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#1 epederick

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Posted 17 July 2014 - 01:10 AM

Hi I've been using e-sword for a number of years on Windows but recently had to adapt to a machine in the church office running on Linux Mint.  I have installed e-sword under WINE and successfully added my paid Bibles etc.  One problem I'm having is that clicking anywhere in the Bible window causes it to jump to another part of the same chapter - clicking on a Strong's hyperlink in NASB+ fails to open the Strong's reference.  Not sure whether this is a problem in settings for 10.3 or something peculiar happening because it doesn't like WINE.  Is anybody else using this setup successfully?



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Posted 17 July 2014 - 05:39 PM

I saved the below instructions. I think they were originally posted on Ubuntu forums. I hope something here helps you.

 

http://ubuntuforums....34#post12576234

For each PC I simply went to the esword website and downloaded the program. One day it was 10.1 the next it was 10.2. My own installation of esword was working well but with extra dlls as per older threads. So I decided to reinstall not realizing I was downloading 10.2. I was stymied!!

So, until someone figures out how to get tooltips in bibles window and the search function working correctly under 10.2, be sure to install esword 10.1 and follow this:

Hi Dave

I have been running mint 11 and ubuntu 11.10. I am running wine 1.2.3 stable on both systems. The following has worked for me with both systems.

Do this before installing E-sword:

Set oleaut32 to builtin in winecfg

In winetricks install

msls31
msxml3 *
vbrun6
vcrun6
wsh57

Once these are installed you can install E-sword and it should work.

* To install msxml3 winetricks will open an MS download site where you can get the file. Once downloaded put it in: home/user-name/.cache/winetricks/msxml3

To find the .cache type ctl-h while in your home dir to show the hidden files. You my have to reselect the files to have winetricks install them.


Let me know if you have success with the above instructions.

For His Glory,

Frank



Download the install file and follow the instructions in all of the posts.

However, I use Hebrew and Greek Bibles, and most do not render the fonts correctly after this install, just gibberish characters. I have run wintricks to install all the suggested dll's and winecfg to add the rich20 and oleaut32 to the libraries. Still not corrected. Anyone with ideas?

God Bless, Doug
You have to add :
env WINEPREFIX=~/.wine_Esword
for all the tweaks to get it working. Otherwise, the tweak would be install on default wine, which does not affect e-Sword.


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Posted 17 July 2014 - 05:57 PM



One problem I'm having is that clicking anywhere in the Bible window causes it to jump to another part of the same chapter - clicking on a Strong's hyperlink in NASB+ fails to open the Strong's reference.  Not sure whether this is a problem in settings for 10.3 or something peculiar happening because it doesn't like WINE.  Is anybody else using this setup successfully?

Hi Derek,

Now I hope I'm correct in this as I hope not to lead you down the proverbial path on this one.

 

If I am correct, the problem could be in what you have as your default Strong's numbered dictionary. If you have the actual default Strong's Dictionary (the one that comes with e-Sword) then not all the tooltips will appear, particularly numbers with an "a" at the end, e.g., G1353a. So, to check what you have for your Strong's numbered dictionary, in your Options menu, click on Strong's " ToolTip menu item, and if if its not on New American Standard Exhaustive Concordance, then change it over. Also ensure that you have selected the NASEC tab in your dictionary window in order to view the NASB Strong Numbers.

 

I trust this is helpful to you.

 

As a matter of interest, I am running e-Sword 10.3, on Windows 8.1, and have no issues with any of the Strong's numbered dictionary.

 

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Posted 19 August 2014 - 12:01 PM

Hi, I am running E-sword 10.4 under Ubuntu Linux 14.04 and can't get the Strong's tool tips to work in the bible section.  The scripture tool tips pop up fine, but when I hover over the Strong's number in the KJV, there are no pop ups.  I have tried selecting different dictionaries (Strong's, Thayers, Brown-Driver-Brigg's) all with the same results.

 

I upgraded to 10.4 from 10.3 in hopes it would help, to no avail.

 

I can type a Strong's reference in the editor and the pop up will work, ie H30 or G2344 and everything is fine, but in the bible section itself, it won't pop up.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks



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Posted 25 November 2014 - 09:33 PM

the suggestion that fireandsalt mentions

uses at http://e-sword-users...sers/node/223 

Sun, 08/02/2009 - 16:29
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mostly works for me. The only thing that i did differently is i did not follow step 14. "Click on the Libraries Tab, and in the “New override for Library” drop down box, fine Riched20, click add, apply, and ok. Close out of Configure Wine." this did not work for me.

 

I have NET Bible but the verses do not show up. the NET commentary works fine. Does anyone have any suggestions?



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Posted 20 May 2020 - 11:09 AM

https://www.playonli...606-eSword.html

 



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Posted 25 May 2020 - 08:34 AM

Installing E-Sword on Linux using PlayOnLinux

 

Using PlayOnLinux

https://www.playonlinux.com/en/

 

My Specs:

Linux Mint 19.3 64-bit

PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4

 

E-Sword mostly works on POL.

 

But I could not get the Fonts menu to work (so you are stuck with the default settings).

Maybe someone can find a way to make it work?

 

[ after looking at the debug list, was able to trace the problem to https://www.playonlinux.com/en/topic-8693-SC2_for_POL_on_Unbuntu_1204_fails.html

 

and running


sudo apt-get install libjpeg62:i386

 

fixes the Font Settings issue ]

 

[NOTE: 32-bit (x86) and 64-bit (x64) ]

 

I adapted the steps for GTA2

 

http://www.gamersonl...o-2-guide.3090/ and The Last Express Guide

http://www.gamersonl...ess-guide.2494/

 

 

and I made the following changes….

 

 

1. Used Wine version 5.7 6.17 and created a 64 bits windows virtual drive.

 

2. Wine Configuration.
Application Tab.

Windows version: 10.

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

3. PlayOnLinux Packages (Components, DLLs, Libraries)

Check the following:

  • POL_Install_corefonts

  • POL_Install_d3dx9 (Since DirectX is employed by most Windows based games and advanced graphics programs)

  • POL_Install_tahoma

  • POL_Install_msxml3 (“a software component of Microsoft Windows Operating System by Microsoft. The core DLL for the Microsoft XML Core Services, this process provides the user with APIs that are compliant with the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) standards for programming XML apps…. a Windows DLL file. DLL is the abbreviation for Dynamic Link Library. DLL files are needed by programs or web browser extensions, because they contain program code, data, and resources.” https://www.file.net...msxml3.dll.html )

  • POL_Install_msxml6 (“The first version of MSXML to provide a 64-bit redistributable package. MSXML6 has made significant improvements over previous versions of MSXML. MSXML6 is intended as an upgrade path for existing MSXML3 and MSXML4 users except for users that leverage some of the older ProgIDs and technologies in MSXML3 and MSXML4.” https://download.cne...4-10725999.html )

  • msls31.dll (allows you to change the app theme; “the library file used by Internet Explorer and Word applications to provide Unicode support. msls31.dll is a system process that is needed for your PC to work properly.” https://www.processl...s/msls31/20463/ )

  • POL_Install_vcrun2010 (this allows e-sword to connect to internet and allow you to download resources; shows up as msvcr100 in wine config after install?)

  • d3dx10 (“Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms. A major update to DirectX API, DirectX 10 ships with and is only available with Windows Vista and later; previous versions of Windows such as Windows XP are not able to officially run DirectX 10-exclusive applications. Changes for DirectX 10 were extensive. Many former parts of DirectX API were deprecated in the latest DirectX SDK and will be preserved for compatibility only: DirectInput was deprecated in favor of XInput, DirectSound was deprecated in favor of the Cross-platform Audio Creation Tool system (XACT) and lost support for hardware accelerated audio, since Vista audio stack renders sound in software on the CPU. - Read more at https://www.shouldir...00-program.aspx

    https://www.shouldir...00-program.aspx )

4. Selected and installed

e-sword_1210_setup.exe

 

Note:

e-Sword 13 doesn't run on LINUX! Now what?

If you are unable to get the Windows Media Player installed under WINE, then the last stable version of e-Sword on LINUX is version 12.2 which you can download here:

https://www.e-sword...._1220_setup.exe

https://www.e-sword.net/faq.html

 

 

5. Named the Virtual Drive and Shortcut as: Esword

6. Did not specify Video memory size.

 

 

 

 

Maybe also install:

 

 

 

d3dx11 (but causes some text in toolbar to be small?)

d3dcompiler_43



Note: wine 5.11 causes some text in toolbar to be small?
Note: if you change wine version after install, close esword, change wine, and wait a bit for it to update; debugger:

wine: configuration in L"/home/peter/.PlayOnLinux//wineprefix/Esword12" has been updated.

 

 

POL_Install_d3dx9

  • POL_Install_d3dx9_36

  • POL_Install_devenum

  • POL_Install_mfc42

  • POL_Install_quartz

  • POL_Install_vcrun6

  • POL_Install_wmp9


 

Can also try/test…


 

Wine Configuration

Libraries Tab

Type each of the following

Click Add


 

d3d10

d3d10_1

d3d10core

d3d11

d3d9

dxgi


 

Select one at a time

Click Edit

Change to "Native (Windows)"

Click Apply


 

PlayOnLinux Packages (DLLs, Libraries, Components)


 

Check each of the following:


 

POL_Install_corefonts

POL_Install_d3dx10

POL_Install_d3dx11

POL_Install_d3dx9

POL_Install_tahoma


 

Click Next


 

(Taken from http://www.gamersonl...ier-guide.2982/ )

 


Edited by DJPeter84, 18 December 2021 - 09:29 AM.


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Posted 08 January 2024 - 07:00 PM

I have run E Sword on Linux using WINE for years but I found a better way recently.

I have installed E-Sword on two computers running Linux Mint. Here are the steps i followed:

1. See “How To Install Virtualbox 7 On Linux And Create A Windows 11 Virtual Machine” follow video instructions https://www.youtube....ll&index=1&t=3s 


 

Be sure to press “enter” when this shows up to boot from the iso

(might need to do step 6 https://easylinuxtip...virtualbox.html if windows does not install.)


 

2. Shut windows down then do steps 6-11 from

https://easylinuxtip...virtualbox.html

( if step 9 does not work, read below)


 

Quick note: the guest additions is the package that contains all the virtualbox drivers to allow the operating system to work correctly in the virtual environment. (https://pureinfotech...s-11-virtualbox )

You can experience true 3d acceleration, screen size selection, and many of the other great benefits that come with using virtualbox guest additions, like shared clipboards and file sharing from host to guest and back.

( https://www.maketech...irtualbox-linux

See also https://www.thewindo...ions-on-windows


 

OTHER GUIDES:


 

https://docs.oracle....reate-vm-wizard


 

https://www.intowind...-in-virtualbox/


 

https://www.maketech...rtualbox-linux/


 

https://www.virtualb...anual/ch04.html


 

https://www.thewindo...are-workstation


 


 

3. Add shared folders, clipboard, drag and drop

Shared clipboard and drag and drop


 

Enable “bidirectional”


 

See

https://askubuntu.co...are-ubuntu-22-0


 

https://www.makeuseo...-guest-host-pc/


 

https://www.maketech.../#linux-windows


 

4. Change screen size


 

View > virtual screen


 

https://www.virtualb...o-resize-window


 

 





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