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opened 2026-04-24 22:59:32 +02:00 by adam · 6 comments
adam commented 2026-04-24 22:59:32 +02:00
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Originally created by @szemlicka on GitHub (Dec 27, 2021).

Hi,

I installed the version 1.6.45 via git on a debian system. I am not able to change the library. I am not able to select a folder. Its alwaqys empty and not select able.

Is there a trick?

Originally created by @szemlicka on GitHub (Dec 27, 2021). Hi, I installed the version 1.6.45 via git on a debian system. I am not able to change the library. I am not able to select a folder. Its alwaqys empty and not select able. Is there a trick?
adam closed this issue 2026-04-24 22:59:33 +02:00
adam commented 2026-04-24 22:59:33 +02:00
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@mx03 commented on GitHub (Dec 27, 2021):

Seems like the 1.6.45 can only select folders under the root of the app and the newest seems complete broken.

The solution you can try yourself, create a symlink into /usr/share/audiobookshelf/.
/your/path/audiobookdata => /usr/share/audiobookshelf/audiobookdata

@mx03 commented on GitHub (Dec 27, 2021): Seems like the 1.6.45 can only select folders under the root of the app and the newest seems complete broken. The solution you can try yourself, create a symlink into /usr/share/audiobookshelf/. /your/path/audiobookdata => /usr/share/audiobookshelf/audiobookdata
adam commented 2026-04-24 22:59:34 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Dec 27, 2021):

Yeah this is actually why I started that FileSystemController @mx03. That method needs to check the OS and return as many paths as it can access, so on Windows it would ideally start with the drive letters.

The symlink solution should work for now. I'm not sure the best way to do this yet.

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Dec 27, 2021): Yeah this is actually why I started that FileSystemController @mx03. That method needs to check the OS and return as many paths as it can access, so on Windows it would ideally start with the drive letters. The symlink solution should work for now. I'm not sure the best way to do this yet.
adam commented 2026-04-24 22:59:34 +02:00
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@szemlicka commented on GitHub (Dec 28, 2021):

Hi, a link will not work for me. It looks like the app add the full path of the link to the original path.
install path /usr/share/audiobookshelf/audiobooks
Mount is /srv/audiobooks
App search for /usr/share/audiobookshelf/audiobooks/srv/audiobooks which doesn't exists.

@szemlicka commented on GitHub (Dec 28, 2021): Hi, a link will not work for me. It looks like the app add the full path of the link to the original path. install path /usr/share/audiobookshelf/audiobooks Mount is /srv/audiobooks App search for /usr/share/audiobookshelf/audiobooks/srv/audiobooks which doesn't exists.
adam commented 2026-04-24 22:59:34 +02:00
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@jpzbkk commented on GitHub (Feb 28, 2022):

use sudo and edit the "fullPath" value in the data.0.json config, stored at:
/usr/share/audiobookshelf/config/libraries/data/data.0.json

then restart the service and refresh the library.

sym links didn't work for me, they kept adding the entire path instead of properly using the link. also adding sym links into the automatically generated audiobooks folder half worked. it recognzied books, but it added my root folder as the author. so for now I would say editing the data.0.json file directly is the best bet.

I also copied data.0.json and made data.1.json in order to test and it created additional libraries, so its working good.

@jpzbkk commented on GitHub (Feb 28, 2022): use sudo and edit the "fullPath" value in the data.0.json config, stored at: /usr/share/audiobookshelf/config/libraries/data/data.0.json then restart the service and refresh the library. sym links didn't work for me, they kept adding the entire path instead of properly using the link. also adding sym links into the automatically generated audiobooks folder half worked. it recognzied books, but it added my root folder as the author. so for now I would say editing the data.0.json file directly is the best bet. I also copied data.0.json and made data.1.json in order to test and it created additional libraries, so its working good.
adam commented 2026-04-24 22:59:34 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Feb 28, 2022):

Thanks, that's the only temp workaround for now.

For others using that workaround, be careful you don't make changes to the JSON files in an editor or IDE that is going to auto-correct syntax or add newlines.

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Feb 28, 2022): Thanks, that's the only temp workaround for now. For others using that workaround, be careful you don't make changes to the JSON files in an editor or IDE that is going to auto-correct syntax or add newlines.
adam commented 2026-04-24 22:59:35 +02:00
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@advplyr commented on GitHub (Apr 22, 2022):

In v2.0.1 you can now manually enter in your folder paths.

Still no fancy folder picker for users of the debian package, but now you can have all the libraries and folders you need.

@advplyr commented on GitHub (Apr 22, 2022): In [v2.0.1](https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf/releases/tag/v2.0.1) you can now manually enter in your folder paths. Still no fancy folder picker for users of the debian package, but now you can have all the libraries and folders you need.
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