Problems running e-sword on Ubuntu

strange ideas · Post by **strange ideas** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:58 am

Hi. I'm new to Linux and I'm running Gnome 2.28.1 on Ubuntu 9.10. I've never used Wine before but installed it with no problem. I used it to install e-sword, which went fine but now I can't get e-sword to work. I can double-click the link on the desktop or i can single-click the link in the wine section in the applications menu, but nothing happens at all.

Can anyone help me to get this working?

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:12 am

strange ideas wrote:I can't get e-sword to work.

What Wine version (run 'wine --version')?
Run your program from the terminal and post complete output. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log

eps · Post by **eps** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:34 pm

On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 6:58 PM, strange ideas
<[email protected]> wrote:

Hi. I'm new to Linux and I'm running Gnome 2.28.1 on Ubuntu 9.10. I've never used Wine before but installed it with no problem. I used it to install e-sword, which went fine but now I can't get e-sword to work. I can double-click the link on the desktop or i can single-click the link in the wine section in the applications menu, but nothing happens at all.

Can anyone help me to get this working?

Slightly off topic but there is a fantastic native equivalent to e-Sword.

sudo aptitude install gnomesword

strange ideas · Post by **strange ideas** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 3:01 pm

vitamin wrote:
strange ideas wrote:I can't get e-sword to work.
What Wine version (run 'wine --version')?
Run your program from the terminal and post complete output. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log

It says:
wine-1.0.1

vitamin · Post by **vitamin** » Sun Apr 25, 2010 11:57 pm

strange ideas wrote:It says:wine-1.0.1

Upgrade. That is 1.5 years old version.

James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:46 pm

Edward Savage wrote:

On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 6:58 PM, strange ideas
<[email protected]> wrote:

Hi. I'm new to Linux and I'm running Gnome 2.28.1 on Ubuntu 9.10. I've never used Wine before but installed it with no problem. I used it to install e-sword, which went fine but now I can't get e-sword to work. I can double-click the link on the desktop or i can single-click the link in the wine section in the applications menu, but nothing happens at all.

Can anyone help me to get this working?

Slightly off topic but there is a fantastic native equivalent to e-Sword.

sudo aptitude install gnomesword

No. It will NOT work with the proprietary format for e-Sword. The two
are NOT compatible and Bibles available for e-Sword will not work under
GnomeSword.

GnomeSword is a Gnome compatible version of the Sword project. (Yes,
I've been at this for a while, about two years and more.)

James McKenzie

James McKenzie · Post by **James McKenzie** » Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:47 pm

strange ideas wrote:

vitamin wrote:

strange ideas wrote:

I can't get e-sword to work.

What Wine version (run 'wine --version')?
Run your program from the terminal and post complete output. http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#get_log

It says:
wine-1.0.1

Try the latest version of Wine, 1.1.43. Print Preview will not work as
well as any of the graphic products. However, you will be able to read
your Bibles. Installing keyed products will require access to a Windows
PC until I get a series of patches accepted into the Wine project.

James McKenzie