does gnucash really install?!?!!?!

[Jake Knobloch]

I can't find any info on resolving library mismatches.  Should I even try?  
It looks like there is basically no way to find what is causing the error.  
What distro is gnucash known to work with?  I'm ready to try something 
besides slack or redhat if that's what I have to do.  What are ya'll running 
it on?

On Monday 24 February 2003 19:22, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Well, this error seems to imply a library mismatch...  Like perhaps
> you have multiple versions of some library installed into different
> locations (like /usr and /usr/local).
>
> -derek
>
> Jake Knobloch <jake at uptimecomputing.com> writes:
> > I do have source for guile 1.6.2 and 1.6.3, I think I remember not
> > getting 1.6.3 to compile but i did get 1.6.2 to go.  I didn't d/l any
> > binaries.  What can I try next?
> >
> > On Monday 24 February 2003 19:00, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > > Jake Knobloch <jake at uptimecomputing.com> writes:
> > > > Ok, I've had a nap and I'm not so cranky now.  I am really hoping I
> > > > can get this thing to work.  I am using gnome-core-1.4.0.4 with my
> > > > slackware 8.0 install.  When I type 'gnucash' I get:
> > > >
> > > > knobby at housebox:/$ gnucash
> > > > ERROR: In procedure dynamic-link:
> > > > ERROR: file: "libgw-gnc", message: "/usr/lib/libguile.so.9: undefined
> > > > symbol: qt_error"
> > > >
> > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> > >
> > > Did you perhaps change the version of guile mid-stream?  Or did
> > > you download a binary package of, say, gnucash or guppi?
> > >
> > > -derek
> > >
> > > > On Monday 24 February 2003 18:00, Matthew Vanecek wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 16:27, Jake Knobloch wrote:
> > > > > > Only libxml2.  I just dug around and found and old libxml 1.8 and
> > > > > > finally got the thing to compile.  Thanks for the suggestion. 
> > > > > > Now I get some *(%#&%# error when I try to run the thing.  I
> > > > > > would post the error, but by now I am so fed up with gnucash that
> > > > > > I have decided to cut my losses and try to forget that I ever
> > > > > > heard about it in the first place : ).
> > > > >
> > > > > You should realize that Gnucash is a GNOME 1.4 app, not a GNOME 2.0
> > > > > app.  If you have a pure GNOME 2.0 desktop, then Gnucash will not
> > > > > work, most likely.  This is documented in the README:
> > > > >
> > > > > ############
> > > > > Dependencies
> > > > > ------------
> > > > >
> > > > > The following packages are required to be installed to run GnuCash:
> > > > >
> > > > >   Gnome 1.4: see www.gnome.org for more information.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > There is currently 1 person working on the GNOME 2.0 port efforts.
> > > > > You're welcome to join, or at least try to get it working on a pure
> > > > > GNOME 2.0 system.  Your efforts and experiences would be
> > > > > well-received and appreciated.
> > > > >
> > > > > Whatever your decision, good luck.
> > > >
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