libgnc-qof.so.1: cannot open shared object file

[Derek Atkins]

"Anthony Dardis" <adardis at gmail.com> writes:

>> No need to rebuild. Try this:
>> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/bin/gnucash
>>
>> If that still doesn't work, please post the output of
>> ldd /usr/local/bin/gnucash
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
>>
>
> Excellent! This worked:
>
> LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/bin/gnucash
>
> Thanks again.

If that works, run:

 find /usr -name libgnc-qof\*

I bet you'll find another copy somewhere, probably in /usr.

This is why I ALWAYS suggest you use a prefix:

  ./configure --prefix=/opt/gnucash

> My plan is (a) to play with this one until 2.4 comes out and report
> what I find, if I find anything; (b) poke around the code and think
> about trying  to generate code for some bug or enhancement, starting
> as small as  possible. I can code in c, although I'm no guru; I've
> done some Tkinter  coding in Python, so I have I think the basic idea
> of how GTK+ is supposed  to work (and I do have the tutorial). I have
> done a little work in Lisp,  and Scheme looks doable, but it would be
> a much bigger step.
>
> Cheers,
> Tony

-derek

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