Installing Python Bindings

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"..." <offonoffoffonoff at gmail.com> writes:

> (oops, hit the wrong reply button)
>
>>> Looks like there is still activity with python bindings.  I wasn't sure
>>> because the website (http://parit.ca/projects/pythongnucash/) hasn't been
>>> updates since 2008, and install instructions refer to gnucash 2.0.4 (I am
>>> running gnucash 2.2.6)
>
>>That's because it's been integrated into the gnucash sources.
> [snip]
>>There is no gnucash/Group.h anymore -- probably using older bindings?
>
> I was thinking something like this would be the case.  I am probably
> trying to install the bindings from 2008.  Is there a stable release,
> or at least a more uptodate one?  If find that source, it will
> probably have more uptodate install instructions with it (for
> instance, installing glib-dev was not mentioned in the directions I
> have).
>
> It would be very good to update
> (http://parit.ca/projects/pythongnucash/) because it came up first in
> google for several search attempts, and other search results mostly link
> to it.  If I hadn't decided to try to use
> code that was probably abandoned, I would not have known this project
> is still alive.
>
>>You're probably better off pulling down 2.3.x and building from there.
>
> I have other another project that relies on python 2.6,  If necessary,
> I guess I'll have to figure out how to have two different versions
> installed.

Sorry, I meant *gnucash* 2.3.x, not *python* 2.3.x.

> thanks

-derek

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