[sword-devel] Modules Don't Work

[Greg Hellings]

Well once you stop running it as sudo you're going to need to run the
"installmgr -sc" step again to sync the config down from the server.

--Greg


On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Jon Behrens <jbb at crimsonthread.com> wrote:

>  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>
> 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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