How to Install Systematic Theology by Wayne Grudem

If you bought the Wayne Grudem Systematic Theology CD for the Libronix Digital Library System and tried to install it from CD, you probably experienced failure accompanied by the accordant frustration. This is known, as Grudem might say, as Concurrence, when the Providential Power acts in accord with your Free Will and things end up in a way that may not seem so, but are indeed God’s will.

OK — forget that first paragraph.

After I spent a significant time in frustration with the install from CD, I called Logos tech support and learned that installation from CD is not advised. No, the tech didn’t say this, but her instructions for me showed me that my error was in clicking Setup on the CD to install the software. How foolish of me!  🙂

These are the steps (as best as I can remember them) that the tech graciously helped me through to install Libronix and get Wayne Grudem’s Systematic Theology on CD working. Please remember, as with all information on this site, this is given without warranty, express or implied. Any problems you experience by following these steps are not my responsibility, but yours. If you can’t abide by that, stop reading now and call Logos.

  1. Uninstall everything that came with the CD. Manually navigate through your folders and remove everything.
  2. Go here http://www.logos.com/support/downloads/ldls/newuser and download DLSSetup.exe and run it.
  3. Proceed to Step 2 on that page and Libronix DLS 30.g link.  I am not sure which items to unselect Recommended area, but since I am only using this software for Grudem’s Systematic Theology, I unchecked the following: Lectionaries. Under Optional, I added “Power Tools Addin” because it sounded cool. Then I clicked update. This update takes a while.
  4. Run the Libronix Digital Library System. Since you have a license, select Existing User. Select Enter Codes and do so.
  5. After the wizard completes, select Tools / Libronix Update. Edit the Recommendations to your liking.
  6. Ensure your CD is in your drive and open Libronix and choos, Tools / Library Management / Location Manager to find Grudem’s book on your CD and relocate it to your Hard Drive. When you’ve selected “All on Removable Media,”  you’ll see English Standard Version and Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Bible Doctrine. Make sure both are checked and then click “Copy Resources”.
  7. You may have to synchronize licenses for the books you imported to appear. Click Tools / Library Management / Synchronize Licenses.

That’s what worked for me. Here’s hoping it works for you.

Comments are welcome.

~Steve