Gnucash on SuSE9.3 (gal)

[Des Dougan]

On Sat, 2005-11-12 at 13:31 +0100, Michael wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> i can't compile gnucash 1.8.12 on SuSE 9.3. When I run configure, it 
> stops with:
> 
> checking for libglade... yes
> checking for main in -lgal... no
> configure: error: gal library not found. See the README and config.log 
> for more info.
> 
> gal and gal-devel are installed from SuSE 9.3:
> 
> # rpm -qa | grep gal
> gal-0.24-218
> gal-devel-0.24-218
> #
> 
> a part of config.log:
> configure:23010: checking for main in -lgal
> configure:23034: gcc -o conftest -g -O2   conftest.c -lgal -rdynamic 
> -L/opt/gnome/lib -L/usr/X11R6/lib -L/usr/lib -lgal -lgnomeprint 
> -lfreetype -lglade-gnome -lglade -lxml -lz -lgnomeui -lart_lgpl 
> -lgdk_imlib -lSM -lICE -lgnome -lgnomesupport -lesd -lasound -laudiofile 
> -ldb1 -lgdk_pixbuf -lgtk -lgdk -lgmodule -lglib -ldl -lXi -lXext -lX11 
> -lm -lgnomecanvaspixbuf -lpopt -lm  -lm >&5
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-suse-linux/3.3.5/../../../../i586-suse-linux/bin/ld: 
> cannot find -lesd
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> configure:23040: $? = 1
> 
> 
> #uname -a
> Linux mn 2.6.11.4-21.9-default #1 Fri Aug 19 11:58:59 UTC 2005 i686 i686 
> i386 GNU/Linux
> 
> Any ideas / advice???
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Michael

There is a thread from several months ago (July 29/30) which identifies
the various packages required to compile GnuCash on SuSE 9.3. You may
find you need packages other than esound.

Des
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