glib-config

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Thu Jul 3 12:22:46 CDT 2003


First...  TURN OFF HTML!!!  SEND YOUR MESSAGES AS TEXT!

You have been warned.......

However, since I'm in a good mood, I'll try to answer your
bogusly-formatted message anyways.  Enjoy!

"Andrew Stone" <exister99 at hotmail.com> writes:

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> <P>&gt; Why not install the Red Hat 9 GnuCash RPM?</P>
> <P>I have tried on several occasions to install the RPM.&nbsp; It's error messages about missing libraries are ususally less informative than those returned by a configure script, so I chose to build from source instead.</P>

Well, that was a bad idea ;)

You _WILL_ save yourself time and effort by just working through the
dependencies.  The library -> package name is usually pretty
straightforward.  Another thing you can try is to re-run the redhat-9
installer and tell it to "upgrade" your system and tell it to install
gnucash...  Then it will auto-resolve all your dependencies.

> <P>&gt;GnuCash is a gnome-1.4 application.&nbsp; You need glib-1 to build it.<BR>&gt;That means you need the "glib" and "glib-devel" packages (the glib-2<BR>&gt;packages wont work).<BR><BR>&gt;You also need the rest of gnome 1.4...</P>
> <P>Is there a tarball somewhere that I can use to install gnome 1.4?&nbsp; And what ever happened to backward compatibility?&nbsp; The configure script says I need glib &gt;= 0.99 so why won't glib-2 cut it?</P>

No, gnome is a bunch of packages that together comprise "gnome-1.4"  there
is not a single gnome-1.4 tarball.

Also, glib-2 wont cut it because it's really "glib2-2.0", and "glib2"
!= "glib".

> <P>After several months of trying&nbsp;I am more determined than ever to install gnucash simply so that someday I can say that I completed the single most chaotic and tedious installation I have ever pursued.&nbsp; Bring It!<BR><BR></P></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>Add photos to your messages with  <a href="http://g.msn.com/8HMIENUS/2749??PS=">MSN 8. </a> Get 2 months FREE*.</html>

Gee, if you think GnuCash is bad, god help you if you decide you want evolution!

Seriously... I'm 100% serious...  Install the RPM.  It will literally
save you hours of work (especially if you have the installation CDs).  Yes,
it will be somewhat tedious to find all the dependencies, but it will
still be much faster than BUILDING all the depencies....

Another benefit of going the RPM route:  upgrading later becomes MUCH easier!

-derek

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