Pb in installing gnucash

[Derek Atkins]

David,

I think it's about time to make "gnucash" be gnucash 2.x -- if you want
to keep the old package around rename it 'gnucash1'.  Too many users
are being confused, and frankly gnucash 1.8 is many many years old now
and really shouldn't be used..  We've already had 2.0, 2.2, and we're
almost to 2.4....

Gnucash 1.x is dead.  Long live GnuCash 2.

-derek

Quoting David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net>:

> You should be installing the package fink calls 'gnucash2' instead of 
>  gnucash. It would probably be a good idea to run Selfupdate first.  
> (Source>Run in Terminal>Selfupdate in fink commander or 'fink  
> selfupdate' in a terminal window).
>
> Dave
> On Jun 2, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Xavier LAROSE wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have followed the procedure below :
>> But when I launch gnucash with X11 I have the error contained in the 
>>  joined capture and there is no explicit message.
>>
>> Is there an alternative way to instal gnucash ?
>> Thank you four your help
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Xavier LAROSE
>>
>> What to Do
>>
>> When first start up fink commander go to preferances. in the fink  
>> tab you will see..
>> use unstable packages
>> make sure this is checked, then click apply, then ok by doing this,  
>> you will get a much broader list of apps avalible.
>>
>> From the source menu select selfupdate-cvs this action will let fink 
>>  commander update the list packages availible for you to download  
>> (you need to be connected to the internet fro this to work). once  
>> that's done select update-all to update parts of the fink  
>> installation (the fink database is updated daily).
>> Once thats done quit fink commander, and open the application called 
>>  terminal found in the ultilites folder. a terminal window will 
>> open,  now type in this command
>> sudo apt-get update
>> it should ask you for your log in password. if you haven't set one  
>> up hit return. once done type this command...
>> sudo apt-get upgrade gnucash
>> now reopen
>> At first glance, the main window of Fink Commander look's alot like  
>> iTunes. once complete, in the top right hand corner type in gnucash  
>> to get a smaller list of files that relate to gnucash. you will now  
>> see gnucash listed. Highlight gnucash in the window, now go to  
>> Binary menu and select install. you will now be prompted for your  
>> user account password. follow the instructions to install gnucash.  
>> From this point you will be told what it will install onto your  
>> system.
>>
>>
>>
>> "This process does require you to be connected to the internet for a 
>>  while, if you have broadband it should take about 30mins. I did it  
>> on a dial up account, spread over 2 days, at my leisure".
>>
>> Some of these dependencies are small while others are are quite big. 
>>  Fortunatley you can resume your gnucash installation at anytime!, 
>> if  you still use dial up this is a great feature. if you do have to 
>>  terminate the installation to resume later, just highlight gnucash  
>> again and go to the Binary menu to continue. When it get's to the  
>> file that was stopped midway, it will know and then ask you if this  
>> is an incomplete download, just tell fink to resume. it will pick up 
>>  were it left off.
>>
>> This process does require you to be connected to the internet for a  
>> while, if you have broadband it should take about 30mins. I did it  
>> on a dial up account, spread over 2 days, at my leisure. When fink  
>> commander has installed everything it needs, the final thing it will 
>>  do is start to compile and build the application. this process does 
>>  not require you to be on the internet the compile and build process 
>>  will take about and hour and a half.
>>
>> Time to have some dinner.......
>>
>> Finally once that is done, start up Apple's X11 application, found  
>> in your main applications folder now you will see a window called  
>> xterm just type in at the prompt:
>>
>> /sw/bin/gnucash
>>
>> (this is how you launch x11 app's) That's it!!! you will now be  
>> greeted by a Gnucash window as it start's up, followed by a accounts 
>>  register window create a new account and follow gnucash's druid to  
>> set up a typical account. Enjoy!!!! Note: www.gnucash.org has links  
>> to help manuals which will help you get the software set up quickly.
>>
>> Update: I have written a very cool app to save you having summon  
>> gnucash by typing it's name into the xterm window of X11 download it 
>>  out Here!!
>>
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