Missing glib/gobject when compiling

[Edward Bridges]

On Tue, Nov 7, 2017, at 10:26 AM, John Ralls wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Nov 6, 2017, at 6:27 PM, Edward Bridges
>> <ebridges at eqbridges.com> wrote:>> 
>> On Mon, Nov 6, 2017, at 08:40 PM, Edward Bridges wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017, at 10:39 PM, John Ralls wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 5, 2017, at 6:07 PM, Edward Bridges
>>>>> <ebridges at eqbridges.com> wrote:>>>>> 
>>>>> I've built libdbdpgsql.so using jhbuild build libdbi-drivers, then
>>>>> run:>>>>> 
>>>>> cp gnucash-stable/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so \
>>>>>   /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> install_name_tool -change gnucash-stable/lib/libdbi.1.dylib \
>>>>>   /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/libdbi.1.dyl-
>>>>>   ib \>>>>>   /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsq-
>>>>>   l.so>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm assuming that, then, when I start up Gnucash (v2.6.15) I would
>>>>> have>>>>> the
>>>>> option to "Save As..." to a Postgresql database option under "Data>>>>> Format"
>>>>> but it's not appearing, and am not seeing any logs under Console.>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for your quick response earlier.  Am I missing a step
>>>>> somewhere>>>>> here?
>>>> 
>>>> I think you also need the pgsql client dylib in the bundle and it
>>>> would>>>> be better to use @executable_path/../Resources/lib/libdbi.1.dylib
>>>> rather>>>> than /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents as that will allow you
>>>> to move>>>> the bundle.
>>>> 
>>>> Use `otool -L
>>>> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.s-
>>>> o` to>>>> make sure that your install_name_tool invocation did what you
>>>> want. I’m>>>> suspicious of the relative path in your install_name_tool
>>>> invocation.>>>> 
>>>> Console doesn’t catch stderr anymore and hasn’t since Lion
>>>> (10.7). You>>>> can check the trace file (`sudo find /var/private/Temp -name
>>>> gnucash.trace` to get the path) but link errors might not get into
>>>> there>>>> either, so best to run GnuCash from a Terminal session:
>>>> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash
>>>> so the stderr output goes where you can see it.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> John Ralls
>>> 
>>> Hi John --
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your help on this.  
>>> 
>>> When I run according to your instructions I get a brief error
>>> message>>> that libdbi is unable to load the driver -- and it still is not
>>> working>>> (see below).  I could not find a gnucash.trace file under /var
>>> as well.>>> 
>>> ```
>>> ~ $ /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash
>>> Application Path /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash-
>>> bin>>> 
>>> (process:4934): gnc.gui-WARNING **: [mac_set_languages()]
>>> Language list:>>> en:en_US:C
>>> (null)
>>> libdbi: Failed to load driver:
>>> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so>>> ^C
>>> 
>>> ~ $ otool -L
>>> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so>>> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so:>>>  /Users/gnucash/gnucash-stable/lib/libpq.5.dylib (compatibility
>>>  version 5.0.0, current version 5.9.0)
>>>  /Users/gnucash/gnucash-stable/lib/libdbi.1.dylib (compatibility
>>>  version 3.0.0, current version 3.0.0)
>>>  /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current
>>>  version 1252.0.0)
>>> ```
>>> 
>>> Cheers, 
>>> Ed
>> 
>> Just noticed that `otool` is reporting that `libdbdpgsql.so` under 
>> /Applications/Guncash.app is depending on `libdbi` and `libpq` 
>> that live under the `gnucash` user home directory (i.e. that
>> were built>> along with libdbdpgsql.
>> 
>> That may explain the failure to load the shared library (as
>> the user I>> ran
>> Gnucash as does not have access to the gnucash user home directory).>> 
>> However, I tried running it as root as well, and still get the same
>> error
>> message.
> 
> What does `file /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/db-
> d/libdbdpgsql.so` return?> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 

It returns:

/Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so: Mach-
O 64-bit bundle x86_64
Thanks,
Ed