gnucash on KDE

[Otto Müller]

rkamke@web.de schrieb:
 > Simple question: How to get started with gnucash on SuSE 8.0 running KDE?
 > I downloaded the gnucash 1.7.2 source, since apparently no pre-built
 > version is available. I got lost with all the libs needed. Is there
 > some detailed list of prerequisites (please do not send me back to
 > http://www.gnucash.org/en/required.phtml, that's much too coarse
 > grained for me) that allows me to grab all the libs needed? Or is
 > there even some "cookbook" or description? In the moment I am stuck
 > with all the libs and I am not able to run a simple ./configure.
 >
 > Thanks, Roland

Conrad Canterford schrieb:
 > ...
 > Unfortunately, the simple answer probably won't suffice, but here goes
 > anyway.
 >
 > If I remember correctly, to build from source you will need:
 > g-wrap (1.2.1 for gnucash <= 1.6.8, 1.3.2 for gnucash >= 1.7.0)
 > gtk 1.2,
 > a good chunk of the gnome 1.4 libraries (I can't be more specific, I'm
 > afraid).
 > gtkhtml,
 > Guppi
 > bonobo
 > oaf
 >
 > and ALL the -devel packages for the above.
 >
 > Install all these, run autogen.sh if that's in the source package
 > (configure if it isn't). Theres probably other stuff I've missed -
 > configure will tell you what (always check to see what config.log says
 > as the error message to the screen is not always the best).
 > Install the missing packages, and repeat the process until configure
 > finishes.
 >
 > Note that Gnucash is a Gnome app - it will run under KDE, but requires
 > the Gnome libraries.
 >
 > Conrad.

The SuSE 8.0 distribution contains the gnucash-1.6.5-104.i386.rpm
package in the xap3-series - at least the professional edition.

Otto