Store Ebooks on BrainyPi

Description: COPS (Calibre OPDS (and HTML) PHP Server) software acts as a web interface on our Brainy Pi where we can access all our eBooks either through its web interface or by downloading them directly from your Brainy Pi to your devices.

Steps to Install:

1. Copy and paste the following lines into a terminal:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get upgrade
   
   sudo apt-get install php7.4-gd php7.4-cli php7.4-sqlite3 php7.4-json php7.4-intl php7.4- 
   xml php7.4-mbstring php7.4-zip
   
   sudo systemctl reload nginx
   
   sudo mkdir -p /var/www/html/ebooks
   cd /var/www/html/ebooks
   sudo git clone https://github.com/seblucas/cops.git .
   
   sudo wget https://getcomposer.org/download/1.9.0/composer.phar
   sudo php composer-stable.phar global require "fxp/composer-asset-plugin:~1.1"
   sudo php composer-stable.phar install --no-dev --optimize-autoloader
   
   mkdir -p /home/pi/storage/eBooks
   
   sudo cp config_local.php.example config_local.php
   sudo nano config_local.php

2. Find

   $config['calibre_directory'] = './';
   
   $config['cops_title_default'] = "COPS";

3. Replace With

   $config['calibre_directory'] = '/home/pi/storage/eBooks/';
   
   $config['cops_title_default'] = "My Raspberry Pi eBook Server";

4. Save the file by pressing CTRL + X then Y and lastly press ENTER.

5. Installation of software will be completed.

Useful for: ebooks, server, personal, manage books

Link to original project: https://github.com/seblucas/cops

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