Installing Bibledit 0.8 on Suse 9.1 Professional

  1. The installation of the Operating System was a standard one, with all defaults chosen.
  2. As the standard installation was not set up for compiling, a proper compiler and libraries were installed.
    • The Suse icon, at the bottom left, was clicked.
    • Control Center was clicked.
    • In the KDE Control Center, YaST2 modules was clicked.
    • Software was clicked.
    • Install and Remove software was clicked.
    • Administrator Mode was chosen and the administrator's password was provided.
    • In the Install and Remove Software, the Filter was set to Selections.
    • The options C/C++ Compiler and Tools and GNOME Development were ticked.
    • The window was maximized so that all buttons became visible.
    • The installation DVD was inserted in the drive.
    • Button Accept was clicked.
    • In the Changed Packages window, that came up, button Continue was clicked.
    • The installer took a while to update the system.
    • After the update had finished, the window was closed.
  3. The packages sqlite-3.0.8.tar.gz and bibledit-0.8.tar.gz were downloaded to the home directory.
  4. A terminal was opened.
    • The Suse icon, at the bottom left, was clicked.
    • System was clicked.
    • Terminal was clicked.
    • X Terminal was clicked.
  5. Command ls was typed (followed by Enter) to verify that both packages were there.
  6. Package sqlite3 was unpacked by typing tar zxf sqlite-3.0.8.tar.gz
  7. The newly created directory was entered, by typing cd sqlite
  8. Sqlite was configured.
    • The command ./configure --prefix=/usr was typed.
    • No errors should appear.
  9. Sqlite was compiled.
    • The command make was typed.
    • No errors should appear.
  10. Sqlite was installed.
    • The command su was typed, and the administrator's password provided.
    • The command make install was typed.
    • No errors should appear.
    • The command exit was typed, to become an ordinary user again.
  11. The command cd was typed, to change back to the home directory.
  12. Package bibledit was unpacked by typing tar zxf bibledit-0.8.tar.gz
  13. The newly created directory was entered, by typing cd bibledit-0.8
  14. Bibledit was configured.
    • The command ./configure was typed.
    • No errors should appear.
  15. Bibledit was compiled.
    • The command make was typed.
    • No errors should appear.
  16. Bibledit was installed.
    • The command su was typed, and the administrator's password provided.
    • The command make install was typed.
    • No errors should appear.
    • The command exit was typed, to become an ordinary user again.
  17. The command cd was typed, to change back to the home directory.
  18. By typing bibledit bibledit was started.