Re[2]: Nothing works on Red Hat

[vitaliy rybalka]

Hi Jim, hello all,

I have a feature suggestion to improve *Ease Of Installation* of
GnuCash. I, as a man of limited time resources, am eager to donate
and advocate donating small amounts of money (via PayPal) to certain projects which
save people time.

Here I have three projects in mind:
1. http://www.a-a-p.org/features.html     A-A-P as a meta package manager
(alpha stage, author == Bram Moolenaar of VIM fame)

2. GnuCash as finance manager.

3. http://www.lycoris.com/    Lycoris as an easy to install & use Desktop Linux Distribution
(release stage, uses RPM package manager, but is based on Caldera.
 It's KDE only, so I faced the same situation as Jim Philips.

Who can write a GnuCash AAP Recipe ? I offer (as little as) EUR 40 for these requirements :
1. Works off GnuCash CVS Server, thus makes possible enabling HBCI support
2. Knows where to get existing RPMs of *ALL* projects GnuCash depends upon.
(CVS can be used directly from AAP Recipe code. RPM is no problem either.)
3. Installs upon latest stable Lycoris Distribution.

People, let's donate money and/or implement, it is the Right Thing (c)!
I'm not sure if there's a PayPal account for GnuCash, but why not?!


With respect and best regards to GnuCash community,
Vitaliy Rybalka
OSS Software GmbH
http://www.oss.de


>First of all, I should say that I have a CVS version of GnuCash working on my
>system. So, I don't need any help in getting it all to work. But I think
>Karl's problems should not be ignored over the long run. I don't normally run
>a Gnome desktop, so I had to install about 60 megs of new software to make
>GnuCash work. Even though I'm not a Gnome user, I had to install just about
>every supporting library that Gnome requires. It's just stating the obvious
>to say that Gnome isn't the only desktop out there. But GnuCash is the only
>serious contender for an open source replacement for Quicken. So, KDE users
>have to go to extraordinary lengths to make it work. Let me make  a crazy
>proposal. It would be a wonderful thing if the GnuCash developers
>collaborated with KDE developers to make a more unversal GnuCash. For Linux
>to make gains on the desktop, it desparately needs to offer quality programs
>in each category where users demand them. There needs to be a personal
>financial manager for all Linux users. And I think you have built a great
>program, but users who don't want to use Gnome aren't likely to ever go to
>the trouble to install it. Linux does not equal RedHat and the Linux desktop
>does not equal Gnome. I know these are thoughts for the long run. But
>somebody who buys SuSE and runs KDE ought to be able to run GnuCash without
>devoting an entire week to making it all work.  Can we all get along?
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