Removing Adobe DRM on Linux (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by some_random_nick@lemmy.world to c/calibre@lemmy.world

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Hi everyone! I bought some books from the Kobo store and they come with Adobe's DRM (ADE). I tried using the noDRM plugin (10.0.10 and some other fork 10.0.20) with the latest version of Calibre, but it didn't do anything. Then I tried downgrading to something like 8.7, still the same. Downgrading even further resulted in some Python versions mismatch and I couldn't be bothered to resolve it. Trying oboK threw errors because it needs (?) the Kobo desktop program. Trying the ACSM plugin seemed promissing as it was able to create an anonymized ID, but importing the files yet again didn't do anything... No errors, nothing.
Is there anythign else I could attemp besides booting into Windows?
Thanks!

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[-] Feeee23@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Ive never got the calibre tools to work. Ive used a commandline tool named "knock" but i think it stopped working. Now i using one named acsm-get but i cant find it online anymoee. It still worked like 2 weeks ago when i last used it. They both take the acsm file and download a drm free epub

[-] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I'll try to find a copy of the tool. Thanks!

[-] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 4 points 1 week ago

Python versions can be installed and managed by a tool called "pyenv" if you want to go further down that road.

Calibre also often needs specific plugins for different kinds of DRM. May be worth a search based on the eBook origin, in case you're missing a simple extension that could solve it.

I also find that searching the web for "book title DRM free" usually results in a link to download a free DRM-free copy of the file.

It's almost as if the DRM was a complete waste of everyone's time and resources.

[-] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

It's almost as if the DRM was a complete waste of everyone's time and resources.

Very true and even more so sad.

[-] one_old_coder@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Anna's Archive?

[-] some_random_nick@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

They didn't have them. Neither does z-library nor a private torrent tracker I am part of.

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