Running Blurb BookSmart on Linux

Last tested: BookSmart 3.5.3.34869, Ubuntu 21.10, openjdk version 14.0.2.

1. Get BookSmart:

   Download BookSmart for Mac from blurb.com.

   Unpack downloaded .dmg file with 7z (p7zip-full package in Ubuntu):

   7z x BookSmart_3.5.3.dmg

   From BookSmart_3.5.3_.../BookSmart.app/Contents/Resources/Java/
   copy lib/ and resources/ directories to, for example, booksmart/ directory in your Linux user's home:

       ~/booksmart/
                    lib/...
                    resources/...
   

2. Create a shell script ‘bsmart’ to start BookSmart:

   #!/bin/bash
   cd ~/booksmart/
   classpath=""
   for jar in lib/*.jar; do classpath=$classpath:$jar; done
   java -classpath $classpath com.blurb.booksmart.application.BookSmart
   

3. Run bsmart, and the BookSmart splash and main window will appear after some time — it may look like nothing is happening, as there is no visual startup feedback, so be patient…

January 2022. Šarūnas Burdulis.
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