Recommendations on managing inventory

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

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More inline...

Quoting Shocky <shocky1 at users.sourceforge.net>:

> On Friday 09 February 2007 12:00, you wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> First, no, GnuCash doesn't have an Inventory system
>> Second, you probably don't need Scheme; most of GnuCash is in C
>>      (and we're trying to reduce the dependence on Scheme)
>> Third, if you wanted to work on something like this then I
>>      would recommend you build from SVN Trunk.
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> Shocky <shocky1 at users.sourceforge.net> writes:
>> > I need a simple FIFO perpetual inventory system for a home-based
>> > business.
> ...
>
> Okay, thanks for the input. I have gone as far as building from trunk, though
> I haven't tried installing yet (see below).
>
> I never liked C and have mostly avoided it, but I guess I always knew that
> getting involved in free software would mean biting that particular bullet
> (and hoping it doesn't blow my head off 8^).
>
> On the installation issue, so far to do custom apps, being on an rpm-based
> distro, I've used checkinstall to create rpms that I can install the regular
> way. This is least disruptive to my system, but not conducive to rapid
> development. Any advice here? Should I configure it with my home directory as
> the prefix and "make install" my own local version? Is that likely to work,
> with shared libraries and such? Do you know of any "general intro to free
> software development for reformed proprietary developers" type of material?
>
> Any general advice to get started? I'm guessing I'll have to get more 
> familiar
> with the autoconf tools, beyond running the standard commands.
>
> Any pointers appreciated (but I already know to rtfm and google 8^).

RTFM.
README
README.svn
The Gnucash.org website.
The Wiki...

Quickly:
  pull from SVN
  ./autogen.sh
  ./configure ... --prefix=/opt/gnucash
  make
  make install

> Shocky

-derek

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