Alkitab Bible Study software

theringmaster · 2009-07-24 06:11:34

http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/d … index.html

I don't how complicated this would be to build, but it would be so very awesome if someone could take up the task.

ngoonee · 2009-07-24 10:04:51

Just to butt in, e-sword on windows has two (AFAICT) Malay/Indonesian language bibles, both free. E-sword runs great in wine, I'm using it daily here.

/end butting in. Please continue with the question.

Stefan Husmann · 2009-07-24 11:57:17

xiphos and bibledesktop (not sure about bibletime) have a feature to download and integrate books from the net.

And they do not need the netbeans or wine bloat.

gnud · 2009-07-24 12:51:01

I think I have a working solution for a system-wide install with shared books.

I don't build from sources (the build.xml only had the target build-installer, and that didn't work too well - lots of missing variables and stuff when run outside of netbeans), I used the installer directly. The installer software can be used via cli, and options can be read from a file. So, I use the installer directly.

It's a good idea to download the installer seperately from download.com (here), the KIYUT server is kinda slow.

To get system-shared books to work (so that the books can be installed with the package), I hacked the startup script to append the system-wide path to the per-user setting the first time it's run. If the user removes the system wide directory it ought to stay removed.

I'll post the PKGBUILD and the patch here, please test it. If you want to maintain it, you can add it to AUR. If you want me to add it, I'll do it, but I won't promise 1st class support

PKGBUILD:

# Contributor: gnud <ach.gnud@gmail.com> 
pkgname=alkitab
pkgver=2.3
pkgrel=1
pkgdesc="Bible study software"
url="http://www.kiyut.com/products/alkitab/developer"
depends=('jre')
#website refers to the source by the name 'alkitab' only
source=(
"http://www.kiyut.com/products/${pkgname}/${pkgname}.zip" 
"patch.alkitab")
md5sums=('91ea72c264c8cbca182f93e0bd35fe6b'
         '24a1aab1f8481ba6426446bf115e678e')
license=('Other')
arch=('i686')

build() {
  cd ${startdir}/src
  
  #create installation template
  echo "INSTALL_PATH=${startdir}/pkg/opt/${pkgname}" > template
  java -jar setup.jar -options template

  #set up system wide book configuration
  #this path is added to the per-user-config in the modified launcher script
  mkdir -p ${startdir}/pkg/opt/${pkgname}/books
  #for some weird reason (aka installer bug),
  #the books dont pick up the path set via the template
  cp -R \$UserPathPanelVariable/* ${startdir}/pkg/opt/${pkgname}/books
  
  #patch startup file to insert book directory
  patch ../pkg/opt/alkitab/bin/alkitab patch.alkitab

  #set up symlink for launcher
  mkdir -p ${startdir}/pkg/usr/bin
  cd ${startdir}/pkg/usr/bin
  ln -s ../../opt/${pkgname}/bin/${pkgname} ${pkgname}

}

patch.alkitab

--- ../pkg/opt/alkitab/bin/alkitab    2009-06-29 23:00:18.000000000 +0200
+++ alkitab    2009-07-24 14:40:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -48,6 +48,25 @@
     . "${userdir}/etc/$APPNAME".conf
 fi
 
+#Arch Linux specific: path user config file to contain system wide book location
+#
+_conf="${userdir}/config/Preferences/kiyut/alkitab/options/bookviewer.properties"
+if [ -f "${_conf}" ] ; then
+  #check if the file contains the key book-paths
+  #if it does, then either the system path is there,
+  #or the user removed it from the list of paths
+  grep "book-paths=" "${_conf}" &> /dev/null
+  if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]; then
+    #append it
+    echo "book-paths=/opt/alkitab/books" >> "${_conf}"
+  fi
+else
+  #the file does not exist
+  mkdir -p `dirname "${_conf}"` #make sure the dir exists
+  echo "book-paths=/opt/alkitab/books" > "${_conf}"
+fi
+#End arch linux patch
+
 if [ -n "$jdkhome" -a \! -d "$jdkhome" -a -d "$progdir/../$jdkhome" ]; then
     # #74333: permit jdkhome to be defined as relative to app dir
     jdkhome="$progdir/../$jdkhome"

theringmaster · 2009-07-24 16:09:00

Stefan Husmann wrote:

xiphos and bibledesktop (not sure about bibletime) have a feature to download and integrate books from the net.
And they do not need the netbeans or wine bloat.

Normally I would just use xiphos (gnomesword) but it is too gnome heavy. alkitab is an alternative frontend for bibledesktop, and i like the way they layout and organize their workspaces.

theringmaster · 2009-07-24 16:25:29

gnud wrote:

I think I have a working solution for a system-wide install with shared books.
I don't build from sources (the build.xml only had the target build-installer, and that didn't work too well - lots of missing variables and stuff when run outside of netbeans), I used the installer directly. The installer software can be used via cli, and options can be read from a file. So, I use the installer directly.
It's a good idea to download the installer seperately from download.com (here), the KIYUT server is kinda slow.
To get system-shared books to work (so that the books can be installed with the package), I hacked the startup script to append the system-wide path to the per-user setting the first time it's run. If the user removes the system wide directory it ought to stay removed.
I'll post the PKGBUILD and the patch here, please test it. If you want to maintain it, you can add it to AUR. If you want me to add it, I'll do it, but I won't promise 1st class support

is this minor message anything to worry about?

patching file ../pkg/opt/alkitab/bin/alkitab
patch unexpectedly ends in middle of line
Hunk #1 succeeded at 48 with fuzz 1.

theringmaster · 2009-07-24 16:30:35

i have it maintained in the aur here

http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=28711

gnud · 2009-07-24 16:33:24

I guess the error message is because of a missing line-break when copy-pasting.

Arch Linux

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Alkitab Bible Study software

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