scheme and/or slib?

James LewisMoss jimdres@mindspring.com
16 Mar 2001 00:03:24 -0500


>>>>> On Thu, 15 Mar 2001 18:06:06 -0800, Chris Mansfield <chrism@dontmindme.net> said:

 Chris> I would really like to try out gnucash, but I am really
 Chris> confused about something.  Do I need to install scheme AND
 Chris> slib?  Or is scheme only required if I want to write scripts?

 Chris> Also, I know this may not be the correct forum for this, but
 Chris> I'm hoping someone can help me...  I downloaded slib, but I am
 Chris> at a loss as far as installing it.  There are instructions for
 Chris> different systems, but I'm not sure which ones to do.  Can
 Chris> anyone give me some simple instructions for how to install
 Chris> slib on Linux?  I'm using Slackware 7.1 on a 486 with Linux
 Chris> kernel version 2.2.16.

You'll need guile whether you'll write scripts or not.  Parts of the
system (reports, qif import and the main loop) are written using
scheme (of the guile dialect).

slib (at least on a debian system) is installed in /usr/share/slib
with a link from /usr/share/guile/1.4/slib to this directory.  You
then must run guile -c "(use-modules (ice-9 slib)) (require 'new
catalog)" to generate the file that lets guile interface with slib.

Hope this helps
Jim

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