installing on OSX

[Tristan Chase]

Dear Victor,

Which version of OS X do you have?

If you have 10.2.x you need GnuCash 1.8.7. If you have 10.3 you can use 
GnuCash 1.8.8. I have complied and installed 1.8.7 on my machine. It 
took me a week of tinkering (mostly because I didn't know what I was 
doing) to get it to compile.

Here's how to save a huge amount of time: Once you get Fink Commander 
up and running, tell it to install gnucash. When it gives you a list of 
packages it needs, copy that list and quit the installation. Then, 
using that list, search Fink Commander for binary versions of as many 
packages as you can get and install them. The problem I had was I tried 
to compile all the packages (117 of them!) I needed. Also, in the 
beginning you will be asked to choose some packages that satisfy 
virtual dependencies. This got me into trouble because it replaced my 
version of ghostscript, upon which my printer depends. As I recall, I 
had some trouble with TeTex dependencies, as well.

After you install the binaries, install (compile) the remaining 
packages. Finally, install gnucash. I have a theory that if you do it 
this way, you will spend a lot less time getting it all to work. It's 
just a theory...

Good Luck,

Tristan

On Saturday, Apr 3, 2004, at 09:00 America/New_York, Victor van 
Reijswoud wrote:

> Dear Tristan,
>
> Thank you fir the help. I will have to download Fink commander first.
> Also, can you tell me what version of GNUCash I should download? When 
> going to site I see several.
> Since I am working in Africa, where internet connections are really 
> bad, I prefer to download the right version immediately.
>
> I think I will get back to you in the course of the week for more 
> advise.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Victor
>
> Prof. Victor van Reijswoud (PhD)
> Uganda Martyrs University - Nkozi
> PO Box 5498 Kampala - UGANDA
> Phone: +256 77 908490
> On Apr 3, 2004, at 4:14, Tristan Chase wrote:
>
>>
>> On Monday, Mar 29, 2004, at 09:55 America/New_York, Victor van 
>> Reijswoud wrote:
>>
>>> I may have not looked well enough, but I cannot find the 
>>> installation procedure for GNUCash on OSX. Can someone help me with 
>>> a HOWTO to do this?
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Victor
>>
>> I have gone through the process of installing GnuCash on OS X and can 
>> point you in the right direction. First, some questions:
>>
>> Do you have the following installed:
>>
>> 1. X11
>> 2. fink
>> 3. gcc or compiler of your choice
>>
>> If you already have fink, I would highly recommend getting Fink 
>> Commander (http://finkcommander.sourceforge.net/).
>>
>> If you have all of the above, you are ready for the next step, which 
>> is installing the packages.
>>
>> If you do not have the above, you will need them to compile, install 
>> and run GnuCash. I found that fink itself took about 1GB of disk 
>> space. You may need another 1GB for the packages required by the 
>> program (I found out the hard way by exceeding the capacity of  my 
>> little 10GB hard drive).
>>
>> If you need help with any of these steps, just ask. I have done all 
>> of these things myself with little experience.
>>
>> -Tristan Chase
>>