Calibre has been updated many times since I installed it on the server so I thought I would update it and while I was at it move the book library to a new drive.
To upgrade, simply copy paste the following command into a terminal and press Enter:
sudo python -c "import urllib2; exec urllib2.urlopen('http://status.calibre-ebook.com/linux_installer').read(); main()
Use the default installation directory for calibre [/opt]:
Easy as that, all upgraded to version 0.8.28.
Now to move the books to a new Samba share.
server@homehub:~$ sudo nano /etc/init.d/calibre
then change the path for the books
CONTENT=/media/sdb1/books
Save the file and move the books in any way you find easy. My drives are all on Samba shares so I just cut and pasted the files to their new location.
Stop and Start Calibre and your all done.
server@homehub:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/calibre stop
server@homehub:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/calibre start
Thanks for this update. An easier way to manage your library is to just mount your server library with nfs on your client PC. That way you only have one library to manage and you don’t have to sync it all the time.