Install Bibledit Cloud on Debian and Ubuntu

Follow the steps below to install Bibledit. It needs basic knowledge about working with Linux servers.

1. Open a terminal.
2. Update the software sources:
   sudo apt update
3. Install the software that Bibledit Cloud relies on:
   sudo apt install build-essential autotools-dev autoconf autoconf-archive git zip pkgconf libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev poppler-utils libsword-utils diatheke ldap-utils libmimetic-dev certbot libxml2-dev
4. Download a recent version of Bibledit Cloud from https://github.com/bibledit/cloud/releases.
5. Unpack the downloaded Bibledit in folder bibledit:
   mkdir -p bibledit
   tar xf bibledit-5.0.9xx.tar.gz -C bibledit –strip-components=1
   Change the 9xx above to the version number of Bibledit that was downloaded.
6. Change to the directory:
   cd bibledit
7. Build Bibledit Cloud:
   ./configure
make
   This takes a while. There will be many technical messages, but there should be no errors.
8. Start Bibledit Cloud:
   ./bibledit &
9. Bibledit Cloud will be accessible through the IP address port 8080. Examples:
   http://website.org:8080
   http://192.168.2.1:8080
   http://localhost:8080
10. Open the web address in the browser, follow the instructions on the screen to configure Bibledit Cloud, and log in.

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