[sword-devel] Modules Don't Work

[Greg Hellings]

Try doing it as not root. I don't know why the docs suggest using root to
do the work, but try doing it in your local directory by running the
installmgr commands without being root.

--Greg


On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Jon Behrens <jbb at crimsonthread.com> wrote:

> Hello
>
> This started out as a C# binding question, but the problem is deeper than
> that. Basically
> I can't get the installmgr to do anything useful. I am new to Linux, but
> have been writing software on other platforms for ~50 years.
>
> To insure that my machine configuration was not the problem (I had
> installed Xiphos
> and BibleTime earlier), I set up a new virtual machine using VirtualBox
> and Mint 17.
>
> I updated all the packages and installed build-essentials. No other
> software.
> I downloaded Sword-1.73 and uncompressed it into a folder 'sword-1.7.3'
> under my
> home directory.
>
> I then followed the instructions in the INSTALL file and everything
> appeared to make
> correctly.
>
> I went to the utilities directory and ran the installmgr
>
>     sudo ./installmgr -sc //Synch with master appeared to work
>     sudo ./installmgr -r CrossWire //refresh remote source - appears to
> work, 411 packages
>     sudo ./installmgr -ri CrossWire KJV  //returns 'Remote source
> [CrossWire] does not make available module [KJV]
>
>     sudo ./installmgr -rl CrossWire  //list modules on CrossWire - sure
> enough, no KJV
>
> Went to ~/.sword/InstallMgr/20081216195754/mods.d/ and found kjv.conf. So
> refreshing the remote source finds KJV but install does not.
>
> OK - let's try a local install:
>
> Downloaded ESV.zip and unpacked it into the same directory (Downloads)
>
>     sudo ./installmgr -li ~/Downloads/ESV.zip ESV
>         Module [ESV] not available at path [/home/jsb/Downloads/ESV.zip]
>
>     sudo ./installmgr -li ~/Downloads/ESV ESV
>         Module [ESV] not available at path [/home/jsb/Downloads/ESV]
>
>     sudo ./installmgr -li ~/Downloads/ESV/mods.d ESV
>         Module [ESV] not available at path [/home/jsb/Downloads/ESV/mods.
> d]
>
>     sudo ./installmgr -li ~/Downloads/ESV/modules ESV
>         Module [ESV] not available at path [/home/jsb/Downloads/ESV/
> modules]
>
> Well, that didn't work. So let's try just extracting the archive into
> /usr/share/sword
>
>     cd /usr/share/sword
>     sudo unzip ~/Downloads/ESV.zip
>         Archive:  /home/jsb/Downloads/ESV.zip
>           inflating: modules/texts/ztext/esv/nt.bzv
>           inflating: modules/texts/ztext/esv/nt.bzs
>           inflating: modules/texts/ztext/esv/ot.bzs
>           inflating: modules/texts/ztext/esv/nt.bzz
>           inflating: modules/texts/ztext/esv/ot.bzv
>           inflating: modules/texts/ztext/esv/ot.bzz
>           inflating: mods.d/esv.conf
>
> That's hopeful, let's try it out.
>
>     cd ~/sword-1.7.3/examples/cmdline        //previously made this project
>     ./lookup ESV Jn.3.16
>         Could not find module [ESV].  Available modules:
>
> Note that the list of available modules is empty.
>
> So at this point I'm stuck. It is my hope to write a front end in C#, but
> I can't seem to get the package installed and working properly.
>
> I'd appreciate any help.
> Jon
>
>
>
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