Upgrading to 1.8.5

[Bill Wisse]

On Saturday 06 September 2003 19:12, Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 03:19 pm, Elizabeth Dodd wrote:
> > On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 05:28 am, William L Zitterich wrote:
> > > Thanks for quick reply ; however the problem remains.
> > >
> > > Surely many others have made this combination (mdk 9.1 & gc 1.8.5)
> > > work. Suggestions, please.
> >
> > Install from source.
> > Liz
>
> This flippant reply earned me several private mails; that doesn't worry me,
> but I found it the only way to get around the dependency mess with Mandrake
> 9.1.
> I had tried the tricks of rpm, including --force, but rpm didn't
> co-operate.
>
> download  gnucash-1.8.5.tar.gz
> into a temporary directory
> open a terminal
> change to that directory
> "tar zxvf gnucash-1.8.5.tar.gz"
> change to gnucash-1.8.5 directory
> "./configure"
> (lots happens)
> "make"
> (a lot, lot more happens)
> "su"
> put in your root password
> "make install"
> gnucash is now ready to go in /usr/local/bin
>
> this is of course from memory; and might contain an error
> the bits in quotes are typed at the command line without the quotes
> anyone who can't change directories etc can email me privately
> liz

Hi Liz
Great memory you have!
Just want to add that personally I like to use "checkinstall" instead of "make 
install".
A lot easier when your system is setup with RPM's.

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