building gda-dev2 on windows XP Pro SP2

[Nathan Buchanan]

Read:
https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2007-December/021884.html

I would note that I didn't do anything beyond getting sqlite building on
windows, so you're restricted to sqlite on windows for the moment. Of
course, you could set it up to build with support for another db.

Thanks for noticing the missing line in dist.sh. seems I missed that.

Nathan

On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:10 PM, <karimb at comcast.net> wrote:

> Ok, I can now  build the gda-dev2 branch on my system.  Thanks for the
> help on that.
>
> I then ran the dist.sh script to build the setup.exe, I had to add the
> following to the prepare function:
>
>    _LIBGDA_UDIR=`unix_path $LIBGDA_DIR`
>
> to get dist.sh to run.
>
> I installed the setup.exe and gnucash runs but I'm not sure how to get it
> to use a GDA connection.  I don't even know how to configure a gda
> connection.
>
> Is there documentation somewhere about setting this up?  I'd like to run
> with mySQL but I'd work with sqllite if that's easier to setup.
>
> Thanks,
> karim b
>
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Nathan Buchanan" <nbinont at gmail.com>
> > On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Karim B <karimb at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Derek Atkins wrote:
> > > > Try checking out the gda-dev2 branch in the "appropriate place"
> > > > manually.
> > > >
> > > > -derek
> > > >
> > > > Quoting Karim Bahai <karimb at comcast.net>:
> > > >
> > > >> Hi all,
> > > >> I can successfully build gnucash using the install.sh script file
> on my
> > > >> XP system.  Now I want to try building the gda-dev2 branch as well.
> > > >>
> > > >> I grabbed everything from the packaging/win32 directory in the
> gda-dev2
> > > >> branch, and placed it in the c:\soft\packaging directory.  When I
> run
> > > >> the install.sh script from an msys window it goes off and churns
> for a
> > > >> while, I see it building the libgda piece but it looks like it's
> still
> > > >> building gnucash from the main trunk instead of the gda-dev2
> branch.
> > > >>
> > > >> Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?  Thanks.
> > > >> Karim B.
> > > >>
> > > >> _______________________________________________
> > > >> gnucash-devel mailing list
> > > >> gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
> > > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > What is the appropriate place?  I went into the c:/soft/gnucash/repos
> > > directory and did an svn switch to the gda-dev2 branch but a checkout
> > > then created a c:/soft/gnucash/repos/gda-dev2 directory were it
> dropped
> > > the gda-dev2 files.  Is that where they should go?
> >
> >
> > The default is to check out http://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/trunk/to
> > c:/soft/gnucash/repos
> >
> > You will need to checkout (or switch) c:/soft/gnucash/repos to have a
> > checkout of http://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/branches/gda-dev2
> >
> > This can be done manually or you can remove c:/soft/gnucash/* , add
> > REPOS_URL="http://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/branches/gda-dev2" to
> your
> > custom.sh and re-run install.sh
> >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Karim B
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > gnucash-devel mailing list
> > > gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
> > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> > "Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit
> > there" - Will Rogers
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Nathan Buchanan" <nbinont at gmail.com>
> To: "Karim B" <karimb at comcast.net>
> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 06:40:11 +0000
> Subject: Re: building gda-dev2 on windows XP Pro SP2
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:23 PM, Karim B <karimb at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Derek Atkins wrote:
> > > Try checking out the gda-dev2 branch in the "appropriate place"
> > > manually.
> > >
> > > -derek
> > >
> > > Quoting Karim Bahai <karimb at comcast.net>:
> > >
> > >> Hi all,
> > >> I can successfully build gnucash using the install.sh script file on
> > my
> > >> XP system.  Now I want to try building the gda-dev2 branch as well.
> > >>
> > >> I grabbed everything from the packaging/win32 directory in the
> > gda-dev2
> > >> branch, and placed it in the c:\soft\packaging directory.  When I run
> > >> the install.sh script from an msys window it goes off and churns for
> > a
> > >> while, I see it building the libgda piece but it looks like it's
> > still
> > >> building gnucash from the main trunk instead of the gda-dev2 branch.
> > >>
> > >> Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?  Thanks.
> > >> Karim B.
> > >>
> > >> _______________________________________________
> > >> gnucash-devel mailing list
> > >> gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
> > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > What is the appropriate place?  I went into the c:/soft/gnucash/repos
> > directory and did an svn switch to the gda-dev2 branch but a checkout
> > then created a c:/soft/gnucash/repos/gda-dev2 directory were it dropped
> > the gda-dev2 files.  Is that where they should go?
>
>
> The default is to check out http://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/trunk/ to
> c:/soft/gnucash/repos
>
> You will need to checkout (or switch) c:/soft/gnucash/repos to have a
> checkout of http://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/branches/gda-dev2
>
> This can be done manually or you can remove c:/soft/gnucash/* , add
> REPOS_URL="http://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/branches/gda-dev2" to your
> custom.sh and re-run install.sh
>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Karim B
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > gnucash-devel mailing list
> > gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
> > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
> >
>
>
>
> --
> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> "Even if you are on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit
> there" - Will Rogers
>
>


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