[GNC-dev] building gnucash

[Kevin T]

On Thu, 2022-07-07 at 17:21 -0700, John Ralls wrote:
> > On Jul 7, 2022, at 4:34 PM, Kevin T via gnucash-devel <gnucash-devel at gnucash.org> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > yan.  yet another newbie
> > 
> > New installation of centos stream 8
> > 
> > [kt at localhost gnucash-build]$ cat /etc/redhat-release 
> > CentOS Stream release 8
> > [kt at localhost gnucash-build]$ cmake --version
> > cmake version 3.20.2
> > 
> > i had to install these packages to get to the starting point for
> > gnucash.
> > 
> > drwxrwxr-x. 13 kt kt     4096 Jul  6 14:43 gc-8.0.6
> > drwxrwxr-x. 16 kt kt     4096 Jul  5 21:27 gmp-6.2.1
> > drwxr-xr-x. 15 kt kt     4096 Jul  6 19:04 gnucash-4.11
> > drwxr-xr-x. 21 kt kt     4096 Jul  6 14:45 guile-3.0.8
> > drwxrwxr-x. 11 kt kt     4096 Jul  6 14:20 libffi-3.4.2
> > drwxrwxr-x. 10 kt kt     4096 Jul  5 21:32 libunistring-1.0
> > 
> > 
> > I had to create the /glib-2.0 dir and other sub dirs.
> > 
> > [kt at localhost gnucash-build]$ echo $SRCROOT
> > /home/kt/Sources/gnucash-4.11
> > 
> > [kt at localhost gnucash-build]$ ls $SRCROOT
> > AUTHORS         ChangeLog.2001  ChangeLog.2007  ChangeLog.2013  ChangeL
> > og.2019  CMakeLists.txt  gnucash     README
> > bindings        ChangeLog.2002  ChangeLog.2008  ChangeLog.2014  ChangeL
> > og.2020  common          HACKING     README.dependencies
> > borrowed        ChangeLog.2003  ChangeLog.2009  ChangeLog.2015  ChangeL
> > og.2021  data            libgnucash  test-templates
> > ChangeLog       ChangeLog.2004  ChangeLog.2010  ChangeLog.2016  cmake  
> >         doc             LICENSE     util
> > ChangeLog.1999  ChangeLog.2005  ChangeLog.2011  ChangeLog.2017  CMakeCa
> > che.txt  DOCUMENTERS     NEWS
> > ChangeLog.2000  ChangeLog.2006  ChangeLog.2012  ChangeLog.2018  CMakeFi
> > les      gnome           po
> > 
> > 
> > The error @ line 66, I dont know what to do with.  The equal signs
> > demarcate the output of the screen.
> > 
> > =======================================================================
> > [kt at localhost gnucash-build]$ pwd
> > /home/kt/gnucash-build
> > [kt at localhost gnucash-build]$ cmake $SRCROOT/gnucash
> > CMake Warning (dev) in CMakeLists.txt:
> >  No project() command is present.  The top-level CMakeLists.txt file
> > must
> >  contain a literal, direct call to the project() command.  Add a line
> > of
> >  code such as
> > 
> >    project(ProjectName)
> > 
> >  near the top of the file, but after cmake_minimum_required().
> > 
> >  CMake is pretending there is a "project(Project)" command on the
> > first
> >  line.
> > This warning is for project developers.  Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.
> > 
> > CMake Error at gnome/CMakeLists.txt:66 (gnc_add_swig_guile_command):
> >  Unknown CMake command "gnc_add_swig_guile_command".
> > 
> > 
> > CMake Warning (dev) in CMakeLists.txt:
> >  No cmake_minimum_required command is present.  A line of code such as
> > 
> >    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
> > 
> >  should be added at the top of the file.  The version specified may be
> > lower
> >  if you wish to support older CMake versions for this project.  For
> > more
> >  information run "cmake --help-policy CMP0000".
> > This warning is for project developers.  Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.
> > 
> > -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
> > ================================================================
> > 
> > this error line is in the file: $SRCROOT/gnucash/gnome/CMakeLists.txt
> > 
> > Untar'd and I have changed NOTHING in the source code. 
> > I have also tried the following (results from web search). Both
> > resulted in the same error. 
> > 
> > cmake $SRCROOT -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local
> > cmake $SRCROOT -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/.local
> > 
> > what is the solution to this stumbling block?
> 
> Follow the instructions more carefully: The cmake command should be `cmake $SRCROOT` not `cmake $SRCROOT/gnucash`.

The build directory is not the same as the src directory.

I tried that as well.  Same result.  The CMakeOutput.log has no errors listed.

[kt at localhost gnucash-build]$ cmake $SRCROOT
CMake Warning (dev) in CMakeLists.txt:
  No project() command is present.  The top-level CMakeLists.txt file must
  contain a literal, direct call to the project() command.  Add a line of
  code such as

    project(ProjectName)

  near the top of the file, but after cmake_minimum_required().

  CMake is pretending there is a "project(Project)" command on the first
  line.
This warning is for project developers.  Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

CMake Error at gnome/CMakeLists.txt:66 (gnc_add_swig_guile_command):
  Unknown CMake command "gnc_add_swig_guile_command".


CMake Warning (dev) in CMakeLists.txt:
  No cmake_minimum_required command is present.  A line of code such as

    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)

  should be added at the top of the file.  The version specified may be lower
  if you wish to support older CMake versions for this project.  For more
  information run "cmake --help-policy CMP0000".
This warning is for project developers.  Use -Wno-dev to suppress it.

-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
See also "/home/kt/Sources/gnucash-4.11/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
[kt at localhost gnucash-build]$ 

> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>