Gnu Cash 1.8.2-1 on Redhat 8.0

[Derek Atkins]

Frank,

You're __DAMN__ lucky I checked my mail this morning, since you didn't
CC the mailing list, otherwise you wouldn't have received an answer for
10 days.   PLEASE be sure to CC gnucash-user on ALL replies.

franky2 <frankyc at earthlink.net> writes:

> This system was originally a RH7 box that has been upgraded to RH8.0.
> I removed Gnucash and Gwrap and downloaded them again and reinstalled.
> All rpms were for RH8.0. Still getting the same error message.

Just to be pedantic, where did you get the gnucash and g-wrap RPMS,
and what are they named?

> Is this because RH was upgraded from 7.x to 8.0?

Yea, I would bet this is the problem.  My guess is that there is still
something that wasn't properly upgraded.

What versions of:
        guile
        Guppi

> If so what do I need to remove and re-install to make this work?
> 
> What other things should I look at.
> 
> Thank You
> 
> Frank C

-derek

> On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 15:41, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > franky2 <frankyc at earthlink.net> writes:
> > 
> > > I am sure I used the RH8 versions. It looks like it is having problems
> > > with libguile. I have attached a text file with the output of the
> > > strace.I appreciate your help very much.
> > 
> > No offense, but I don't believe you.  This confirms my suspecion:
> > 
> >     open("libguile.so.6", O_RDONLY)         = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
> > 
> > This means you're running something that was compiled on RH7.3 I
> > suspect you installed the RH7 gnucash and/or g-wrap rpms.  Again, make
> > ABSOLUTELY SURE that your rpms say "RH8".  If they don't then you're
> > using the wrong RPMs.
> > 
> > > Thank You
> > > 
> > > Frank C.
> > 
> > -derek
> > 
> > > On Fri, 2003-03-14 at 15:22, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > > > Are you sure you installed the RH8 versions of g-wrap and gnucash,
> > > > and not the RH7 versions?  Yes, it makes a difference.
> > > > 
> > > > Another thing you can try is running 'strace gnucash' and seeing what
> > > > library is failing to be found.
> > > > 
> > > > -derek
> > > > 
> > > > franky2 <frankyc at earthlink.net> writes:
> > > > 
> > > > > I recently un-installed Gnucash 1.6.6 from my system and attempted to
> > > > > install Gnu Cash 1.8.2-1. At this time my Gwrap version is 1.3.4-1,
> > > > > Guile is 1.4-8, Slib is 2d5, and Guppi is 0.40.3-9. When I try to Launch
> > > > > Gnucash from a terminal screen I get an error that states :
> > > > > 
> > > > > ERROR: In procedure dynamic-link:
> > > > > ERROR: file not found
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > When I do a "more" on the gnucash script I get :
> > > > > 
> > > > > #!/bin/sh
> > > > > PATH="/usr/local/libexec/gnucash/overrides:${PATH}"
> > > > > export PATH
> > > > > 
> > > > > exec "gnucash" "$@"
> > > > > .
> > > > > 
> > > > > So the questions are :
> > > > > 1. Is there a detailed install document somewhere that goes about
> > > > > describing how to install Gnucash through RPM's ? I have looked around
> > > > > and haven't really found anything.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 2. Can anyone give me a hand in troubleshooting and rectifying the
> > > > > problem. I am still inexperienced in using Linux but am learning a
> > > > > little more everyday, so if someone would like to help please be patient
> > > > > with me.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thank You
> > > > > 
> > > > > Frank C.
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > franky2 <frankyc at earthlink.net>
> > > > > 
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> > > franky2 <frankyc at earthlink.net>
> > > 
> -- 
> franky2 <frankyc at earthlink.net>
> 

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