[linas@linas.org: Re: Gnucash on macosx]

[Derek Atkins]

Because fink is stupid.  gnucash depends on a bunch of packages, but
only uses limited features of those packages.  However, fink doesn't
know that.  So if gnucash uses A, and A used B, and B uses python.....
fink needs to bring in python.

Gnome is a bing honking mass, but it's required for gnucash.  Gnome alone
is a major fraction of the dependencies.

Even with a 30G drive, you should have plenty of space to install gnucash
and all its dependencies.

-derek

Adam Ek <adamek at mac.com> writes:

> On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 06:05 AM, Henrik Ahlgren wrote:
> 
> > Adam Ek wrote:
> >
> >> I installed gnucash on my Powermac in April. Between downloading
> >> all of the dependencies and compiling it took most of a day. Less
> >> than half an hour at the keyboard, but a lot of leaving the
> >> computer alone and waiting and then going back to check for error
> >> messages and prompts.
> >
> > It seems that many of the dependencies of gnucash package in
> > fink are more or less unnecessary. Why on earth are tcl/tk and python
> > needed, for example? I have a Mac laptop with only a slow and small
> > 30GB disk and I really don't like the idea of having to compile
> > hundreds of
> > megabytes of stuff just to get one application working :(
> >
> > And...my installation attemps are failing because of this:
> >
> >   curl -f -L -s -S -O
> > ftp://ftp.us.postgresql.org/odbc/versions/src/psqlodbc-7.2.5.tar.gz
> >   curl: (7) Connection refused
> >   ### execution of curl failed, exit code 7
> >   Downloading the file "psqlodbc-7.2.5.tar.gz" failed.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to change the url to some mirror site?
> > (Or better yet, how to fink-install gnucash without psql support
> > which I don't need or want.)
> >
> 
> I don't know why in the world there are that many dependencies. I only
> use gnucash, but my fink directory is 1.3GB.
> 
> One tip. Switch fink back to stable and try downloading most of the
> dependencies that way. Then switch back to unstable, and download
> gnucash.
> 
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