Testing BibleTime on Debian
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Introduction
This page documents one way to install BibleTime on Debian from .deb packages, in preparation for testing it.
NOTE: THIS PAGE IS INCOMPLETE AND DOES NOT WORK YET!
Installing and Updating the Operating System
1. Install Debian Linux. Debian Lenny 5.0 is a good choice unless you are already a Debian expert and want to run Debian unstable (sid). On the Software Selection screen, leave both "Standard selection" and "Desktop Environment" selected.
2. Reboot into the new OS, log in.
3. Click on Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal.
4. In the terminal, type:
su -c "apt-get update" # provide password when prompted su -c "apt-get upgrade -y" # Update the OS su -c "shutdown -r now" # Reboot
Setting Up APT so it can Install BibleTime Packages
5. Log back in
6. Click on Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal.
7. Add Jmarsden's Test Debian Repository to software sources. In the terminal window, type: FIXME
su -c 'echo "deb http://FIXME/jmarsden/FIXME lenny main" >\ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jmarsden.list' su -c 'echo "deb http://FIXME/jmarsden/FIXME lenny universe" >>\ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jmarsden.list
8. Trust the Repository GPG key. In the Terminal window, type: FIXME
su -c "apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver xxx.example.com 84a9bda6580d02d9" # FIXME
9. Update apt software database. In the Terminal window, type:
su -c "apt-get update"
Install BibleTime from Packages
10. Install BibleTime. In the Terminal window, type:
su -c "apt-get install bibletime -y"
Run BibleTime
11. Run Bibletime. In the Terminal window, type:
ulimit -c 1000000 # So we will actually save a core dump if we segfault bibletime &
Note: The reason for running BibleTime like this (rather than from the Application menu) during testing is so that any warning or error messages will be visible in the Terminal window, and that if BibleTime crashes, it will produce a core dump.
See Testing BibleTime for suggestions concerning how to test BibleTime.
