gnucash-user Digest, Vol 20, Issue 26

[Oliver D. Iberien]

On Wednesday 24 November 2004 09:01, gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org wrote:

> I'm a wannabee gnucash user but I am stymied during the installation by the
> 20 or so dependencies that I am apparently missing.  I have recently
> installed RH Desktop 3.95 from downloaded cd's.  Can someone help me get
> past this obstacle?  I've used RH for some time but am not very experienced
> (as you can see) at installing applications.

First, install from the RPM. A lot of RPM websites have it.

The alternative:

It took about eight hours of my life to compile/install this. The trick is to 
look at the install error log that is created in the directory for clues as 
to what is missing. Run compile and then check the errors. Usually, but not 
always, it's development libraries. If it's missing l***, then the *** is the 
string which gives away the name of the relevant development library. You 
then either have to look to RedHat or to the various providers of RPMs or 
source on the web to fill in.  Do this over and over.

If the log tells you if it can't find a reference to a lib file where it 
expected to find one and you know you installed one, you have to create a 
symbolic link, and or/edit the file where it expected to find the reference. 
Something -- guile or g-wrap, I think -- needed a totally unexpected symlink 
that that the log said nothing about. 

Sometimes GnuCash relies on older version of the dependencies. There is a good 
example of this which totally escapes me at the moment. However, If you 
search the archives of gnu-cash user, you will discover many of the answers 
to the question, "What's missing now?" 

Also, you need to set up CPAN, which automatically installs your perl modules 
for the online quotes etc., but which has a few dependencies of its own.

Installing this was educational for a perennial newbie like myself, but unless 
you have nothing else to do this weekend, I suggest you install the RPM. Even 
the GnuCash website refers to this process as a "nightmare."

Oliver