This post is an extension of the great tutorial “Hacking my Kobo Clara HD”, with the some extra details and clarifications from my experience.
1. Installing KOReader
This thread has the installation information: link.
Search for “One-Click Kobo Packages”, and download the desired package zip (I just did KOReader and Plato)
Search for your OS (“Windows”, “macOS”, or “Linux”) and download the “install script archive” and unzip it in the same folder as the package zip.
Run ./install.sh; follow any prompts
Safely eject the device, reboot, and profit!
2. Configuring SSH
Plug in your device via USB and mount it (probably done automatically)
Copy in your public RSA (non-RSA might not work, but did not confirm) SSH key into:
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<Full Path to Reader>/KOBOeReader/.adds/koreader/settings/SSH/authorized_keys`. For reference:
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# My full path on Linux looks like:/run/media/horv/KOBOeReader/.adds/koreader/settings/SSH/authorized_keys
# My copy command looks like:cp ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub /run/media/horv/KOBOeReader/.adds/koreader/settings/SSH/authorized_keys
Safely eject the device
SSH into device following [KOReader docs](Connect to the e-reader via SSH)