If, like me, you are a Kindle eInk Reader user, you’ll need your Kindle serial number if the information isn’t already there (it was for me). If you highlight plugin and click Customize Plugin button you can check your settings for the various file types. Puzzle piece icon next to it will be green if enabled.
It should install and enable the plugin, which you’ll find in the File Type plugins section. In Calibre, click on Preferences, scroll down and click on Plugins in the Advanced section, Click on the “Load plugin from file” button on the bottom right of the Plugins screen. While I have yet to try the latest version of DeDRM with that, the setting I had for that seemed to be still there too, so I’m assuming that will continue to work as before. I occasionally get Adobe Digital Editions ePubs when Kindle format isn’t available. Removing and reloading the book in question showed the DeDRM Pre-Release seemed to do the trick for this book anyway. I downloaded it and installed the new plugin and it retrieved all my old settings which were apperently still there from the previous version of the plugin. I checked with Aprentice Alf’s Blog and sure enough they have a DeDRM Pre-Release. Apparently the app now uses the Python 3 language for it’s plugins…
azw files downloaded through your Kindle app.I only just realized the latest update to the wonderful and long-running and continuously improved Calibre E-book Manager application removed my old DeDRM Plugin when I went to add one of my new ebooks to my Calibre library and discovered the DRM was still attached. Import the k4i file that was just createdĪnd with that, you should be able to remove DRM from. Open Calibre -> Preferences -> Plugins -> DeDRM -> Customize Plugin -> Kindle for Mac/PC ebooks You should see a message with something like "Key successfully retrieved to kindlekey1.k4i" Add the. Locate kindlekey.py in the unzipped folder.
If you don't already have the DeDRM plugin, download it here and add it to Calibre.
Install using Wine wine msiexec /i python-2.7.16.msi Install Kindle Reader 1.17 using Wine and sign in to your account Install Python 2.7 and pycrypto with Wineĭownload pycrypto-2.1.0.win32-py2.7.zip from here and unzip it I did this on Linux Mint 19.3 but the principles should be the same. The Linux DeDRM Calibre plugin doesn't automatically detect and generate the decryption keys necessary to strip DRM.
Read the FAQs at Harper's repository: Īdded Today's Technician: Automotive Heating & Air Conditioning Classroom Manual and Shop Manual, Spiral bound Version to db in: 1.8 Running file type plugin DeDRM failed with traceback:įile "site-packages/calibre/customize/ui.py", line 172, in _run_filetype_pluginsįile "calibre_drm._init_", line 621, in runįile "calibre_drm._init_", line 571, in KindleMobiDecryptĭeDRMError: DeDRM v6.6.1: Ultimately failed to decrypt after 0.6 seconds. Started up in 11.22 seconds with 1 booksĭeDRM v6.6.1: Trying to decrypt Today's Technician_ Automotive Heating & Air Conditioning Classroom Manual and Shop Manual, Spiral bound Version.azw4Ĭopyright © 2008-2017 The Dark Reverser, Apprentice Harper et al.ĭecrypting Mobipocket 4 ebook: Today's Technician: Automotive Heating & Air Conditioning Classroom Manual and Shop Manual, Spiral bound VersionĭeDRM v6.6.1: Failed to decrypt with error: No key found in 0 keys tried.ĭeDRM v6.6.1: Looking for new default Kindle Key after 0.6 secondsĭeDRM v6.6.1: Running kindlekey.py under WineĭeDRM v6.6.1: Command line: 'WINEPREFIX="/home/aubrey" wine python.exe "/home/aubrey/.config/calibre/plugins/DeDRM/libraryfiles/kindlekey.py" "/home/aubrey/.config/calibre/plugins/DeDRM/libraryfiles/winekeysdir"'ĭeDRM v6.6.1: Found and decrypted 0 key filesĭeDRM v6.6.1: Ultimately failed to decrypt after 0.6 seconds. Looking for desktop notifier support from: Make sure you have installed the proper libraries. Successfully initialized third party plugins: DeDRM (6, 6, 1) & KindleUnpack - The Plugin (0, 81, 5) calibre Debug logĬalibre 3.39.1 embedded-python: True is64bit: True i received this feed back from debugging.
restarted calibres in debugging mode and found that DRM was not removed. Installed calibres with kindle-unpacking plugin.