[sword-devel] Modules Don't Work
Jon Behrens
jbb at crimsonthread.com
Fri Aug 29 14:56:42 MST 2014
Same result -
jsb at jsb-VirtualBox:~/sword-1.7.3/utilities > cd ~/
jsb at jsb-VirtualBox:~ > installmgr -ri CrossWire ESV
Couldn't find remote source [CrossWire]
jsb at jsb-VirtualBox:~ > sudo installmgr -ri CrossWire ESV
Remote source [CrossWire] does not make available module [ESV]
On 08/29/2014 03:51 PM, Greg Hellings wrote:
> 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
> <mailto: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 <mailto: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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