Install on Linux
Basically, you simply need to download UBA and run it if you have Python and git in place.
Steps to set up for a fresh installation:
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Install Python and git
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Download UBA
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Run UBA
Get python ready!
UBA is a python-based application, so you need to have Python installed to run UBA.
Minimum Python version for running UBA: 3.7
There are several different ways to install Python, read more information at: https://www.python.org/downloads/
Below is one of the options we tested:
sudo apt install -y make build-essential python3 python-setuptools python3-pip python3-dev python3-venv libssl-dev libffi-dev libnss3 zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm libncurses5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libxml2-dev libxmlsec1-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev
Read more at: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/wiki#suggested-build-environment
Get git ready! [optional]
There are different ways to download UBA, we use git in the following example.
To install git, run on terminal:
sudo apt install -y git
Don't want to use git? You can download a zip package of UBA and unzip it instead of using git:
https://github.com/eliranwong/UniqueBible/archive/master.zip
You simply need to download and run. Everything else will be set up for you automatically the first time you run UBA.
To download:
To run:
python3 UniqueBible/uba.py
A screenshot is provided here, so you may know what to expect during the first-time setup:
UBA should look like this screenshot below the first time you run it:
A desktop shortcut "UniqueBibleApp.desktop" is generated for you automatically the first time you run UBA.
The shortcut file is automatically copied to ~/.local/share/applications
You should be able to find it with gui Launcher, depending on what Linux distribution you use.
You can run UBA with terminal without typing a fullpath, by creating an alias.
Below is an example:
This example only works if:
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You use bash
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The following example assumes that you install UBA in your home directory. You need to change the path if you install at a different location.
echo "alias uba='$HOME/UniqueBible/uba.py'" >> ~/.bashrc
Close and reopen your terminal app, you should then be able to run UBA with this simple command:
uba
Our setup script automatically makes file "uba.py" executable, but in case it is not running, you may need to set permission on it manually:
chmod u+x $HOME/UniqueBible/uba.py
You may read more about WSL2 setup at:
https://github.com/eliranwong/wsl2/blob/master/bible_apps/desktop.md
If you get the message, Required feature 'xxxx' is not enabled. Install either 'PySide2' or 'PyQt5' first!
Try to manually install all the required packages to see what is the problem:
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source venv/bin/activate -
pip install -r requirements.txt -
pip list -
Manually import packages
$ python
Python 3.9.5
[GCC 8.3.1 20191121 (Red Hat 8.3.1-5)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from qtpy import QtGui
>>> from PySide2.QtWidgets import QApplication
>>> from PyQt5 import QtGui
If you get the message, "ImportError: libGL.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory"
Run yum install mesa-libGL
If you get the message, Required feature 'xxxx' is not enabled. Install either 'PySide2' or 'PyQt5' first!
Try the following:
# Need to install pip3
sudo apt-get install python3-venv python3-pip
pip3 install --upgrade pip
# Install pyqtwebengine
sudo apt-get install python3-pyqt5.qtwebengine
pip3 install pyqtwebengine
# Enable QT debugging and start up UBA to see what the error is
export QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS=1
python3 main.py
# If libxcb-util.so.1 is not found, create a symlink from libxcb-util.so.0
sudo ln -fs /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-util.so.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb-util.so.1
If you encountered running UBA with the following message:
''' This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be initialized. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.
Available platform plugins are: eglfs, linuxfb, minimal, minimalegl, offscreen, vnc, wayland-egl, wayland, wayland-xcomposite-egl, wayland-xcomposite-glx, webgl, xcb. '''
Run the following line to install a Qt platform plugin:
sudo apt install qt5dxcb-plugin
You may find extra information from our instructions on installing UBA on Chrome OS:
https://github.com/eliranwong/UniqueBible/wiki/Install-on-Chrome-OS