com/) requires for
users to visit the [calibre download page](http://calibre-ebook.com/download),
get the latest DMG, and swap the new application with the old one. Laziness
provoked me to spend even more time than visiting a link to write this
installation script.
## What magic lives inside?
file:///Users/farazyashar/Workspace/Published%20Code/calibre%20Installer/README.md
The app consists of a shell script bundled as an OS X application. The script
works as follows:
1. Closes any running calibre instances
2. Downloads [the latest calibre](http://calibre-ebook.com/download_osx) and mounts the disk image
3. Replaces calibre in the local application folder
(`~/Applications/calibre.app`) or the shared application folder
(`/Applications/calibre.app`); if calibre is not installed, the script will
install calibre to `/Applications/calibre.app`
4. A back up of any previous version can be found in
``/tmp/calibre-`date +%s`.app.bak``
5. When finished, calibre will launch. (Note that as of this implementation, calibre will not become the frontmost application upon launch.)
## Contributing
### Suggestions and Bug Reports
Submit issues and requests through [Github issues](https://github.com/fny/calibre-Installer/issues/new) or the [associated thread on the calibre forums](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=204157&referrerid=185801).
Please provide the output of the installer's text window if relevant.
### Hacking Guidelines
- Play with the shell script (calibre-installer.sh) to your hearts content
- Try to keep things POSIX compliant
- Stick to native OS X command-line utilities
- Make sure to test the output of the script
- Don't worry about creating a new build of the application
## Many Thanks to...
- [Kovid Goyal](http://kovidgoyal.net/) and [company](http://calibre-ebook.com/about#contributors) for calibre
- [Kamil Tatara](http://www.flickr.com/photos/cakeshop_pl/5987792062/) for the calibre icon (used by this app too)
- [Sveinbjorn Thordarson](https://github.com/sveinbjornt)
for the magnificent [Platypus](https://github.com/sveinbjornt/Platypus)
## License
calibre Installer is free (as in freedom), open-source software distributed
under the terms and conditions of the Free Software Foundation's
[GNU General Public License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html).