Building gnucash-1.9 from svn on OS X

[Kevin Broderick]

On 12 May 2006, at 6:20 AM, Adrian Simmons wrote:

> Kevin Broderick wrote:
>> I've got it working and I added a wiki page detailing how I did it  
>> <http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/MacOSXInstallation>.
> Thanks for taking the time to write this up Kevin, I've been  
> wanting to try myself but didn't feel I had the time to figure out  
> all the hoops.

Oh, trust me, I didn't figure out most of them.  I just knew who to ask.

> A few questions though. Are you swapping back and forth between 1.8  
> and 1.9 or just sticking with 1.9?

I'm sticking with 1.9.

> What strategies can I use to move back and forth between the two  
> versions - the data files I can handle (make backups, specify a  
> separate version when launching gnucash etc), it's gnucash that  
> worries me.

Actually, I just tried re-installing 1.8.11 via fink and was able to  
start both of them up concurrently.  One big caveat here: I do *not*,  
repeat *not* have gnucash-1.9 installed in my PATH.  I have it  
installed in a subdir of my home directory (configured with -- 
prefix=~/usr, note the tilde) and specify the full path (~/usr/bin/ 
gnucash ) when starting it up.  My understanding is that having  
gnucash-1.9 and -1.8 both in the PATH could cause Unhappiness.

Also, remember that data files saved with 1.9 are not compatible with  
1.8.  You can only go one way.

> Once 1.9 is compiled and installed in /usr/local can I fink  
> reinstall gnucash 1.8 and just launch them from their respective  
> locations?

So it would appear.  Note, however, that I have not thoroughly tested  
the install with both present and others have noted problems having  
both installed concurrently (David Reiser was actually swapping  
between two separate fink trees, I believe).

If I can answer any other questions, please let me know.  I'm glad to  
help if I can.

Kevin T. Broderick
gnucash at kevinbroderick.com