Install Bibledit on Linux

Prepare Linux

Bibledit needs some libraries and tools which are not installed on most standard installations of Linux. Therefore you need to install these before installing Bibledit. In most cases it is sufficient to install the development packages of Gtk2 and sqlite3 and all their dependencies.

To help you with it, some example prepared installations are given below.

Prepare Fedora Core 5

Prepare Fedora Core 4

Prepare Ubuntu 5.10

Prepare Knoppix 4.02

When through, open a terminal. This is going to be used in the next few steps.

Install sqlite3

If you know that your Linux distribution comes with sqlite3, you can skip this step. For example, Fedora Core 5 comes with it, and Ubuntu 5.10.

Download a version of sqlite3, e.g. sqlite-3.3.4.tar.gz, from http://www.sqlite.org.

Move it to the home directory.

To verify the package is there, type

ls

To unpack sqlite3 type

tar zxf sqlite-3.3.4.tar.gz

To enter the newly created directory, type

cd sqlite-3.3.4

To configure sqlite, type

./configure --prefix=/usr

Watch many messages, but no errors.

To compile sqlite, type

make

Watch many messages, but no errors.

To install sqlite, type

sudo make install

and provide the password.

Watch many messages, but no errors.

To go back to the home directory, type

cd

Optionally the tarball and the directory it made can be cleaned away. To do that, type

rm -rf sqlite-3*

Install Bibledit

Note. In case of upgrading, Bibledit ought to be installed while it is not running.

Download package bibledit-x.x.tar.gz (x.x is to be replaced with the actual version number).

Move it to the home directory.

In the terminal, to verify the package is there, type

ls

To unpack bibledit type

tar zxf bibledit-x.x.tar.gz

To enter the newly created directory, type

cd bibledit-x.x

To configure bibledit, type

./configure

Watch many messages, but no errors.

To compile bibledit, type

make

Watch many messages, but no errors.

To install it, type

sudo make install

and give the password. Or if this does not work, type su, and provide the password, then type make install, then type exit to become a normal user again.

Watch many messages, but no errors.

To go back to the home directory, type

cd

Optionally the tarball and the directory it made can be cleaned away. To do that, type

rm -rf bibledit-*

Optionally you can add a launcher to the panel.

Run Bibledit

To start bibledit, type

bibledit &

Install Java

Download a Sun Java virtual machine from http://www.java.com/en/download/linux_manual.jsp.

Choose the "Linux (self extracting file)", which gives a file called jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin in the home directory, or a higher version.

In the terminal, to verify the package is there, type

ls

To install the package, type

sh jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.bin

Agree to the license and complete installing Java.

Make a note of the directory where Java got installed. In this case this is ~/jre1.5.0_06

Note. If you install it in the directory given above, then Bibledit will find Java automatically. If you install it elsewhere, you need to enter the path to Java by hand.

Note. Some Linux distributions come with their own version of Java installed. It may be quite a hassle to find out where this version of Java has been installed, and so it may be difficult to locate it in Bibledit. In case you encounter trouble to find that directory, it will be easier to just download the Java version as described above, and install it following the instructions. And moreover, the GNU version of Java, gij, is not enough for XEP. Hence, if this version comes with your Linux distribution, you still need to install the one from Sun.

Install XEP

Download XEP and put both of the files in the home directory. Then install XEP.