upgrade question

[Derek Atkins]

"Charles M. Gajan" <charlesgajan at earthlink.net> writes:

> I have been following the posts concerning RH 9 and version
> gnucash-1.8.2.  My question is that I had been running
> gnucash-1.8.2-1.RH7.3 on RH 7.3 and then upgraded to RH 9.  GnuCash did
> not start, so I checked to see if it was still installed:

Gnucash must be compiled for your specific release of Red Hat.
GnuCash compiled for RH7.3 will not work on RH8 or RH9.

[snip]
> Can I create a link to one?  If so might anyone know which one? Am I
> anywhere close to the problem?

No.  You need to upgrade to gnucash specifically compiled for RH9.

> Otherwise, should I uninstall the three rpms that I upgraded with on RH
> 7.3 and install the package gnucash-1.8.2-0.9.i386.rpm I downloaded Bill
> Nottingham's link?

Yes, this is what you should do.  Indeed, this is what you HAVE to do.

> Any help will be most appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Chas 

-derek

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