Building GnuCash 2.2.2 on Mac OS X without Fink or MacPorts

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Wed Jan 9 09:50:17 EST 2008


Jeshua Lacock <jeshua at OpenOSX.com> writes:

> I build my whole stack to the prefix /tmp/OpenOSX, and then at run  
> time I resolve the location the app is installed to, then create a  
> symbolic link to /tmp/OpenOSX.
>
> This "trick" allows it to be installed anywhere, and works great...

I would recommend against using /tmp; some systems auto-clean
out /tmp.  You're probably better off using /opt.

-derek

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