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Basics
Like DOS, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh OS X, etc., Linux is a operating system. Ubuntu is an edition of the Linux operating system that has become popular in recent years. One virtue of most Linux systems is that unlike Windows or OS X, the operating systems, they are completely free. Ubuntu is free to download (although it is very large download, 700+ meg.) or is available in a free CD-Rom. See www.ubuntu.com for details. Linux has come a long way with Ubuntu. So new users can experiment with it, Ubuntu will now install within a Windows system using a simple setup file and configure the system to dual boot between it and Windows. It can be easily uninstalled. We have found Ubuntu to be a solid and well-rounded system. Bible Analyzer was developed using a programming language (Python and WxPython) that supports multiple operating systems. That is, it is cross-platform. It was primarily developed for the Windows platform and then adapted to Linux. (Even when an application is cross-platform, there are still tweaks and minor changes that need to be made in each platform for optimal operation.) Linux has a somewhat different file system than Windows. It is based on Unix (as is Apple's OS X). Although most things can be done graphically as with Windows, some things are more easily done with a typed command in the Terminal. It also has a different "permissions" method. That is, to copy files into the "File System" the user has to become a super user (sudo). Otherwise he only has access to his "Home" folder. This knowledge will become necessary if he wants to add or remove Bible Analyzer modules in a Linux installation. We will show you how below. Linux/Ubuntu setup files are called .deb (debian) files, such as bibleanalyzer.deb. They will install pretty much as Windows setup files, but they will not install if all of the applications dependencies are not met. If the user is connected to the Internet Ubuntu will usually find the required file(s) in a "repository" (a large file warehouse) and install it as well. Sometimes the dependencies must be installed separately. Bible Analyzer for Ubuntu has about 12 meg of run-time file dependencies that must be installed before it will install. Those who try to install the download edition of Bible Analyzer must be connected to the Internet to acquire the dependencies. Those who order the Bible Analyzer Suite CD-Rom will have the dependencies on the CD-Rom. How
to Install Bible Analyzer for Linux
The Method below works on Ubuntu 9.04. They may work on earlier versions and recent Debian installations.
Add/Remove
Modules
With version 3.7 and later, modules are placed in the home/USER/Bible Analyzer/Modules folder. This is so the Module Creation Tools can create files. To add modules simply copy or move the module to the appropriate folder. Bibles (.bib) go in the Modules/Bibles folder, etc. Bible Analyzer will find them on the next start. For earlier versions of Bible Analyzer (3.6 and earlier), the user will need to become a super user. Unlike Windows where the files can simply be copied or dragged with a mouse, Ubuntu users must have "root privileges" before he can do so. Bible Analyzer modules are stored in the usr/share/bibleanalyzer/modules/(module type) folder. To copy files from the Desktop the user needs to open Terminal, change to the Desktop folder, and then copy the files. Here is an example copying a Bible module, cd Desktop sudo cp av1611.bib usr/share/bibleanalyzer/modules/bible That's it. After you type the "sudo..." line and hit "Enter" you will have to enter your password, then the file will copy. If you want to copy a group of .bib modules just type *.bib in place of av1611.bib. It is very similar to the old DOS system but with different commands. There is a way to do it graphically, but this method is quick and easy. Fonts
Bible Analyzer has the best appearence with Microsoft's Georgia and Verdana True type fonts. To install these fonts in Ubuntu. Download the fonts (Google for them) or copy them from a Windows installation to the .fonts folder in your Ubuntu Home folder. You may have to create the .fonts folder (hidden). Macintosh?
Bible Analyzer could also be adapted for the Macintosh OS X platform (as we attempted with version 2.0), but we do not have a suitable Macintosh system available with the current OS X version (10.5) to test and tweak it. (We did get Bible Analyzer to run on an older Macintosh G4 system with OS X 10.3.9 we got from ebay, but we have received reports it will not run on the current 10.5 system (Leopard). Until we have access to a current OS X system [which are priced beyond our budget], development of Bible Analyzer for Macintosh is suspended) |
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