Thank you, Pierre. The two installmgr commands you suggested worked on Ubuntu 18.04. Xiphos still failed.
On 06/13/2018 08:47 AM, pierre amadio wrote: > Hi there ! > > I do not have a Ubuntu 18.04 ready to try out, but you should be able to > check wether the problem is within the sword library itself by trying to > perform the same task with installmgr. > > installmgr -r eBible.org > installmgr -ri eBible.org fraLSG1910eb > > If this did not work, double check if you have write permission in all the > directory tree under your $SWORD_PATH directroy (i guess you have this > permission ok otheryise no module would install though). > > > > On 13 June 2018 at 20:33, Michael Johnson <mich...@ebible.org > <mailto:mich...@ebible.org>> wrote: > > I'm looking for a pattern in what works and what doesn't. Here is the > test: install a Bible unique to eBible.org. > > Front end > version > Sword version > OS > Result > Xiphos > 4.1.0 > 1.8.1 > Windows 10 > PASS > Xiphos > 4.0.7 > 1.7.3 > Ubuntu 18.04 > FAIL > Bibletime > 2.11.1 > 1.8.1 > Windows 10 > PASS > Bibletime > 2.11.1 > 1.7.3 > Ubuntu 18.04 > FAIL > Xiphos > 4.0.4 > 1.7.3 > Ubuntu 16.04 > PASS > Bibletime > 2.10.1 > 1.7.3 > Ubuntu 16.04 > FAIL > Bibletime > 2.11.1 > ? "About" blank > Mac OS 10.13.5 > PASS > > > It looks to me like the conditions for failure are running Ubuntu 18.04 > Bionic Beaver OR running Bibletime 2.10.1. Presumably the latter problem can > be safely ignored, since it appears to have been fixed in the current > version. However, it seems to me to be worth investigating what it is about > Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver that is causing a module manager failure in both > Bibletime and Xiphos. Is it the older version of the Sword engine? If so, why > does that version work on the previous LTS version of Ubuntu? > > This seems to be a worthy puzzle to solve. Ubuntu LTS releases are the > ones supported by UBS and SIL for Bible translation use, and the Bible > translations in the eBible.org repository are frequently used as reference > works by Bible translators. Not only that, but for many end users, the only > Bible in their own language is in the eBible.org repository. > > Any clues? > > On 06/13/2018 12:16 AM, Robert Hunt wrote: > > Seems I can't get either http nor ftp eBible repository on Xiphos 4.07 > on Ubuntu Bionic. > > > > Robert. > > > > > > On 13/06/18 15:36, Michael Johnson wrote: > >> Yes, I refreshed the standard list of sources and manually refreshed > eBible.org. I got a blank list. > >> > >> On 06/12/2018 05:14 PM, Greg Hellings wrote: > >>> Did you go through the normal path of refreshing the standard list of > sources? > >>> > >>> --Greg > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jun 12, 2018 at 10:03 PM Kahunapule Michael Johnson > <kahunap...@ebible.org <mailto:kahunap...@ebible.org> > <mailto:kahunap...@ebible.org <mailto:kahunap...@ebible.org>>> wrote: > >>> > >>> I just set up a new Linux (Ubuntu Bionic Beaver) system for > someone, including an install of Xiphos. When trying to preload a few Bible > translations, I noticed that Xiphos couldn't see the eBible.org repository. > However, I can see and use it just fine from some other front ends. Is anyone > else having this problem? Is there anything I can do about it, or is this > something that needs to be fixed in Xiphos? > >>> > >>> -- > >>> signature > >>> > >>> Aloha, > >>> */Michael Johnson/** > >>> PO BOX 881143 • PUKALANI HI 96788-1143*• USA > >>> mljohnson.org <http://mljohnson.org> <http://mljohnson.org> > <http://mljohnson.org> • Phone: +1 808-333-6921 • Skype: kahunapule > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > <mailto:sword-devel@crosswire.org> <mailto:sword-devel@crosswire.org > <mailto:sword-devel@crosswire.org>> > >>> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > <http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel> > >>> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > <mailto:sword-devel@crosswire.org> > >>> http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > <http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel> > >>> Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > <mailto:sword-devel@crosswire.org> > > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > <http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel> > > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > > -- > signature > > Aloha, > */Michael Johnson/** > PO BOX 881143 • PUKALANI HI 96788-1143*• USA > mljohnson.org <http://mljohnson.org> <http://mljohnson.org> • Phone: +1 > 808-333-6921 • Skype: kahunapule > > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > <mailto:sword-devel@crosswire.org> > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > <http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel> > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page -- signature Aloha, */Michael Johnson/** PO BOX 881143 • PUKALANI HI 96788-1143*• USA mljohnson.org <http://mljohnson.org> • Phone: +1 808-333-6921 • Skype: kahunapule _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
