gnucash on mac os x
Adrian Simmons
adrinux at ntlworld.com
Tue Oct 28 12:07:13 CST 2003
Derek's instructions with links:
Derek Atkins wrote:
> Install Mac's X11 and Development environment.
If you have panther these should be on the developer tools cd, and
you'll need the X11 sdk from the xcode cd. These are downloadable from
Apple if need be.
<http://www.apple.com/macosx/x11/download/>
The sdk link is in a small box, bottom right - make sure you have both
X11 and the X11-sdk.
> Then install fink.
<http://fink.sf.net>
Lots of documentation on the site (some of it getting a little out of
date), I always do a source install, not binary. Install Apple's X11 and
sdk, then fink itself and then the fink package system-xfree86 (fink
install system-xfree86) and that should find your Apple X11.
> Setup "fink unstable".
Fink has several categories of software, including 'unstable' - most of
the software in unstable is fine, don't be scared by the name - check
out Q4.8 on this page:
<http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-fink.php>
> Then "fink install gnucash" and wait a long
> time for all the dependencies.
Too right. Firstly there are megabytes of stuff to download, secondly it
all has to compile. Think in terms of hours...overnight...on a slow
machine possibly even more than a day.
It will soak up some disk space too.
This will only be necessary the first time though, future upgrades
usually only require some of the dependencies to be downloaded again, so
it gets quicker after the first time.
The fink-beginners mailling list archive might be helpful, and you
should join the list if you have questions about any of this:
<http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum=fink-beginners>
It really is the easiest way to go, though it might not look like it!
Adrian
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