Since Pocketbook has some problems with extracting metadata correctly from EPUB files, this program tries fix these issues. It tries to identify wrong database entries and fix it by reading the corresponding epub metadata.
It might work with other PocketBook devices/software versions. Please tell me if it works for you (and do make a backup of the explorer-3.db file before trying!).
**Please note:** As I do not currently own a PocketBook device, I am unfortunately unable to react to changes in the database structure. Perhaps you can send me your `explorer-3.db` so that I can take a look at the changes. Just get in touch with me.
Just copy the executable file into the PocketBook's application directory. If you encounter duplicate authors or other issues (see "Features" above) in the PocketBook's library, open the applications screen and tap on the PbDbFixer icon.
There might be an explorer (which shows your library) process already running. Then you should just stop/kill it with the task manager. Putting the device to sleep and then wake it up might also work. Afterwards, the changes should be visible to the explorer.
If you want to build PbDbFixer yourself, make sure that you have Rust's toolchain target `arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi` as well as the GCC cross compiler for ARM CPUs installed. On **Arch** Linux, the AUR package `arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc75-linaro-bin` does the job. On **Debian**, you have to install the package `gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi`. Don't forget to tell `cargo` which compiler/linker it has to invoke. In my case, I had to edit `~/.cargo/config`:
