can't get gnucash to load

jasonrc at gomdoli.com jasonrc at gomdoli.com
Mon Apr 5 14:41:04 EDT 2004


Hi, I have been running gnucash for many years now. I run a debian sid
distrobution, and the otherday, after updating some packages (I'm not
sure exactly which one, but it was quite a few), gnucash stopped
working. 

I have removed the packages, downloaded the source tarballs for version
1.8.8, and compiled, but I still get the same error when I try to run. 

Here is what I get:

jasonrc at spirit:~$ gnucash
/usr/bin/guile: relocation error:
/usr/local/lib/gnucash/libgw-business-core.so.0: undefined symbol:
gncOwnerCreate
jasonrc at spirit:~$

If I try with the debug option, I see this:

jasonrc at spirit:~$ gnucash --debug
gnucash: [D] "files to open: "()
gnucash: [D] "starting up (2)."
gnucash: [D] "gnc:find-file looking for ""finance-quote-check"" in "("/usr/local/share/gnucash")
gnucash: [D] "  checking for ""/usr/local/share/gnucash/finance-quote-check"
gnucash: [D] "found file ""/usr/local/share/gnucash/finance-quote-check"
gnucash: [D] "gnc:find-file looking for ""finance-quote-helper"" in "("/usr/local/share/gnucash")
gnucash: [D] "  checking for ""/usr/local/share/gnucash/finance-quote-helper"
gnucash: [D] "found file ""/usr/local/share/gnucash/finance-quote-helper"
gnucash: [D] "loading system configuration"
gnucash: [D] "gnc:find-file looking for ""config"" in "("/usr/local/etc/gnucash")
gnucash: [D] "  checking for ""/usr/local/etc/gnucash/config"
gnucash: [D] "found file ""/usr/local/etc/gnucash/config"
gnucash: [D] "loading user configuration"
gnucash: [D] "Running functions on hook "report-hook
  #<procedure business-report-function ()>
gnucash: [D] "Running functions on hook "startup-hook
  #<procedure #f ()>
gnucash: [D] "Running functions on hook "ui-startup-hook
  #<procedure gnc:extensions-menu-setup ()>
gnucash: [D] "Running functions on hook "add-extension-hook
  #<procedure add-business-test ()>
  #<procedure add-log-replay-menu-item ()>
  #<procedure add-business-items ()>
/usr/bin/guile: relocation error: /usr/local/lib/gnucash/libgw-business-core.so.0: undefined symbol: gncOwnerCreate
jasonrc at spirit:~$


I really don't know what is breaking gnucash, but if anyone has any
suggestions, please let me know.

Thanks

jason



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