The instructions assume a working Eee PC.
Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl-Alt-t.
Add repositories to the list. To do that open an editor:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Add this line to the list:
deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib
Save the file and quit the editor.
Update aptitude, to do that, type
sudo apt-get update
Install software, to do that, type
sudo apt-get install git-core sudo apt-get install libenchant1c2a sudo apt-get install gtkhtml3.8
Download binary package bibledit-x.x-asus-eeepc-bin.tar.gz (x.x is to be replaced with the actual version number). (Note: if this package is out of date, create your own.)
Store the package in the home directory, that is directory /home/user.
In the terminal, to verify the bibledit package is there, type
ls
Move the package to the root directory. To do that, type
sudo mv bibledit*bin.tar.gz /
Go to the root directory. Type
cd /
Install the binary package. To do that, type
sudo tar zxf bibledit*bin.tar.gz
cd /eeepc
sudo ./eeepc-install-menu
After rebooting the machine, the Bibledit icon is in the Work tab.
If the icon does not appear on the Work tab after a reboot, you probably have a newer Eee PC, so it is not looking at the file modified by the previous step. You will need to copy the file that was modified by eeepc-install-menu to a different location, like this:
Start a terminal window, with Ctrl-Alt-t and type these commands:
f=AsusLauncher/simpleui.rc
sudo cp -b .$f /var/lib/$f
Restart the computer.
Install the optional components.
If collaboration is used, then git needs to be updated to version 1.5 or higher.