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− | If you want to read your Amazon e-books with Linux and google for it you will find some misleading information. I have gone through it and describe it here for you. FBReader and calibre do not even let me enter my Amazon credentials, and I cannot read my e-books.
| + | #REDIRECT [[Read e-books with Linux]] |
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− | However I was able to read Amazon e-books with Linux on 2013-10-25 with SUSE Linux 12.2:
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− | * went to http://www.amazon.com and get some free e-books.
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− | * downloaded their [http://www.amazon.de/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_w7_ln_ar?docId=1000487353 Kindle reader for Windows]
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− | * deleted the old version of the Windows Emulator [[wine]] from my computer. To do this, [[open a console]] and type
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− | rpm -e wine wine-32bit wine-mp3
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− | * I knew that I have a 64bit computer. If you do not know, [[find out if your system is 64bit or 32bit]]
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− | * downloaded wine 1.7.4 and wine-32bit 1.7.4 for SUSE Linux from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_12.2/x86_64/
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− | * and wine-gecko from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Emulators:/Wine/openSUSE_12.2/noarch/
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− | * Then installed it:
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− | rpm -ivh wine-1.7.4-290.1.x86_64.rpm wine-gecko-2.24-43.1.noarch.rpm wine-32bit-1.7.4-290.1.x86_64.rpm
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− | * Now you start the reader's installation:
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− | wine Downloads/KindleForPC-installer.exe
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− | * And start the reader:
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− | cd .wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Amazon/Kindle
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− | wine Kindle.exe
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− | = See also =
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− | * [[winE]]
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Latest revision as of 08:31, 27 October 2013