Problems running GnuCash 1.9.0 on kubuntu 5.10

[Derek Atkins]

What do you get from:

  find /usr -name gw-standard\*

Also, is the error "gw standard" or "gw-standard"?

-derek

Quoting Aaron Larson <Aaron at larsonsonline.net>:

> I did something close.
>
> make distclean
> ./configure --prefix=/tmp/gnucash
> make
> make install
>
> Same result.  If the --prefix is the likely problem, I'll have to
> rebuild my test machine with kubuntu 5.10 (its currently running
> a kubunto drapper release candiate) before I can try again.
>
>
>>>>>> "DA" == Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> DA> Can you try:
> DA>   make distclean
> DA>   ./configure
> DA>   make
> DA>   make install
>
> DA> Does that solve the problem?
>
> DA> -derek
>
> DA> Quoting Aaron Larson <Aaron at larsonsonline.net>:
>
>>>
>>> I've been a very happy user of gnucash now for several years, and with
>>> the release of 1.9.0 decided I should try to give back by being a
>>> tester, but I'm having trouble running my newly built version:
>>>
>>> I'm using Kubuntu 5.10 (pretty fresh install), and installed the 1.9
>>> source tarball, and using the package manager downloaded all the
>>> dependencies to build gnucash (this is my first attempt to build
>>> gnucash).  It went better than "nightmare" with the only interesting
>>> case being the missing g-wrap-wct.h file as described in
>>> http://blog.moria.org.uk/computers/code/g-wrap
>>>
>>> I created the file as described in that message, and 1.9 builds:
>>>
>>> ./configure --prefix=/tmp/gnucash/
>>> make
>>> make install
>>>
>>> I created a new user and ran gnucash in that user's home directory.
>>> gnucash popped up the "Cannot find default values" dialog indicating
>>> that the configuration files were not in their expected location and
>>> offered to do the setup for me.  I selected "setup" then all default
>>> options.  1.9 then died with:
>>>
>>> <unnamed port>: In procedure scm-error in expression (scm-error
>>> (quote misc-error) #f ...):
>>> <unnamed port>: no code for module (g-wrap gw standard)
>>>
>>> I've found lots of references to this sort of error, but all about
>>> building, not running.  Note that GnuCash 1.8.10 is also installed on
>>> this machine.  I can get a fresh machine without gnucash installed and
>>> rebuild if that is necessary, or provide additional details of machine
>>> configuration, etc.
>>>
>>> Like I said above, I was hoping to be helpful, so, only respond if
>>> it seems worth your while.  I can certainly wait for a packaged
>>> distro.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>
>
>
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> DA>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
> DA>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
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>
>



-- 
       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available