Download ACSM files in Linux - without using Adobe Digital Editions!
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After my rant the other day about Adobe Digital Editions, I discovered libgourou by Grégory Soutadé
libgourou is a free implementation of Adobe's ADEPT protocol used to add DRM on ePub files. It overcome the lacks of Adobe support for Linux platforms.
There are a few limitations, but nothing too serious:
- Only ePub is supported. No PDF
- Command line only
- Alpha quality software. It works - but is a bit finickity
You can compile the code yourself, but I just downloaded the pre-built binaries.
On Ubuntu / Pop I needed to sudo apt install libzip-dev.
Once you've unzipped the download, cd into it and run:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$PWD
Then
./adept_activate -u youremail@example.com -p SuperStrongPassword
Use the same credentials as you do in Adobe Digital Editions. You can just use the -u flag and type your password in at the prompt - but I couldn't get that to work. The -p flag worked fine.
After a few seconds, you'll see: youremail@example.com fully signed and device activated in /home/you/libgourou_utils_0.3.1/./.adept
Then run: ./acsmdownloader -f whatever.acsm
After a few moments, you'll see: Created whatever.epub
That's it! Your file is downloaded and you can read the ePub.
Note: If you try to download a PDF, you'll get an error saying: Exception code : 0x5007 Message : whatever.epub
You can rename the file back to .pdf, but it will still be encrypted.
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Sebastian says:
I'm a total neophyte and was thrown by the third step in the process. I've not found the download to unzip, though I installed the binaries and libzip-dev. Could you clarify that step for me? Cheers!
@edent says:
You can follow the instructions at https://forge.soutade.fr/soutade/libgourou/releases