DeDRM 10.0.3: "Create New Adobe Digital Editions Key " button not working

[rcollins0618]

I've found and am looking through ./.config/calibre/plugins/DeDRM/help/DeDRM_Adobe Digital Editions Key_Help.htm. (I couldn't directly load the file so i copied it to desktop and renamed it).

I want to add my adobe digital editions key so I can read the book I bought. the ADE software didn't work in Wine for me. I try to add my key there, and it froze every time I tried. So I'm trying calibre 8.4.0 on Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS. When I go into settings -> Plugins -> File Type -> DeDRM (10.0.3) -> Customize Plugin -> Adobe Digital Editions ebooks -> "+" button, nothing happens. No popup loads. Am I missing a library or something?

Edit: added for more info: The epub is loaded into calibre, but when I double click on it, i get a popup saying it's locked by DRM. I try and convert it to pdf, same issue.

Edit 2: I found DeDRM_Help.htm and installed python 27 with winetricks. I couldn't get it to install a downloaded version (either 64-bit or 32-bit) of the python 3.13 .exe installer becuase the installers said i needed at least windows 8 or server 2012 or something. My output from running calibre-debug -g shows it can't find python 3.

Edit 3: I found and installed python 3.7.6, and then ran "wine cmd /c pip3 install pycryptodome", followed by launching calibre-debug -g again and trying again to add my encrypted epub file. It seems that wine version of python 3 can't find the pip installed crypto library. I don't know how to make this work.

Edit 4: I got it to work by finally running "wine cmd /c py -3 -m pip install --upgrade pip" and "wine cmd /c py -3 -m pip install --upgrade pycryptodome".

Thanks

[ElleKayEm]

Another option is using the DeACSM plugin instead of ADE.

[ElleKayEm]

FYI the newer DeDRM 10.0.9 is here: https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools/releases/tag/v10.0.9

And for the latest updates: https://github.com/noDRM/DeDRM_tools_autorelease/releases