Can't run gnucash - here's what I have tried...

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Thu, 25 Dec 2003 03:26, Dr. Jones wrote:
> I had some help this morning to make sure i have the right environment
> to run gnucash. Here's what we tried and what worked and what didn't work:
>
> scott:/home/scott# gnucash
> ERROR: Unbound variable: ELF�4�B4
>
> This is what I get when I try to run gnucash from a console prompt.
>
> After extensive testing using guile and making sure I have the correct
> slib libraries, et al. here's what I come up with; the problem starts
> somewhere around this:
>
> - the error happens at the line "(use-modules (gnucash main))"
> - I upgraded the main dependencies to the latest (Debian) version,
> didn't help
>
> I am running a mixed version of debian 3.0 with sarge/sid.
>
> Thanks for help with this.
>
> Scott
>
It's not clear if you are running a GUI from your description; that is an 
unspoken dependency.
I'd clear out all the already downloaded packages for gnucash and get the 
latest from unstable.
honestly, i used synaptic as front end to apt and i have 
gnucash --version
GnuCash 1.8.8
and it works perfectly.
Liz
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