[sword-devel] Modules Don't Work

Jon Behrens jbb at crimsonthread.com
Fri Aug 29 15:30:47 MST 2014


Did that - no change.
Jon
On 08/29/2014 04:23 PM, Greg Hellings wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto:jbb at crimsonthread.com>> wrote:
>
>     Same result -
>
>     jsb at jsb-VirtualBox:~/sword-1.7.3/utilities
>     <mailto:jsb at jsb-VirtualBox:%7E/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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