These instructions assume Bibledit is being installed on a standard installation of OSX. Because Bibledit needs more than that, these instructions also explain how to install the additional libraries and tools that Bibledit depends on.
If you know that your system already has some of these components installed, you may skip those steps.
X11 is on the third installation CD. Insert this 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Update the search path, so that programs, still to be installed, can be found. In the terminal, type
cd
and then type
echo export PATH=$PATH:/opt/local/bin >> .bashrc
Now close the X11 terminal through menu X11 - Quit X11.
Then start a new X11 terminal.
DarwinPorts 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. (If there is no suitable dmg you can install Darwinports from source).
Open the disk image, double-click DarwinPorts-x.x.pkg, and install it.
While connected to the internet, update the port files. Type
sudo port -d selfupdate
and provide the password when asked.
To install Gtk2, in the terminal type
sudo port install gtk2
and provide the password when asked. Gtk2 takes a long time to install.
To install Sqlite3, in the terminal type
sudo port install sqlite3
and provide the password if asked. It takes a while to install.
Download package bibledit-x.x.tar.gz (x.x is to be replaced with the actual version number).
Move it to the home directory.
In the terminal, to verify the package is there, type
ls
To unpack bibledit type
tar zxf bibledit-x.x.tar.gz
To enter the newly created directory, type
cd bibledit-x.x
To configure bibledit, type
./configure
Watch many messages, but no errors.
To compile bibledit, type
make
Watch many messages, but no errors.
To install it, type
sudo make install
Watch many messages, but no errors.
To go back to the home directory, type
cd
To run Bibledit, do the following every time you use it:
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.
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.