Install Bibledit 1.2 and 1.3 on Mac OS X
From Bibledit
Bibledit will be installed on a standard installation of the operating system. As such an installation does not provide all what bibledit needs, libraries and tools have to be installed.
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Install X11
OS 10.3
It is on the third installation CD or it can be downloaded from http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17747. Insert the third installation CD into the drive. A window will open on the screen, and in this window, double-click "InstallCD3.mpkg". The installer will open, and follow the instructions on the screen to install it.
OS 10.4
Insert the third installation CD into the drive. A window will open on the screen, and in this window, double-click Packages, and then double-click X11User.pkg. The installer will open, and follow the instructions on the screen to install it.
Install Mac OS X Xcode Tools
OS 10.3
Insert the CD into the drive. A window will open, or double-click the "Xcode Tools" icon on the desktop. Double-click the "XcodeTools.mpkg". Go through the whole installation procedure and let it finish.
After that, double-click Packages on the Xcode Tools CD, scroll down, and double click X11SDK.pkg. Go through the installation procedure and let it finish.
OS 10.4
Insert the CD labelled Xcode 2 Disc 1 into the drive. A window will open, or double-click the "Xcode Tools" icon on the desktop.
Double-click the "XcodeTools.mpkg". Go through the whole installation procedure and let it finish.
Start X11 terminal
Click the left icon at the bottom, called Finder. Click Applications. At the right side, scroll down and double-click Utilities. Scroll down again, and double-click X11. The terminal, called xterm, will open.
Install DarwinPorts
It is available from http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/getdp/.
For 10.3 download the dmg for Panther, and for 10.4 download the dmg for Tiger, and save it to a convenient location.
Open the disk image, double-click DarwinPorts-1.2.pkg, and install it.
Update the search path, so that program "port" can be found. In the terminal, type
cd
and then type
echo export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin >> .bashrc
and next type
sh .bashrc
While connected to the internet, update the port files. Type
sudo port -d selfupdate
and provide the password when asked.
Note
DarwinpPorts can be installed from source too instead of from the dmg images. Download package DarwinPorts-x.x.tar.gz, and put it in your home directory. To see it is there, in the terminal type ls and press Enter. Unpack the tarball, by typing tar zxf DarwinPorts-x.x.tar.gz (where x.x is the version number, e.g. DarwinPorts-1.1.tar.gz). Change to the package directory, by typing cd DarwinPorts-x.x (x.x is version number). To configure the package, type ./configure. To compile the package, type make. Finally, to install the package, type sudo make install and provide the password it asks for.
Install dependencies
Install Gtk-2.6. While connected to the internet, in the terminal, type
sudo port install gtk26
give the password, and let it finish. It takes a good while.
Install sqlite3. While connected to the internet, in the terminal, type
sudo port install sqlite3
give the password, and let it finish. It takes a while.
Install Bibledit
Install XEP
Enable Java
Set the Java path in bibledit. Type
bibledit
to start it. In bibledit, under menu Preferences, Formatter, enter the directory where Java is located. Ensure to give the full path, by using the Open button. The path to enter here is:
/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home
Run Bibledit
When all has been done, Bibledit will work properly. To run it, do the following every time you use Bibledit:
- Open an X11 terminal. Be sure this is not a normal Terminal, but X11.
- Start bibledit: Type
bibledit
If you do not start Bibledit this way, it will run with errors, and it will not be fully functional.
Tip
You can create an Applescript that will open X11 and BIbledit in one operation from within Finder. This will give you an easy way to start Bibledit in one click.
In Finder, click Applications, then double-click AppleScript and then double-click Script Editor. In Script Editor type:
do shell script "/usr/bin/open-x11 /usr/bin/bibledit"
Then click the Compile button, and in the menu click File, then Save. Call it Bibledit, and save it in Applications, and set the file format to "Application". Then save it.