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Fully update Calibre-Web README's "Known Issues" for IIAB 6.6 release
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* |ss| As of August 2018, Calibre-Web doesn't yet include Calibre's e-book
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conversion functionality (e.g. Calibre 3.27.1 [released 2018-07-06] allows
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teachers to convert between PDF, EPUB, HTML, TXT etc — to permit reading on a
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wider array client devices and client software). |se| |nbsp| This new Calibre-Web
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feature (which depends on Calibre's ebook-converter program) needs to be manually
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configured in IIAB 6.6 as of 2018-09-12: `janeczku/calibre-web#624 <https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/issues/624>`_
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teachers to convert between PDF, EPUB, TXT etc — to permit reading on a
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wider array client devices and client software). |se| |nbsp| Fixed by
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`janeczku/calibre-web#609 <https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/issues/609>`_
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in early September 2018.
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Specifically, to enable e-book conversion, log in as Admin/changeme (etc) then
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click http://box/books -> Admin -> Basic Configuration -> External binaries. Then
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change these 2 settings:
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* |ss| This new Calibre-Web feature (which depends on Calibre's ebook-converter
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program) needs to be manually configured as of 2018-09-12:
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`janeczku/calibre-web#624 <https://github.com/janeczku/calibre-web/issues/624>`_
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|se| |nbsp| Fixed by `#1127 <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/pull/1127>`_ on 2018-09-12.
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To manually enable the converting of e-books (automated above, should no
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longer be necessary!) log in to http://box/books as Admin/changeme (etc) then
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click Admin -> Basic Configuration -> External binaries. Then change these
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2 settings:
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* Change radio button "No converter" to "Use calibre's ebook converter"
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* In textfield "Path to convertertool" type in: ``/usr/bin/ebook-convert``
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Then:
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* Submit
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* Verify that "ebook-convert" appears on Calibre-Web's "About" page at http://box/books/stats
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* Test it by clicking any e-book -> Edit metadata -> Convert book format
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* http://192.168.0.x:8083 does not work, as a result of `iptables <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/network/templates/gateway/iiab-gen-iptables#L93>`_,
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* |ss| http://192.168.0.x:8083 does not work, as a result of `iptables <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/blob/master/roles/network/templates/gateway/iiab-gen-iptables#L93>`_,
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even when ``services_externally_visible: true``. This is fixable, but perhaps
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it's not a priority, as URL's like {http://192.168.0.x/books,
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http://10.8.0.x/books, http://127.0.0.1/books and http://box/books} all work.
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http://10.8.0.x/books, http://127.0.0.1/books and http://box/books} all work. |se| |nbsp| Marked as "wontfix" on 2018-09-12: `#1050 <https://github.com/iiab/iiab/issues/1050>`_
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* Calibre-Web does not currently use version numbers, so glitches might
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* Calibre-Web does not currently use version numbers, so glitches may
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occasionally arise, when upstream developers change its master branch without
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warning.
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