Calibre 3.39.1 portable fails to install (error about less than 59 characters)

[PhoenixRe32]

When trying to install calibre (portable, version 3.39.1 I get an error saying

Not sure if it's some kind of limit with the portable version.
Calibre-normal seems to be fine

[r15ch13]

Unfortunately, this is a problem with calibre.
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/blob/c81ffa6d1a7b6740203b5a99b807a65b86ea6040/src/calibre/gui2/main.py#L90-L94

You can install calibre-normal which will work but save its data in %AppData%

[PhoenixRe32]

Yeah, I looked it a bit more after that and came to the same conclusion. Installed normal after that. Thanks Best Regards, Andreas Andreou Software Developer Τα τρία Τ της επιτυχίας: Ταλέντο, Τόλμη, Τύχη. M: +44 (0) 7462 887 207

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On Sun, 24 Feb 2019, 10:45 Richard Kuhnt, ***@***.***> wrote: Unfortunately, this is a problem with calibre. https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/blob/c81ffa6d1a7b6740203b5a99b807a65b86ea6040/src/calibre/gui2/main.py#L90-L94 You can install calibre-normal <https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop-extras/blob/master/bucket/calibre-normal.json> which will work but save its data in %AppData% — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1765 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AiJszQcJiOSOUEGcdv_gkGtoy1MUvUY6ks5vQm00gaJpZM4bNmp-> .

[rasa]

Wouldn’t adding Calibre Portable to the extract_dir here fix this?

[hsiktas]

This is still happening to me when I try to install calibre-portable-installer-3.40.1.exe. I guess this is not fixed.

[Ash258]

There is nothing Scoop manifest could do about it. This is limitation of Calibre itself. Write to developers to change it.

[hsiktas]

Hi,
I followed @r15ch13's advice and switched over to calibre-normal. The issue is gone now. 😀

[juanjosegarciaripoll]

Why is this closed? This is a problem. The solution would be either to leave it open, or to remove the recipe altogether.

[7wells]

Hi, I (still) have the same problem. Maybe removing the portable version of Calibre from this bucket is better than letting users run into this problem and repeating the same comments (like me, blush). Or does it work for somebody?

See there:
#2535

[nuno-andre]

Just replace the installer.args in the manifest with

"installer": {
    "script": [
        "start \"$dir\\calibre-portable-installer-$version.exe\" @(\"$dir\") -wait",
        "mv \"$dir\\Calibre Portable\\**\" \"$dir\"",
        "rm \"$dir\\Calibre Portable\""
    ]
},

and remove all the Calibre Portable\\ strings, e.g.

"Calibre Portable\\Calibre\\calibre-customize.exe" → "Calibre\\calibre-customize.exe"

And that's all as long as installed in the default folder (since the username shouldn't be as long as the 22 characters that are now left over). Otherwise, YMMV.

[harvastum]

@nuno-andre
Isn't the manifest going to be overwritten the next time Scoop updates, causing the problem to return on Calibre update? I think that the manifest should be fixed in the bucket.

[rashil2000]

Can you make a PR for the fix?