Errors compiling Gnucash for Mac OSX
Howard Kim
howardk at mail.com
Fri Jul 9 12:11:04 EDT 2004
Tristan,
You probably do need 10.3. If I remember correctly, 10.2 has a beta
or such of X11 and 10.3 has version 1.0. I guess you have to make sure
X11 is running first.
Howard
On Jul 8, 2004, at 8:44 PM, Tristan Chase wrote:
> Howard,
>
> I tried this shell script, but could not get it to open when I
> double-clicked on it. I'm running OS 10.2.6. Should this work for me
> or does it only work in 10.3?
>
> -Tristan Chase
>
> On Tuesday, Jul 6, 2004, at 17:39 America/New_York, Howard Kim wrote:
>
>> Robyn,
>>
>> To make these even easier, make a small shell script to launch via
>> Finder.
>>
>> 1. Make a text file with .x11app as the extension (e.g.,
>> gnucash.x11app)
>> 2. In the file:
>> #!/bin/sh
>>
>> /sw/bin/gnucash
>> 3. Save the file and give it execute permission (chmod u+x
>> gnucash.x11app)
>>
>> Now you can assign it an icon (the regular mac way) and
>> double-click it to launch gnucash. Apple X11 is also smart enough to
>> launch X11 if it isn't already open.
>>
>> Howard
>>
>> On Jul 6, 2004, at 12:51 PM, Robyn Phillips wrote:
>>
>>> on 6/7/04 7:49, Neil Williams wrote:
>>>> To start Gnucash, find Applications/Utilities and start X11,
>>>> then /sw/bin/gnucash in the xterm. I've set /sw/bin in my path
>>>> using bash and
>>>> set gnucash in the X11 applications list, so it's available from
>>>> the X11
>>>> menu.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Neil - you are great. Thank you for helping me. Typing
>>> /sw/bin/gnucash in
>>> X11 started it up and now, as a Quicken user, I just need to learn
>>> new
>>> things.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>> Can anyone provide me with instructions on how I can get gnucash
>>>>> to work on
>>>>> my Mac? I do have some programming knowledge, but I am a few years
>>>>> out of
>>>>> practice.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> sudo fink selfupdate
>>>> sudo fink install gnucash
>>>> (wait . . . . )
>>>>
>>>> /sw/bin/gnucash
>>>>
>>>
>>> The one thing I am confused about, is that that the readme files for
>>> Gnucash
>>> gave me the impression I had to compile gnucash. But I haven't done
>>> this
>>> (due to some errors). Have I misunderstood something?
>>>
>>>
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