Integration with /usr/share/sword

[OrionRandD]

Hi,
Great app.
Could you just integrate it with the database Xiphos/Sword from crosswire build for system-wide on installing them, e.g., on GNU/Debian with:
sudo apt install xiphos diatheke
Then, if you install modules system-wide they will go to "/usr/share/sword"
Inside that you get "mods.d and modules" directories. So that, it is not necessary to download everything again in "$HOME/.sword".
Could you make a feature to integrate "/usr/share/sword" to use with your appl?
And also to ask where to install the new downloaded modules as Xiphos does? Per user or system-wide.
Thx a lot

[g4jc]

Thanks. This is definitely doable, but would require sudo/root permissions to write to that directory. Currently the application doesn't require any special permissions since it uses the home folder.

I may do the "ask" thing you mentioned and then prompt the user to run it as root to install, but generally running any downloader with sudo isn't recommended for security reasons.

[OrionRandD]

Thx for considering the request. But, my point is just to avoid reinstallation of modules already installed in /usr/share/sword. You, yourself can reproduce what I am thinking: just install Xiphos with apt, if you use debian or other debian-like distro or whatever package manager you have. apt install xiphos Then, open xiphos with sudo privileges sudo xiphos access xiphos preferences, reload the repositories, choose /usr/share/sword (system-wide) installation and add some Bibles, commentaries, lexicons to it. Then you will see /usr/share/sword populated with two main folders --> modules and mods.d I mean to use these folders and their contents in your app. You can also access the Freenode server through a client - I use hexchat - and access the #sword and #xiphos channels to get more technical advices on implementing this feature. Peace out Em qui, 27 de set de 2018 às 22:50, g4jc <[email protected]> escreveu:

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Thanks. This is definitely doable, but would require sudo/root permissions to write to that directory. Currently the application doesn't require any special permissions since it uses the home folder. I may do the "ask" thing you mentioned and then prompt the user to run it as root to install, but generally running any downloader with sudo isn't recommended for security reasons. — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#1 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/Apb4qVFG1EDMNTcxzdaRbW-3C5XAGzHyks5ufYBPgaJpZM4WyfuK> .