Skip to content

Supported Platforms

Jump to bottom
Matt Postiff edited this page Apr 24, 2018 · 8 revisions
  • Windows 7 and higher (on top of msys2 libraries)
  • Linux, particularly Ubuntu variants like 17.10
  • Other Linux distributions have been supported in the past, including Fedora, Debian, OpenSUSE, and Mint, but the current developers don't focus on those in particular.

Installing on Windows

Visit the Windows installer page

Installing on Linux

We only presently have installation available from source build. We have to update some libraries to get Bibledit-desktop back into the package management systems.

We have not built Bibledit-Desktop on Mac in years. But these notes may be helpful.

MacOS X Notes

When installing packages through MacPorts, it downloads a lot of sources. All of these are places somewhere within /opt/local/var/macports/distfiles. Good to know this in case you want to preserve these sources.

Collection of notes useful for trouble-shooting Bibledit-Gtk on Mac OS X.

  • To update macports; sudo port selfupdate
  • Macports installs bibledit-gtk in /opt/local/bin/bibledit-gtk
  • Macports runs the standard ./configure, make, make install sequence. It uses ./configure --prefix=/opt/local
  • To clean bibledit: sudo port clean --all bibledit
  • To install bibledit: sudo port install bibledit
  • To uninstall bibledit: sudo port uninstall bibledit
  • List the linked libraries: otool -L bibledit-gtk
  • Macports verbose output: Add the debug flag straight after the port command: port -d ...
  • Any crash in any app, check "tail /var/log/system.log" for more info.
  • The bibledit.log log file usually is in a subdirectory of /private/var/folders/. To locate it: find /private/var -name bibledit.log
  • The portfile is located at /opt/local/var/macports/sources/rsync.macports.org/release/tarballs/ports/textproc/bibledit/Portfile
  • To create the md5 value for the Portfile: $ md5 bibledit-gtk-x.x.tar.gz
  • To create the rmd160 for the Portfile: $ openssl rmd160 bibledit-gtk-x.x.tar.gz
  • To also recursively uninstall the ports that bibledit depends on:
  • sudo port uninstall --follow-dependencies bibledit
  • To display the Mac OS X version and build: $ sw_vers

Bibledit-Gtk 4.8 on Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7

Notes about how to install Bibledit-Gtk on OS X.

Install Xcode

10.6 Snow Leopard: Insert the Mac OS X Install DVD, go to folder "Optional Installs", and install "Xcode".

10.7 Lion: Go to https://developer.apple.com/downloads, download "Xcode", and install it. Open Launchpad and run "Install Xcode". Also download and install "Command Line Tools for Xcode".

Note: Instead of installing Xcode, you can also install XQuartz.

Terminal

Open the "Applications" folder in Finder. Scroll down and click "Utilities". Click Terminal. The terminal will open.

Update the search path. In the terminal, type:

echo export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin >> .bashrc

Reboot the computer for the updated search path to take effect.

MacPorts

MacPorts is available from http://www.macports.org. Follow the instructions on the site to install MacPorts.

Update MacPorts:

sudo port selfupdate

Bibledit

The easiest way is to just install it with MacPorts: sudo port uninstall --follow-dependencies bibleditsudo port clean --all bibleditsudo port install bibledit

In a few cases a crash was reported in Bibledit-Gtk when installed from MacPorts. This is how to fix it: sudo port clean --all bibleditInstall Bibledit-Gtk from source, see Install Bibledit.

Run

To run Bibledit, do the following every time you use it:

Open a Terminal. Issue the command bibledit-desktop

Notes

  • You can create an Applescript that will open X11 and BIbledit-Gtk in one operation from within Finder. This will give you an easy way to start Bibledit in one click. In Finder, click Applications, then double-click AppleScript and then double-click Script Editor. In Script Editor type:

  • do shell script "/usr/bin/open-x11 /opt/local/bin/bibledit-gtk"

  • Then click the Compile button, and in the menu click File, then Save. Call it Bibledit, and save it in Applications, and set the file format to "Application". Then save it.

  • When a port fails to install you may need to clean all traces of it and try again. So for example when installing bibledit fails on the dependency gdk-pixbuf2, do this:

  • sudo port clean --all gdk-pixbuf2

  • sudo port install gdk-pixbuf2 (the port installed successfully this time)

  • sudo port install bibledit (continue with the normal install procedure)

  • You want to have keyboard input in other languages? You can use the input from the regular Mac keyboard. The fix is easy. Under X11 -> Preferences..., select the Input tab and check "Follow System Keyboard Layout." That allows you to write in other languages through the regular Mac keyboard.

  • If errors occur during macport installing dependencies, try adding the -d flag to the command, and re-run the port command. It will then display more information. In order to fix the errors, it is usually sufficient to read the instructions that port displays well, and carry them out, and then try installing again.

Visit the web page for Bibledit-Desktop at bibleditdesktop.org

Clone this wiki locally