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The Ubuntu Touch build has been broken for three years and since I have no way to test I can't fix it. References #4904.
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[Download](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases) •
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[Wiki](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki) •
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[Developer docs](http://koreader.rocks/doc/) •
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[Forum](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=276) •
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[Gitter **Chat**][gitter-link]
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[![Build Status][circleci-badge]][circleci-link]
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[![Coverage Status][coverage-badge]][coverage-link]
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[![AGPL Licence][licence-badge]](COPYING)
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[![Latest release][release-badge]](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/releases/)
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KOReader is a document viewer primarily targeting e-ink readers.
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It runs on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices.
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Developers can also run a KOReader emulator on desktop PCs with Linux or Mac OS X.
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<a href="https://github.com/koreader/koreader-artwork/raw/master/koreader-menu.png"><img src="https://github.com/koreader/koreader-artwork/raw/master/koreader-menu-thumbnail.png" alt="" width="200px"></a>
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<a href="https://github.com/koreader/koreader-artwork/raw/master/koreader-footnotes.png"><img src="https://github.com/koreader/koreader-artwork/raw/master/koreader-footnotes-thumbnail.png" alt="" width="200px"></a>
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<a href="https://github.com/koreader/koreader-artwork/raw/master/koreader-dictionary.png"><img src="https://github.com/koreader/koreader-artwork/raw/master/koreader-dictionary-thumbnail.png" alt="" width="200px"></a>
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Main features for users
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* supports multi-format documents including:
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* fixed page formats: PDF, DjVu, CBT, and CBZ
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* reflowable e-book formats: ePub, fb2, mobi, doc, chm and plain text
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* scanned PDF/DjVu documents can also be reflowed with built-in K2pdfopt
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* use StarDict dictionaries / Wikipedia to lookup words
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* highlights can be exported to Evernote cloud account
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* highly customizable reader view and typesetting
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* setting arbitrary page margins / line space
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* choosing external fonts and styles
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* built-in multi-lingual hyphenation dictionaries
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* supports adding custom online OPDS catalogs
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* calibre integration
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* search calibre metadata on your koreader device
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* send ebooks from calibre library to your koreader device wirelessly
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* browser calibre library and download ebooks via calibre OPDS server
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* can share ebooks with other koreader devices wirelessly
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* various optimizations for e-ink devices
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* paginated menus without animation
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* adjustable text contrast
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* multi-lingual user interface
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* online Over-The-Air software update
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Highlights for developers
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* frontend written in Lua scripting language
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* multi-platform support through a single code-base
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* you can help develop KOReader in any editor without compilation
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* high runtime efficiency through LuaJIT acceleration
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* light-weight self-contained widget toolkit with small memory footprint
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* extensible with plugin system
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* interfaced backends for documents parsing and rendering
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* high quality document backend libraries like MuPDF, DjvuLibre and CREngine
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* interacting with frontend via LuaJIT FFI for best performence
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* in active development
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* with contributions from developers around the world
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* continuous integration with CircleCI
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* with unit tests (busted), static code analysis (luacheck) and code coverage test (luacov/coveralls)
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* automated nightly builds available at http://build.koreader.rocks/download/nightly/
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* free as in free speech
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* licensed under Affero GPL v3
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* all dependencies are free software
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Check out the [KOReader wiki](https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki) to learn
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more about this project.
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Building Prerequisites
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======================
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These instructions for how to get and compile the source are intended for a Linux
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OS. Windows users are suggested to develop in a [Linux VM][linux-vm] or use Wubi.
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If you only want to work with Lua frontend stuff, you can grab the AppImage and
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run it with `--appimage-extract`.
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To get and compile the source you must have `patch`, `wget`, `unzip`, `git`,
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`cmake` and `luarocks` installed, as well as a version of `autoconf`
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greater than 2.64. You also need `nasm` and of course a compiler like `gcc`
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or `clang`. If you want to cross-compile for other architectures, you need a proper
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cross-compile toolchain. Your GCC should be at least version 4.8.
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Users of Debian and Ubuntu can install the required packages using:
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```
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sudo apt-get install build-essential git patch wget unzip \
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gettext autoconf automake cmake libtool nasm luarocks \
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libssl-dev libffi-dev libsdl2-dev libc6-dev-i386 xutils-dev linux-libc-dev:i386 zlib1g:i386
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```
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If you are running Fedora, be sure to install the package `libstdc++-static`.
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That's all you need to get the emulator up and running with `./kodev build` and `./kodev run`.
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Cross compile toolchains are available for Ubuntu users through these commands:
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```
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# for Kindle
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sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi g++-arm-linux-gnueabi
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# for Kobo and Ubuntu touch
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sudo apt-get install gcc-arm-linux-gnueabihf g++-arm-linux-gnueabihf
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# for Win32
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sudo apt-get install gcc-mingw-w64-i686 g++-mingw-w64-i686
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```
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The packages `pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabihf` and `pkg-config-arm-linux-gnueabi` may
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block you from building for Kobo or Kindle. Remove them if you get an ld error,
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`/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/4.8/../../../../arm-linux-gnueabihf/bin/
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ld: cannot find -lglib-2.0`
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**NOTE:** In the specific case of Kindle & Kobo targets, while we make some effort to support these Linaro/Ubuntu TCs,
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they do *not* exactly target the proper devices. While your build will go fine, this may lead to runtime failure.
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As time goes by, and/or the more bleeding-edge your distro is, the greater the risk for mismatch gets.
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Thankfully, we have a distribution-agnostic solution for you: [koxtoolchain](https://github.com/koreader/koxtoolchain)!
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This will allow you to build the *exact* same TCs used to build the nightlies, thanks to the magic of [crosstool-ng](https://github.com/crosstool-ng/crosstool-ng).
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On Mac OS X you may need to install the following tools using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/):
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brew install nasm binutils libtool autoconf automake cmake makedepend sdl2 lua@5.1 luarocks gettext pkg-config wget md5sha1sum
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echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/gettext/bin:$PATH"' >> "$HOME"/.bash_profile
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```
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If you run into a gettext error while building glib, try `brew link --force gettext` to override the built-in Mac OS BSD gettext with GNU GetText.
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*Note:* in Mojave (10.14) you need to set a minimum deployment version higher than 10.04. Otherwise you'll get the error `ld: library not found for -lgcc_s.10.4`.
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```
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export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.09
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```
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The KOReader Android build requires `ant`, `openjdk-8-jdk` and `p7zip-full`. A compatible version of the Android NDK and SDK will be downloaded automatically by `./kodev build android` if no NDK or SDK is provided in environment variables. For that purpose you can use `NDK=/ndk/location SDK=/sdk/location ./kodev build android`.
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Users of Debian Jessie first need to configure the `backports` repository:
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sudo echo "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
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sudo apt-get update
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```
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For both Ubuntu and Debian, install the packages:
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sudo apt-get install ant openjdk-8-jdk
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```
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Users on Debian finally need to remove JRE version 7:
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sudo apt-get remove openjdk-7-jre-headless
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```
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In order to build KOReader package for Ubuntu Touch, the `click` package management
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tool is needed, Ubuntu users can install it with:
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sudo apt-get install click
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```
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You might also need SDL library packages if you want to compile and run
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KOReader on Linux PC. Fedora users can install `SDL` and `SDL-devel` package.
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Ubuntu users probably need to install the `libsdl2-dev` package:
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Getting the source
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==================
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git clone https://github.com/koreader/koreader.git
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cd koreader && ./kodev fetch-thirdparty
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```
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Building, Running and Testing
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For emulating KOReader on Linux, Windows and Mac OSX
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To build an emulator on your current Linux or OSX machine:
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./kodev build
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```
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If you want to compile the emulator for Windows run:
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./kodev build win32
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```
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To run KOReader on your development machine:
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./kodev run
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```
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To automatically set up a number of primarily luarocks-related environment variables:
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./kodev activate
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```
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To run unit tests:
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./kodev test base
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./kodev test front
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```
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To run a specific unit test (for test development):
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./kodev test front readerbookmark_spec.lua
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```
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NOTE: Extra dependencies for tests: `busted` and `ansicolors` from luarocks.
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To run Lua static analysis:
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make static-check
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```
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NOTE: Extra dependencies for tests: `luacheck` from luarocks
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You may need to checkout the [circleci config file][circleci-conf] to setup up
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a proper testing environment. Briefly, you need to install `luarocks` and
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then install `busted` with `luarocks`. The "eng" language data file for
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tesseract-ocr is also need to test OCR functionality. Finally, make sure
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that `luajit` in your system is at least of version 2.0.2.
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You can also specify the size and DPI of the emulator's screen using
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`-w=X` (width), `-h=X` (height), and `-d=X` (DPI). There is also a convenience
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`-s` (simulate) flag with some presets like `kobo-aura-one`, `kindle3`, and
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`hidpi`. The latter is a fictional device with `--screen_width=1500`,
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`--screen_height=2000` and `--screen_dpi=600` to help ensure DPI scaling works correctly.
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Sample usage:
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./kodev run -s=kobo-aura-one
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```
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To use your own koreader-base repo instead of the default one change the `KOR_BASE`
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environment variable:
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make KOR_BASE=../koreader-base
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```
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This will be handy if you are developing `koreader-base` and you want to test your
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modifications with the KOReader frontend. NOTE: this only supports relative path for now.
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For EReader devices (kindle, kobo, pocketbook, ubuntu-touch)
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---------------------
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To build an installable package for Kindle:
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```
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./kodev release kindle
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```
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To build an installable package for Kobo:
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./kodev release kobo
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```
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To build an installable package for PocketBook:
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./kodev release pocketbook
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```
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To build an installable package for Ubuntu Touch
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```
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./kodev release ubuntu-touch
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```
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You may checkout our [nightlybuild script][nb-script] to see how to build a
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package from scratch.
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For Android devices
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A compatible version of the Android NDK and SDK will be downloaded automatically by the
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`kodev` command. If you already have an Android NDK and SDK installed that you would like
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to use instead, make sure that the `android` and `ndk-build` tools can be found in your
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`PATH` environment variable. Additionally, the `NDK` and `SDK` variables should point
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to the root directory of the Android NDK and SDK respectively.
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Then, run this command to build an installable package for Android:
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./kodev release android
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```
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Translation
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Please refer to [l10n's README][l10n-readme] to grab the latest translations
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from [the KOReader project on Transifex][koreader-transifex] with this command:
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make po
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```
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If your language is not listed on the Transifex project, please don't hesitate
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to send a language request [here][koreader-transifex].
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Variables in translation
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-------
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Some strings contain variables that should remain unaltered in translation.
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For example:
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```lua
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The title of the book is %1 and its author is %2.
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```
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This might be displayed as:
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```lua
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The title of the book is The Republic and its author is Plato.
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```
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To aid localization the variables may be freely positioned:
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```lua
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De auteur van het boek is %2 en de titel is %1.
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```
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That would result in:
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```lua
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De auteur van het boek is Plato en de titel is The Republic.
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```
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Use ccache
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Ccache can speed up recompilation by caching previous compilations and detecting
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when the same compilation is being repeated. In other words, it will decrease
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build time when the sources have been built before. Ccache support has been added to
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KOReader's build system. To install ccache:
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* in Ubuntu use:`sudo apt-get install ccache`
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* in Fedora use:`sudo yum install ccache`
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* from source:
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* download the latest ccache source from http://ccache.samba.org/download.html
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* extract the source package in a directory
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* `cd` to that directory and use:`./configure && make && sudo make install`
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* to disable ccache, use `export USE_NO_CCACHE=1` before make.
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* for more information about ccache, visit: https://ccache.samba.org/
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[base-readme]:https://github.com/koreader/koreader-base/blob/master/README.md
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[nb-script]:https://gitlab.com/koreader/nightly-builds/blob/master/build_release.sh
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[circleci-badge]:https://circleci.com/gh/koreader/koreader.svg?style=shield
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[circleci-link]:https://circleci.com/gh/koreader/koreader
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[circleci-conf]:https://github.com/koreader/koreader/blob/master/.circleci/config.yml
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[linux-vm]:http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/11287/how-to-run-ubuntu-in-windows-7-with-vmware-player/
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[l10n-readme]:https://github.com/koreader/koreader/blob/master/l10n/README.md
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[koreader-transifex]:https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/koreader/
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[coverage-badge]:https://codecov.io/gh/koreader/koreader/branch/master/graph/badge.svg
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[coverage-link]:https://codecov.io/gh/koreader/koreader
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[licence-badge]:http://img.shields.io/badge/licence-AGPL-brightgreen.svg
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[release-badge]:https://img.shields.io/github/release/koreader/koreader.svg
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[gitter-badge]:https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg
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[gitter-link]:https://gitter.im/koreader/koreader?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge
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Contributors
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============
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[](https://sourcerer.io/fame/Frenzie/koreader/koreader/links/0)
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[](https://sourcerer.io/fame/Frenzie/koreader/koreader/links/1)
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[](https://sourcerer.io/fame/Frenzie/koreader/koreader/links/2)
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[](https://sourcerer.io/fame/Frenzie/koreader/koreader/links/3)
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[](https://sourcerer.io/fame/Frenzie/koreader/koreader/links/4)
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[](https://sourcerer.io/fame/Frenzie/koreader/koreader/links/5)
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[](https://sourcerer.io/fame/Frenzie/koreader/koreader/links/6)
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