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Posted: **Sat Nov 18, 2023 6:04 pm**

Install Podman and Distrobox
Arch
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Podman

sudo pacman -S podman distrobox

OpenSuse Tumbleweed

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sudo zypper in podman distrobox netavark

Fedora 39

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sudo dnf install podman distrobox

Create Distrobox Container

Create Directory for BibleAnalyzer Home
I recommend using a "clean" home directory for your Ubuntu install. I put my in ~/.bibleanalyzercontainer/.

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mkdir ~/.bibleanalyzercontainer

Create the Container

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distrobox create --image ubuntu:jammy-20231004 --name bibleanalyzer --home ~/.bibleanalyzercontainer/

Finish Setup

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distrobox enter bibleanalyzer

From here stay in the distrobox container.

Allow Apt Sandbox as Root

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echo 'APT::Sandbox::User "root";' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10sandbox

Install Dependencies

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wget https://www.bibleanalyzer.com/bibleanalyzer_5.5-1_all.deb
sudo apt install ./bibleanalyzer_5.5-1_all.deb libopengl0 xapp libcanberra-gtk3-module appmenu-gtk3-module libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 -y

First Launch and Icon Creation
Run the command below and make sure you can open the Module Manager

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export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/ && bibleanalyzer

If something goes wrong...
See troubleshooting at bottom.

If all went well, create the shortcut (in container).

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distrobox-export --app bibleanalyzer

On the host system find and edit the BibleAnalyzer shortcut (should be something like bibleanalyzer-bibleanalyzer.desktop)

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~/.local/share/applications/bibleanalyzer-bibleanalyzer.desktop

In the editor of your choice find the line that says

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Exec=/usr/bin/distrobox-enter  -n bibleanalyzer --   python3 -u /opt/bibleanalyzer/ba-run.py

And change it to

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Exec=/usr/bin/distrobox-enter  -n bibleanalyzer --  /bin/bash -c "export XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/share/gnome:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/ && python3 -u /opt/bibleanalyzer/ba-run.py"

And that's it... Enjoy BibleAnalyzer on Any Distro

Troubleshooting

If you see a message like: "Authorization required, but no authorization protocol specified
Unable to access the X Display, is $DISPLAY set properly?"
On the host machine enter this:

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xhost +"local:podman@"

I created a script named xhost.sh and since I run kde plasma I put it in ~/.config/plasma-workspace/env/xhost.sh

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touch ~/.config/plasma-workspace/env/xhost.sh

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#!/bin/sh
xhost +"local:podman@"

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chmod +x ~/.config/plasma-workspace/env/xhost.sh

If it says it cannot find .config/bibleanalyzer
In container

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cd ~
mkdir .config

It's taking a really long time to start up after clicking the menu link
I discovered that clicking the menu link also initiates an update of the image. You can follow this using

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podman logs -f bibleanalyzer

Once it's done it will open Bibleanalyzer just fine.

Posted: **Sun Nov 19, 2023 11:19 am**

Thanks. I'll make this a "sticky" post so others can better find it.

Posted: **Wed Nov 29, 2023 8:15 pm**

Fixed it working on arch for me. Thanks sir!

Posted: **Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:39 am**

Thanks nymusicman! I've used this multiple times on different distros. Works great!
Mike

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