calibre Portable Launcher Dev Test 1

Developer has added many new features. Many new plugins require new updated plugin engine.

currently 0.80

This developer updates a lot, but updates are noticeable. Exiting times.

Thanks again for all hard work.

Is this still slated to become an official app soon? It seems to get updated pretty often, so I was waiting for it to become official so that the updater will catch the updates -- just wondering if I should bother waiting or get it now? Also, are there any plans for the updater to update these unofficial apps?

Is there a way to initiate an update when launching the app? Like hold down ctrl to download latest version?

Ran installer and finished succesfully, but Calibre does not work!

Received the following error on startup:

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calibre Portable (PortableApps.com Launcher)
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calibre Portable cannot be started. You may wish to re-install to fix this issue. (ERROR: App\calibre\calibre.exe could not be found)
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OK
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PS:Tried on two different usb keys

Just a notification of the latest release from calibre

Release: 0.8.32 [23 Dec, 2011]

From - http://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new

I did a new Installtion of the "0.8.xx Dev Test 2 (2011-11-01)"
But the Installtion faild for me on my USB Device

Zielverzeichnis: H:\PortableApps\calibrePortable
Bereite das Upgrade von calibre Portable vor.

Lade Calibre herunter...
Installiere calibre Portable...
Umbenennen: C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp\nssBEA.tmp\Downloaded\Calibre->C:\Users\A103896\AppData\Local\Temp\nssBEA.tmp\Downloaded\calibre-portable
Erstelle Verzeichnis: H:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\7zTemp
Zielverzeichnis: H:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\7zTemp
Dekomprimiere: 7z.exe
Dekomprimiere: 7z.dll
Zielverzeichnis: H:\PortableApps\calibrePortable
Erstelle Verzeichnis: H:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\App
ERROR: (calibre-portable > App)

Btw H:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\App is there...

I test it on Windows 7 64 bit. It works great.

This is something I noticed just recently as I was checking for I/O bound processes. calibrePortable appears to read the all the contents Windows Fonts folder during start-up which causes high CPU utilization as well as disk thrashing. Neither the native Calibre install nor the official Calibre Portable install does this.

It wasn't really something I noticed before as I usually use calibrePortable on systems with SSDs but it does explain why systems with HDDs become unresponsive when I start up calibrePortable. On a system with 92MB worth of fonts, a bare calibrePortable install would cause 2.5GiB worth of I/O reads. Meanwhile, both native and official portable install would only have 30MiB worth of I/O reads. Any thoughts as to what may be causing it?

Although "calibre Portable 0.8.xx Dev Test 4" appears to download and install the program without displaying any error messages only 21 files actually get installed on my flash drive:

P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\calibrePortable.exe
P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\help.html

P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\App\AppInfo\appicon.ico
P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\App\AppInfo\appicon_128.png
P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\App\AppInfo\appicon_16.png
P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\App\AppInfo\appicon_32.png
P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\App\AppInfo\appinfo.ini
P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\App\AppInfo\installer.ini

P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\App\AppInfo\Launcher\calibrePortable.ini
P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\App\AppInfo\Launcher\splash.jpg

P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\App\DefaultData\settings\calibrePortableSettings.ini

P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\App\DefaultData\settings\config\global.py

P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\Other\Help\images\donation_button.png
P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\Other\Help\images\favicon.ico
P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\Other\Help\images\help_background_footer.png
P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\Other\Help\images\help_background_header.png
P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\Other\Help\images\help_logo_top.png

P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\Other\Source\calibrePortable.ini
P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\Other\Source\LauncherLicense.txt
P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\Other\Source\PortableApps.comInstallerCustom.nsh
P:\PortableApps\calibrePortable\Other\Source\Readme.txt

I noticed with Calibre v0.8.87, the online installer no longer appears to work. I did notice on sourceforge, that the usual zip file for the portable version, has become an installer of sorts named calibre-portable-installer-0.8.70.exe.

Prapper, first of all, thank you for doing Calibre Portable. I use it daily. From your instructions below, under the Updating calibre section, it sounds like one needs to download your installer and the calibre-portable-installer-0.8.70.exe file.

Download the latest version from this page (Download calibre portable).

However, your installer includes Calibre, and doesn't require the user to download from Calibre's web site at all. It's minor, but I figured I'd point it out.

Anyway, thanks again for doing this program, my friend. Peace...

Man, this base app updates lots! It's currently at 0.9.6. Don't know if you're wanting to update or not, since your "upgrade" instructions work still, but just letting you know.

That app should be stable. It is the only app that can open all e-book formats...

What do we need to do differently to be able to upgrade to Calibre 0.9.20? Either I did something wrong (I've never tried upgrading this myself) or the folders have changed with the Calibre Portable installer exe they put out. Thanks!

To update, maybe you want to

a) download the current .msi from the original manufacturer from here:
http://calibre-ebook.com/download_windows
b) download Less MSIerables
direct .zip download here:
http://code4all.googlecode.com/files/Lessmsierables-20051110.zip
c) read the short words about usage of Less MSIerables here:
http://thebackroomtech.com/2009/05/20/the-best-msi-extractor/

d) extract the Calibre .msi file
e) copy the extracted contents into the \App\Calibre folder
f) done.

When I tried to install into my PortableApps folder in Dropbox, I got the error:

"Path to Calibre Portable (D:\Dropbox\PortableApps.com\PortableApps\calibrePortable\Calibre Portable) too long. Must be less than 59 characters."

Is there a workaround? Will renaming the folder to "CP" cause any issues?

I download the latest dev version. I extract it. When I start calibrePortable.exe it gives me directly an error which explains that where is no \app\calibre\calibre.exe file. I loo at the directory \app\calibre. I notice that there is nothing on this folder

Please update calibre. They have update on 1.14 version.

I just wanted to say i love Calibre and i wish it would be added to the official PortableApps programs. Anything i can do to contribute to that?

I could well be missing something here, but as the directions say:
"if you have a portable program MyApp.exe, you could create a folder called X:\PortableApps\MyApp\ and place MyApp.exe and all its files within there. Then, just click Apps - Refresh App Icons within the PortableApps.com Menu and your new app will show up."

Thus you should be able to expand the latest Calibre release to a folder inside your PortableApps (I use "otherapps") and click refresh App Icons and you should be good to go. The issue some people may be having here is that the earlier version of Calibre may have been installed in the "regular" portable apps folder if it came from a .paf file. The .exe file may not work as cleanly as a .paf file, so either removing the older application folder or just installing one in parallel and work with them until you decide to remove the older folder might be the best option.

I haven't tried this so I don't know if it will work, but I am planning to and will get back to folks here. Any thoughts as to feasibility?

Any chance that a stable release can be created? Which would automatically check for a new version, download and install (as appropriate) the portable edition, before launching?

I installed Calibre Portable into my PortableApps launcher with no difficulty. I have a Mac running Parallels Desktop 9 with a Windows 2008 R2 x64 VM and Windows 7 Enterprise x64 VM, it runs fine in both.

I just opened the Get Info panel on the Mac for the folder labeled "PortableApps." Uncheck the box called "Locked." Copy any portable app you want into the folder. Go back and re-check the box called "Locked." Restart the PortableApps launcher (it can be running while you do all this). Start imported app.

Calibre Portable runs great this way. It isn't slow in any way unless I try to run the VM on my MBP. On my iMac it is very speedy, and runs great in both the Windows 2008 R2 x64 VM and Windows 7 Enterprise x64 VMs I use in vSphere 5.5 at work.

When Calibre comes out with updates they update the portable version at the same time. Just re-download and repeat the process above. Easy peasy.

Since calibre ships with multiple app entry points, it would be nice if the portable app did the same.

I would like to see an entry for starting the E-Book Editor and the E-Book Viewer directly from the PortableApps menu, without requiring me to first start the library.