<p>Just thought I'd throw my Ubuntu solution for Xiphos in here, it
has been working well for me for over a year now, there are a few
extra steps but it seems stable. I use the personal commentary
feature a lot so just installing ppa:pkgcrosswire/ppa, because
Ubuntu, leaves out the editor so alongside the ppa I installed the
flatpak with a few extra commands to make it share folders.<br></p><div><div><p>(Ubuntu 20.04)<br></p><p></p><div>1. sudo apt install flatpak<br></div><div> 2. flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo<br></div><div>3. sudo apt install gconf-defaults-service (seems to need this
to function right)<br></div><div> <br></div><div> -Restart your computer-<br></div><div> <br></div><div> 4. flatpak install flathub org.xiphos.Xiphos<br></div><div> <br></div><div> In the GUI: (skip this step if you have already installed via
the PPA as it creates these folders automatically)<br></div><div> <br></div><div> 5. create in your home folder the folder .sword<br></div><div> 6. create in your home folder the folder .xiphos<br></div><div> 7. create in the .xiphos folder a folder called tabs<br></div><div> <br></div><div> In the terminal: (use your own <b>username</b> in the
following commands)<br></div><div> <br></div><div> 8. sudo flatpak override org.xiphos.Xiphos --filesystem=/home/<b>jacob</b>/.xiphos<br></div><div> 9. sudo flatpak override org.xiphos.Xiphos --filesystem=/home/<b>jacob</b>/.xiphos/tabs<br></div><div> 10. sudo flatpak override org.xiphos.Xiphos --filesystem=/home/<b>jacob</b>/.sword<br></div><div> <br></div><div> 11. flatpak run org.xiphos.Xiphos<br></div><div> <br></div><div> On the first initialization there are some gtkbuttonbox errors
but they seem to cause no issues, it will then say something
about the tabs document not working right, just ignore, then
once Xiphos has launched go to “File”, “Save Session”, and to
finish just add the icon to your favorites. The override
commands gives Xiphos access to its standard folders, instead of
sand-boxed folders which makes it way easier to manage modules,
also if you already have modules installed in the PPA version
they will be automatically picked up in the flatpak version this
way.<br></div><p></p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://flatpak.org/setup/Ubuntu/">https://flatpak.org/setup/Ubuntu/</a><br></p><p><a href="https://www.flathub.org/apps/details/org.xiphos.Xiphos">https://www.flathub.org/apps/details/org.xiphos.Xiphos</a><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/23/21 11:30 PM, Delbert Freeman
wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><p><br></p><p>Xiphos works perfectly on MX Linux. Give it a try.<br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/23/21 7:26 PM, John Miller
wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><p>I did a fresh install from the PPA. Neither study pad nor
prayer list/journal open in the edit window on Ubuntu 20.04.
I plan to experiment with Fedora.<br></p><div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/23/21 5:33 PM, Karl
Kleinpaste wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/23/21 6:59 PM, garywk
wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite"><pre wrap>I just checked the Fedora package list and the
Xiphos version number in it is the same version number I have in Devuan
which is a descendant of Debian just like Ubuntu is. So it would be a
waste to switch distros because you're going to run into the same
issues.<br></pre></blockquote><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:FreeSerif">The reason the stock Ubuntu release
lacks the editor is because Ubuntu has stopped shipping
the gtkhtml packages, within which the editor is
implemented.<br> <br> There is an <a href="https://launchpad.net/~pkgcrosswire/+archive/ubuntu/ppa">Ubuntu
PPA</a> in which gtkhtml is re-introduced and the
studypad should be functional, essentially stepping
sideways around Ubuntu's lack. You can see this in the <a href="https://github.com/crosswire/xiphos/releases/">releases
page</a>. Being a Fedora person, I don't experiment much
in Ubuntu, and Fedora still ships gtkhtml.<br> <br> The editor has always been a major PITA and it has been
alarmingly difficult for a long time to develop the
motivation to re-implement it elsehow. We have had
discussion now and again in the devel list about it, to no
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