Install OverDrive Media Console on Linux

OverDriveMediaConsole.md

##OverDrive Media Console OverDrive is a very common provider for eBooks and Audiobooks for the many public libraries. The ODMC is the application used to download resources.

OD now supports MP3 for all its audio-books and epub for their ebooks. This allows you to use it on Linux.

##Install and Setup ###Step 1. Dependencies To use ODMC on Linux, you need to install wine and winetricks. On a debian-based system, you can do:

sudo aptitude install wine winetricks

###Step 2. Download ODMC Follow this link to download the Windows version:

http://omc.overdrive.com/windows.php

###Step 3. Install using Wine This is a two step process. First, we need to install Windows Media Player 10:

winetricks wmp10

Then, we install the file we downloaded in Step 2

wine msiexec /i ODMediaConsoleSetup.msi

####Resources

• http://blogs.overdrive.com/devices/2013/04/26/overdrive-media-console-compatibility-for-linux-users/
• http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=27541

Looks like http://omc.overdrive.com/windows.php isn't working anymore.

Latest Overdrive link:
https://app.overdrive.com/

Also, had to install wmp10 using WINEARCH=win32

Still working as of Dec 2022.

Overdrive app link: http://app.overdrive.com/downloads/ODMediaConsoleSetup.msi