Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[joe0855]

[kirk]

I've uploaded a pet for Bibletime-2.8.1 to the Fatdog64 repo. It has a couple of bug fixes patched in. It requires the qt4, clucene, and sword packages install. Please note the the qt4 package requires a reboot. Also, I haven't tested this much.

[Jim1911]

[joe0855]

Thanks Kirk! Just installed the four pets:
sword-092111
qt4-4.6.1
clucene-0.9.21b
bibletime-2.8.1

BibleTime does open up. However when I click on the 'Install Works' button and the 'Bookshelf Manager' windows pops open, I am not able to remotely connect to the ftp.crosswire.org site to automatically download texts. However I manually copied the necessary modules and *.conf files and I've got what I need.

I'm really getting spoiled with the awesome support for Fatdog64, keep up the good work!

[Jim1911]

Hi Kirk

I have the same problem that joe0855 reported. Fatdog's Bibletime is working great except for the "Bookshelf Manager" which cannot connect to remote sites to download resources.

Although, if a user has access to Sword files the necessary modules and *.conf files can be copied over or linked and the program works fine. It still provides another fine tool for sharing and studying God's word.

In my case I did not try the "Bookshelf Manager" until I saw joe0855's problem report. I keep a separate Sword directory in /mnt/home and have a relative link to /mnt/home/Sword in /usr/share. This allows the Sword modules to be accessed by other pups and there is no need to download the modules multiple times since they may be linked or copied as needed.

Thanks again for this fine resource,
Jim

[kirk]

I shouldn't have highjacked this thread. For the Fatdog64 package see:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=566996#566996

[Jim1911]

[Jim1911]

Dpup Exprimo, pemasu's great puplet now has support for the CrossWire Bible Society's Linux Bibletime version 2.9.1. It already worked great with the Wine programs, Bible Analyzer, e-Sword, and theWord, now it's more complete.

Get it here.
Download the needed clucene, sword and bibletime pets. Qt4-4.8.0 libs is also required....basic or essentials are ok. After installing the above programs you must reboot in order for QT-4 to work properly.

Thank you pemasu for supporting Bibletime,
Jim

[Jim1911]

Saluki is a woof-build based on Racy with Xfce. The suggested target hardware is computers less than 5 years old. It should run tolerably fast on older machines and netbooks and older machines, but Xfce does need a bit more cpu than the standard ROX/Jwm puppy. The principle developer, jemimah is developing an amazing puplet that continues to improve. It's fast and stable and now has support for Crosswire Bible Societie's Linux Bibletime program. All that's necessary to install Bibletime is to use the Puppy Package Manager. It also runs Wine and I've found that the Windows version of Bible Analyzer, e-Sword and theWord work well on it.

A very valuable feature of the new Saluki is a "saluki custom puplet builder" that makes it simple to customize the puplet and create a new iso. It's much easier to use than puppy's normal remastering program.

Thank you jemimah for providing this.
Jim

[Jim1911]

Pemasu's Bibletime implementation prepared for Exprimo works fine in his new Upup Precise 5.3.3.3.

So far Precise is looking great. Give it a try.

Cheers,
Jim

[Jim1911]

01micko has released FATSlacko which is

[l2ulinux]

I downloaded the Bibletime-2.9.2-s.pet from http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/pet_packages-slacko/ and install it with the pet package at download. It would not open up. So I downloaded the Lucid version 2.7.2 version and installed it after removing the first one.
I am using FATSlacko and did not check in PPM for one.
This one is working ok and I think this is one of the best programs there is for Puppy. I would to beable to to install the AA Book are AA Bible we call it.

[Jim1911]

Hi l2ulinux,

Along with the Bibletime pet you needed to download additional required dependencies, sword (at ibiblio), and clucene from the official slackware repo using PPM. FATSlacko already has QT. If you did, it should have worked. I believe that Lucid's Bibletime 2.7.2 had the necessary dependencies built into the pet or sfs which is why it worked.

However, with FATSlacko, you are better off using the PPM and the ibiblio repository because it will automatically pick up the dependencies.

You may want to try again using PPM and report your results.

Since you have Bibletime 2.7.2 working, you will need to rename /usr/share/sword directory ie: 1sword. After PPM completes the installation, delete the new /usr/share/sword directory and restore your original. Then you won't have to download modules a second time.

Regards,
Jim

[l2ulinux]

I Made a new install of FATSlacko and used the PPM to install Bibletime-2.9.2-s.pet. Everything is working great and it is better WHEN DONE THE RIGHT WAY.

[Jim1911]

Kirk and Jamesbond have released their latest Fatdog64-600 which is extremely fast and supports the latest linux Bibletime as well as Windows programs Bible Analyzer, e-Sword, and theWord. If you have 64-bit hardware, give this a try. It's the best available and there is a good selection of software available for it.

Try it, you will love it.

Thanks again to Kirk and Jamesbond for providing such great support for Bibletime and other Bible study software.

In His Name,
Jim