Nothing works on Red Hat

Karl F. Larsen k5di@zianet.com
Sun, 1 Dec 2002 11:11:13 -0700 (MST)


Boyd look at my latest to this list. I got it working but not until I 
put old data into the .../cash/ directory and used File/Open to open it. 
>From that point Gnucash runs fine on Red Hat 8.


On Sat, 30 Nov 2002, Boyd Kelly wrote:

> Hey Karl,
> 
> I'm not a developer of any sorts, but I recently did a fresh install of
> Red Hat 8.0 including the Gnucash on the Red Hat CD and it worked
> perfectly!  
> 
> 
> Boyd
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl F. Larsen [mailto:k5di@zianet.com] 
> Sent: November 30, 2002 17:23
> To: Conrad Canterford
> Cc: gnucash-user@lists.gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Nothing works on Red Hat
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Conrad, at least one thing is wrong with gnucash on Red Hat 8 that I 
> cannot find a solution but you might. After removing gnucash and then 
> re-loading it the New load has data from an earlier version. If you 
> click on File you find 1. /home/karl/cash and 2. 
> /home/karl/cash/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx file. I can click on these and a 
> panel comes up saying it failed to open these. I can find no way to 
> delete them. 
> 
> I have looked around and found suppossedly all the files for gnucash in 
> the directory /etc/gnucash/ and /usr/share/gnucash/ but it can't be all 
> because I deleted both of these directories, then uninstalled gnucash 
> and and re-installed it. But the first time I bring it up they are back 
> in the same place. Changes I made in preferances stay even when I have 
> deleted the stuff.
> 
> Can you tell me where these things are stored? Is it somewhere under 
> /tmp/ or god knows where? If I can get a true new version to work with I
> 
> might get it working on Red Hat 8. 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 1 Dec 2002, Conrad Canterford wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 10:26, Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> > > I tried to load the gnucash rpm shipped with Red Hat 7.3 on Red
> > > Hat 7.3 and it will not load because there is a library missing that
> it 
> > > needs. Anyone who makes a rpm to be used with Red Hat that fails 
> > > dependancy is not trying to make a software for wide use.
> > 
> > Karl,
> > A couple of points for you to consider:
> > 1. The gnucash team don't produce the rpms that ship on the redhat 
> > CD's
> > - redhat make them. We produce the code and documentation, and test it
> > all. As an assistance to our users, we do produce rpms of new versions
> > that fix bugs when they are released, but we are only able to produce
> > binary rpms that work on systems substantially similar to our own.
> There
> > is nothing we can do about this - we do not have a great big farm of
> > machines running a whole variety of different configurations, we have
> > our own personal workstations, and we need to use these for our own
> > personal use (including further improvements to gnucash).
> > 2. Having said the above, I can assure you that the gnucash rpms in
> both
> > Redhat 7.3 and Redhat 8.0 DO work with the libraries shipped on those
> > CD-ROMs. I know the 7.3 one works because that was what I was using
> > until very recently (when an evolution upgrade broke it). If there is
> a
> > library missing, it is on the CD somewhere. If you need assistance to
> > find what package it is in, ask. Both the developers and the other
> users
> > on this list are quite happy to help.
> > 3. As I have said on this list before, please don't critisise the
> > gnucash developers for faults in package management software. We
> produce
> > gnucash. We do not work for Redhat, or any other organisation
> > responsible for shipping this software. We're volunteers. We do not
> have
> > control over everything that happens in the linux world.
> > 
> > > 	So if this was a bond I would rate gnucash a "junk bond". I will
> > > keep my red Hat 7.2 around just to use gnucash that runs well in
> that 
> > > version. 
> > 
> > Or alternatively, you can consider what I have said above, and rather 
> > than slagging off at some hard working innocents you could approach 
> > this list with a positive request for help.
> > 
> > Conrad
> > One of the Gnucash developers.
> > 
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> 
> 

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