To use sword, you need to have bible, commentary and/or lexicon modules. You can install those from the crosswire website in two ways. If you live in a persecuted country however and do not wish to risk detection, you should *not* try this. 1. Use installmgr (doesn't work when port is built WITHOUT_CURL). E.g.: # installmgr -init # installmgr -r crosswire # installmgr -ri crosswire ASV See `installmgr --help` for details. 2. Download raw zip-archives from http://www.crosswire.org/sword/modules/ and unpack them in %%PREFIX%%/share/sword. You probabely want to install a bible-application that uses sword, like bibletime or gnomesword.