trying to install GnuCash 2.0.0 on a Mac Intel/OSX, (Tiger)

[Jed Diem]

Dave,  I'm pretty sure that there was no version of libgsf installed 
before the 2.0.2 problems started.   I still don't understand why 2.0.1 
was fine without goffice, but 2.0.2 needs it.  Que sera sera.

I agree that goffice should be libgoffice.  I say that because there is 
no application on the machine named  goffice  even though the goffice 
package is installed.   If you need votes for a name change, count me in.

I will leave gnucash 2.0.2 and the goffice as they are and wait for "the 
dust to settle."

Thanks for your help.

--jed



Dave Reiser wrote:
> Jed,
>
> It's good to hear gnucash is working.
>
> I've been thinking about this a bit more. Unfortunately, that package 
> really ought to be named libgoffice instead of goffice. Rats. For now, 
> don't mess with what works. When the dust settles in fink, remove 
> goffice and install the properly named version of the library and 
> recompile gnucash (again using the info file that finally makes it 
> into unstable) so that in the future upgrades will be smooth.
>
> Did you have a version of libgsf installed in fink before your 
> problems started?
>
> Dave
>
> Jed Diem wrote:
>> Dave,
>>
>> Installing goffice as you suggested and recompiling gnucash 2.0.2 
>> worked.
>>
>> I got the goffice.info and goffice.patch  from
>>> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=414256&aid=1592732&group_id=17203 
>>>
>>
>> They are for goffice_2.0.2-4.
>> "fink install goffice" had a  difficult time finding  
>> goffice_2.0.2-4.   I had to keep trying other mirrors.   Option 5 (I 
>> forget what it is) in the fink alternative mirror list  finally worked.
>>
>> Should I look around for goffice_0.3.x, install it and recompile 
>> gnucash 2.0.2?  Having been successful with 0.2.x,  I'm inclined not to.
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --jed
>>
>>
>>
>> David Reiser wrote:
>>> Jed,
>>>
>>> Most of it was in the tracker items where shugboabby submitted 
>>> candidate .info files for both gnucash and goffice.
>>>
>>> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1592732&group_id=17203&atid=414256 
>>>
>>>
>>> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1593508&group_id=17203&atid=414256 
>>>
>>>
>>> They won't make it as-is for general use, but they might work for 
>>> you. By Friday night I should have time to make the goffice one 
>>> closer to policy. (I finally had an info file pass on the first 
>>> round. Yippeeee. Aqbanking might be live as early as tomorrow...)
>>>
>>> I do recommend using the fink local/main branch for goffice. That 
>>> way you can use fink to install and/or clean up.
>>>
>>> See http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/users-guide/conf.php?phpLang=en
>>>
>>> for information about fink.conf
>>>
>>> Put the goffice.info and goffice.patch files in 
>>> /sw/fink/10.4/local/main/finkinfo/ and then just 'fink install 
>>> goffice'.
>>>
>>> shug's dependencies are overly lean, but there's a good chance you 
>>> have the others in place already.
>>>
>>> If you try this before Friday, let me know. I must go write a 
>>> response to accreditation findings (yech). I won't have much time 
>>> until Friday night.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>> On Nov 15, 2006, at 8:31 PM, Jed Diem wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dave,   Could you provide a pointer to the fink list post on 2.0.2 
>>>> and goffice.   I can't find it.   Or if you can tell me where to 
>>>> install goffice  (I have gnucash 2.0.2 installed in  
>>>> /sw/opt/gnucash-2.0.2 and would reinstall it there unless you 
>>>> recommend someplace else) that would suffice.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> -- jed diem
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ***************************************************************************************** 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The glib-gobject errors seem to be limited to intel Macs after 
>>>> 2.0.1 (i.e., 2.0.1 works, but 2.0.2 does not)
>>>>
>>>> One of the people on the fink lists has found that he can make 
>>>> 2.0.2 work if he installs goffice 0.3.whatever externally.
>>>>
>>>> Fink only has slib 2d6, so folks trying to use the fink supplied 
>>>> dependencies aren't seeing a slib 3 problem. I don't have an intel 
>>>> mac, and I'm not having any problems, so I can't fill in further info.
>>>>
>>>> The only other thing that I know has happened lately (like between 
>>>> the 2.0.1 release and the 2.0.2 release) is the fink's glib2 went 
>>>> from 2.12.3 to 2.12.4. But looking at the bugs fixed list, I didn't 
>>>> see anything that seemed to relate. gtk+ is still mired at 2.6.10 
>>>> (not 2.10.6...)
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> David Reiser
>>> dbreiser at earthlink.net
>>
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