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 Bibledit 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 libutf8proc-dev libgumbo-dev libtidy-dev libpugixml-dev

4. Download a recent version of Bibledit 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:

   ./configure

   make

   This takes a while. There will be many technical messages, but there should be no errors.

8. Start Bibledit:

   ./bibledit &

9. Bibledit 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.