The Crosswire web site describes it as follows:
To install BibleDesktop, follow these steps:Introducing Bible Desktop - Free Bible Study Software
Bible Desktop is a free Bible Study tool that allows you to dig deeply into God's Word.
BibleDesktop will run on almost all computers. BibleDesktop is available for Windows (98SE to Vista), Apple Mac OSX, Linux, BSD, Unix, ....
Bible Desktop uses the JSword project to read modules in Sword format so there is a huge range of Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries, Daily Devotionals and some General Books - one of the largest collections available.
Bible Desktop is open source software so it is freely available to anyone. It is licensed under the GPL.
1. Important first install java, versions should be available for any pup that you are using.
2. DownloadBibleDesktop (jsword-latest-bin.tar.gz) for Linux and save it to a temporary directory. This download does not contain Sword modules (Bibles, Commentaries, Dictionaries, Daily Devotionals, General Books...). When you start BibleDesktop for the first time you will be prompted to download the books you want. If you are already using Bibletime, it will access the sword modules installed by Bibletime.
3. Extract jsword-latest-bin.tar.gz which will place the files in a new directory (jsword-1.6-20110319).
4. Copy the jsword directory to /usr/share
5. Open the jsword directory and find the BibleDesktop.sh file. Right click on the file, select properties, and make sure that under Permissions that Exec is checked.
6. Click on BibleDesktop.sh and BibleDesktop should run.
7. If you want BibleDesktop to appear in the menu, you must prepare a BibleDesktop.desktop file similar to the one below, using a text editor. This file must be placed in /usr/share/applications.
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[Desktop Entry]
Comment=An easy to use bible study tool
Comment[C]=An easy to use bible study tool
Exec=/usr/share/jsword-1.6-20110319/BibleDesktop.sh
Icon=/usr/share/jsword-1.6-20110319/BibleDesktop128.gif
MimeType=
Name=BibleDesktop
GenericName=Bible Study Tool
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=X-Bible;X-Religion;Literature;X-Personal;Education;
You may also place a copy of the BibleDesktop.desktop file on your desktop.
Enjoy,
Jim