Modules from Xiphos Repository will not install

[SoupyGit]

Bug description
Gill's commentary will not install.

Not sure if this is an issue with the BibleTime software or the Gill Commentary which comes from the Xiphos library.

Steps to reproduce
Settings > Bookshelf Manager > Install Additional Works (uses Internet)
Select 'Gill' version 1.4 (John Gill's Expositor) from 'Commentaries' list > Install Works.
The program either crashes, or says 'the selected works were not installed'

There is a gill.conf file in /.sword/InstallMgr/20090514005900/mods.d, but Gill's commentary does not load in the bookshelf upon restarting BibleTime.

I've uploaded it here (changing .conf extension to . txt):
gill.txt

Expected behavior
Commentary installs, no crash.

System information:
OS and OS version: Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon
BibleTime Version: 3.0.2
How BibleTime was installed: Installed from 'Software Manager' (mininstall 8.2.9) - not the flatpak

[LAfricain]

I succeed to install it on xiphos. Should be a BT issue. But on my system I succeed either on BT to install Gil. It can be an internet issue.

[SoupyGit]

I installed Xiphos 4.2.1 today from software manager and the install failed there also.

So I tried to install other works in Xiphos repository, using Xiphos software, and they all failed including commentaries by Augustin, Kretzmann and and Biblical Text BSB draft. Installing works from all other repositories such as Crosswire and Bible.org works.

[karlkleinpaste]

i truly don't understand this. i'm watching xferlog on the xiphos repo host, and it's nearly continuously busy with people downloading things. a 30sec sample from the past hour, showing being perfectly functional:

Mon Jul  8 08:34:03 2024 1 104.14.39.120 91699 /pub/xiphos/modules/genbook/rawgenbook/smithatlas/images/bibleatlas12spalestineherod30bc.jpg b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c
Mon Jul  8 08:34:04 2024 1 104.14.39.120 91462 /pub/xiphos/modules/genbook/rawgenbook/smithatlas/images/bibleatlas13spalestinechrist27ad.jpg b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c
Mon Jul  8 08:34:04 2024 1 104.14.39.120 127676 /pub/xiphos/modules/genbook/rawgenbook/smithatlas/images/bibleatlas14sstpauljourneys.jpg b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c
Mon Jul  8 08:34:05 2024 1 104.14.39.120 180813 /pub/xiphos/modules/genbook/rawgenbook/smithatlas/images/bibleatlas15seuropecrusades.jpg b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c
Mon Jul  8 08:34:05 2024 1 104.14.39.120 170219 /pub/xiphos/modules/genbook/rawgenbook/smithatlas/images/bibleatlas16schristianexpands.jpg b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c
Mon Jul  8 08:34:06 2024 1 104.14.39.120 1033 /pub/xiphos/modules/lexdict/rawld4/acdcref/BuildModule b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c
Mon Jul  8 08:34:07 2024 1 104.14.39.120 533581 /pub/xiphos/modules/lexdict/rawld4/acdcref/acdcref.dat b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c
Mon Jul  8 08:34:07 2024 1 104.14.39.120 5704 /pub/xiphos/modules/lexdict/rawld4/acdcref/acdcref.idx b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c
Mon Jul  8 08:34:07 2024 1 104.14.39.120 890 /pub/xiphos/modules/lexdict/rawld4/acdcref/hack.expressions b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c
Mon Jul  8 08:34:09 2024 1 104.14.39.120 512 /pub/xiphos/modules/lexdict/rawld4/bereanstrongsgreek/BuildBereanStrongsGreek b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c
Mon Jul  8 08:34:09 2024 1 104.14.39.120 278872 /pub/xiphos/modules/lexdict/rawld4/bereanstrongsgreek/bereanstrongsgreek.dat b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c
Mon Jul  8 08:34:09 2024 1 104.14.39.120 42792 /pub/xiphos/modules/lexdict/rawld4/bereanstrongsgreek/bereanstrongsgreek.idx b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c
Mon Jul  8 08:34:10 2024 1 104.14.39.120 55 /pub/xiphos/modules/lexdict/rawld4/bereanstrongsgreek/style.css b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c
Mon Jul  8 08:34:22 2024 51 171.225.202.208 4881049 /pub/xiphos/modules/comments/rawcom/bibleartbw/durer/D??rer-Kupferstichpassion-05.Vor_Pilatus-Wikipedia.jpg b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c
Mon Jul  8 08:34:32 2024 1 75.136.113.102 38910 /pub/xiphos/mods.d.tar.gz b _ o a installmgr@user.com ftp 0 * c

as a workaround, i could suggest manually obtaining the *.zip using ftp to ftp.xiphos.org, and finding modules you need in directory pub/xiphos/zip to download as a single file, then unzip the retrieved content while in your ~/.sword directory.

sometimes i think there are just corners of the network that get unhappy for no good reason, and perhaps you're in one of those corners.

[SoupyGit]

Thanks for reply. I am an ftp noob and couldn't get it working in terminal. Login failed after ftp ftp.xiphos.org. I suppose there is no online link to download that zip? Couldn't find one at xiphos.org.

[karlkleinpaste]

After you mutter ftp ftp.xiphos.org at the terminal, login with username ftp and then use any "password" you like (supplied password doesn't matter for anonymous login with username ftp).

[SoupyGit]

Thanks, log in is now successful but I'm still missing something to retrieve the files.

After login I lcd to downloads folder, then
cd pub which gives:

250-Publicly available resources here:
250-
250-/pub/xiphos		Sword modules and related resources.
250 Directory successfully changed.

Then try:

ftp> get *.zip
local: *.zip remote: *.zip
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||42240|).
550 Failed to open file.

And:
ftp> mget *.zip
Which doesn't come up with any fail message, but also doesn't result in anything being downloaded to my downloads folder.

The same is also true if I cd pub/xiphos before typing the mget command, and also true if I type mget gill.zip or get gill.zip

Where am I going wrong?

[karlkleinpaste]

$ ftp ftp.xiphos.org
Connected to ftp.xiphos.org (192.243.109.163).
220 (vsFTPd 3.0.2)
Name (ftp.xiphos.org:karl): ftp
331 Please specify the password.
Password:
230 Login successful.
Remote system type is UNIX.
Using binary mode to transfer files.
ftp> cd pub/xiphos/zip
250 Directory successfully changed.
ftp> dir gil*
227 Entering Passive Mode (192,243,109,163,134,150).
150 Here comes the directory listing.
-rw-r--r--    1 5271     5271     52168029 Apr 01  2015 gill.zip
226 Directory send OK.
ftp> bin
200 Switching to Binary mode.
ftp> get gill.zip
local: gill.zip remote: gill.zip
227 Entering Passive Mode (192,243,109,163,94,45).
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for gill.zip (52168029 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
52168029 bytes received in 98.4 secs (530.37 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> quit
221 Goodbye.

[SoupyGit]

Brilliant, that worked, thanks!