From 9e92686c9d1d3146a3ff8f30004e5289f0524da2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kovid Goyal Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 10:41:56 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify where to get CALIBRE*PATH variables from --- manual/develop.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/manual/develop.rst b/manual/develop.rst index f2d00a6ad8..a5461be992 100644 --- a/manual/develop.rst +++ b/manual/develop.rst @@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ your Linux distribution and what shell you are using. It is recommended to use the binary installer provided from upstream. Should you insist on using a package provided by your distribution, use the ``CALIBRE_PYTHON_PATH`` and ``CALIBRE_RESOURCES_PATH`` variables instead. + You can get these by running ``calibre-debug --paths``. But note that + distribution calibre packages are often terminally broken and are completely + unsupported. Once you have set the environment variable, open a new terminal and check that it was correctly set by using the command::