[xiphos-users] [sword-devel] Xiphos 4.5.0

Sun Sep 13 20:16:34 EDT 2026

Thank you I shall try it.

On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM Ed Backell <edbackell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Chuck Hast -
> When you try to run a program on Linux, and the terminal reports "error
> while loading shared libraries"
> that means that the program needs a library that's not installed (or it's
> installed, but found in some odd place).
>
> Here's what I do to find the exact library that's missing:
> I installed the program apt-file. I then load apt-file with information by
> typing:
>    sudo apt-file update
> That makes apt-file grab package information (just like apt update) does.
> Then, I ask apt-file for the information:
>    sudo apt-file find libbiblesync.so.1.1
> and apt-file will look through ALL of the packages available for any
> package that has libbiblesync.so.1.1 in it.
>    sudo apt-file find libbiblesync.so.1.1
> returns
>    libbiblesync1.1: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbiblesync.so.1.1
>
> SO... that means you need to install the package "libbiblesync1.1":
>    sudo apt install libbiblesync1.1*
>
> And THAT should install the missing library, and let xiphos run.
>
> KFJ - Pastor Ed
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I tried to install it but it comes back
>> E: Unable to locate package libbiblesync.so.1.1
>> E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libbiblesync.so.1.1'
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 6:21 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> My bad... Not sure what I was thinking (well yes I was, I installed
>>> mini-split in the server/production
>>> room at church last night (saturday night) and was thinking "will it be
>>> working this a.m.?" Anyhow
>>> When i invoked it properly I got this:
>>> kp4djt at FW16-kp4djt:~$ xiphos
>>> xiphos: error while loading shared libraries: libbiblesync.so.1.1:
>>> cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
>>> kp4djt at FW16-kp4djt:~$
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM Fred <fred.fredex at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Chuck, it is "xiphos". no y, no n.
>>>>
>>>> Fred
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 12:28 PM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I am running Linux Mint 22.4
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2026 at 11:27 AM Chuck Hast <wchast at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I just installed it but when I invoke it, it does not run when I
>>>>>> invoke xyphos from the terminal to see
>>>>>> what is going on it says not found. When I do a find it finds nothing
>>>>>> labeled xyphons
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 11:50 AM Ed Backell <edbackell at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please let me know if this works for you:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/14TMSwn8-Ujk1inJ8YSkd98Vyc4FRl7Fv/view?usp=drive_link
>>>>>>> KFJ - Pastor Ed
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 at 3:04 AM Phillip Waters <muddy at muddys.org>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Please
>>>>>>>> On 9/9/26 6:33 PM, Ed Backell wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have compiled 4.5.0.2 on my Linux Mint system.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Does anyone need the .deb? I can post a link.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> KFJ - Pastor Ed Backell
>>>>>>>> Spokane Valley, WA
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Sep 9, 2026 at 2:54 PM Greg Hellings <
>>>>>>>> greg.hellings at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Xiphos 4.5.0 packages are in flight on Fedora Rawhide[0] and also
>>>>>>>>> in nixpkgs[1] for Nix or NixOS users. Oddly, I had to add sqlite to the
>>>>>>>>> packaging for Nixpkgs. Configure failed in finding necessary packages
>>>>>>>>> without it. No such issues on Fedora.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --Greg
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> [0] https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=150071755
>>>>>>>>> [1] https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/561712
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Aug 31, 2026 at 3:20 PM Karl Kleinpaste <
>>>>>>>>> karl at kleinpaste.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Xiphos release 4.5.0
>>>>>>>>>> <https://github.com/crosswire/xiphos/releases>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Last release was in June. That was kind of intermediate due to
>>>>>>>>>> some security bugs. Turns out, there were several more lurking, now handled
>>>>>>>>>> by generous contributors, mostly dealing with internal URL handling.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> A lot has happened since June. Notably, bookmark folder colors
>>>>>>>>>> have given way to bookmarked verse colorization per folder color, including
>>>>>>>>>> mouse-hover reveal of which bookmark(s) induced a verse's colorization.
>>>>>>>>>> Also, display of entire Bible books is available in main display (only; not
>>>>>>>>>> parallel, not dialogs) at Prefs → Options → Display whole Bible books.
>>>>>>>>>> Those 2 features induced the jump straight from 4.4 → 4.5, in consideration
>>>>>>>>>> of the volume of display code updates they required. A bunch of display
>>>>>>>>>> gotchas have been repaired, such as broken checkmark images in Prefs and
>>>>>>>>>> Mod.Mgr. There is a modules "Favorites" category in sidebar display. Saved
>>>>>>>>>> parallel sets are available in Prefs. A direct reference to Google
>>>>>>>>>> Translate is available by mouse-sweeping some Heb/Grk text and using the
>>>>>>>>>> context menu option. AndBible bookmarks can be imported. Verse list
>>>>>>>>>> multi-sets can be optionally selected via a popup menu. Multi-column
>>>>>>>>>> display has been expanded to 8 due to recent experience with large
>>>>>>>>>> monitors. Margin justification defaults on.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> A couple screenshots of bookmark colorization + user annotation
>>>>>>>>>> highlight can be seen here
>>>>>>>>>> <http://ftp.xiphos.org/sword/pub/xiphos/binaries/images/>.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The Windows build is internal to the release process, already
>>>>>>>>>> present at the release page. As well, there are initial builds for Fedora
>>>>>>>>>> 42/43/44, RHEL 9/10, and Ubuntu (via alien(1)) available at this
>>>>>>>>>> link <http://ftp.xiphos.org/sword/pub/xiphos/binaries/> but
>>>>>>>>>> pumpkin holders by distro should get up to speed in due time.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The issues list is down to a bare dozen, from a high of over 100
>>>>>>>>>> this time last year. Half of what remain are wish list items without a
>>>>>>>>>> clear path forward.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Huge thanx particularly to Cyrille for his many contributions.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --karl
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