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BPBible - Easy to Use Open-Source Bible Study Software - How to Install on Linux and Windows

Submitted by ingram on Sat, 05/05/2012 - 10:56am
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BPBible [1] is an excellent open-source Bible study application. It can import over 200 Bible's, commentaries, maps, and more from the SWORD Project [2]. Some of it's main features include:

  • Proximity Based Search
  • Flexible Layout
  • Topic Management
  • Scripture Tooltips

To install in Windows, simply go here [3] and download the latest installer (currently .5.1.1 [4]).

Since version .5, BPBible hasn't natively worked in Linux. You can find a youtube video here [5] that shows how to run BPBible .4.7 natively on Ubuntu 10.10, however, it won't work for recent versions of the application. Here [6] is an explanation as to why .5 won't work. You must run the Windows version with WINE [7] on Linux. To install WINE, run the following command:

Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install wine

openSUSE: sudo zypper install wine

To download and install BPBible, run the following commands:

wget http://bpbible.googlecode.com/files/bpbible-0.5.1.1-setup.exe
chmod +x ./bpbible-0.5.1.1-setup.exe

wine ./bpbible-0.5.1.1-setup.exe

After installing, perform the following to download and install the King James Version of the Bible in BPBible:
wget http://www.crosswire.org/ftpmirror/pub/sword/packages/rawzip/KJV.zip
File > Install Books > Select the KJV.zip file

Check out the screenshots:

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Links:
[1] http://bpbible.com/
[2] http://www.crosswire.org/sword/index.jsp
[3] http://code.google.com/p/bpbible/downloads/list
[4] http://bpbible.googlecode.com/files/bpbible-0.5.1.1-setup.exe
[5] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wkSQF6bOy0
[6] http://groups.google.com/group/bpbible-devel/browse_thread/thread/4f10f43e16877a70
[7] http://www.winehq.org/