[sword-devel] Modules Don't Work

[Greg Hellings]

Try running the installed version instead of the one in utilities. If you
executed "sudo make install" there should be a copy in /usr/local/bin

--Greg


On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Jon Behrens <jbb at crimsonthread.com> wrote:

>  Thanks for the response Greg, but that doesn't work. Without being root:
>
>      ./installmgr -ri CrossWire ESV
>         Couldn't find remote source [CrossWire]
>
>     ./installmgr -sc
>         (Returns warnings and asks whether to proceed)
>         enable? [no] yes
>             Failed to sync config file with master remote source list.
>
> Jon
>
>
>
> On 08/29/2014 03:27 PM, Greg Hellings wrote:
>
> 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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