Quick Q's regarding MacOSX install of Gnucash 2.0.2

[Doug Latornell]

Hi Gilles;

I should also have mentioned that before I did any of the build with fink or
macports, I intsalled the latest XCode package from the Apple Developers
site.

Doug

On 11/17/06, Doug Latornell <doug-gnucash at sadahome.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi Gilles;
>
> I did several builds of 2.0.2 on Mac OS X 10.4.8 (PPC) earlier this week.
> This was my 1st go at GnuCash, so I can't answer your question about
> removing 1.8.  As for Fink, I actually started with it (because I already
> had it installed).  I got a build using the unstable tree, but I felt that
> it built a bunch of stuff above and beyond Gnucash's lengthy dependency
> list.  And, probably due to my own mistake, I didn't get OFX and
> Finance::Quotes enabled.
>
> I decided to start over again with MacPorts, but kept the Fink install
> around in case the MacPorts one didn't work.  So, yes, they can co-exist
> peacefully.  To get OFX and Finance::Quotes under MacPorts you need to do:
>
> sudo port install gnucash +enable_quotes +enable_ofx +enable_hbci
>
> Starting from a freshly installed MacPorts (i.e. none of the dependencies
> to speak of installed) the build took about 12 hr on my iBook G4.  I used
> the port -v option so that there was a fairly constant stream of stuff going
> by in an xterm window that gave me the warm, fuzzy feeling that progress was
> being made.
>
> The resulting install works fine with the exception that the docs will not
> show up from either the help menu, nor from yelp.  There is also come
> messiness in the price editor that I just logged as a bug (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=376298),
> but it doesn't cause data corruption as far as I can tell.
>
> As I said, this was my first use of Gnucash, and I'm very impressed with
> the program (but you obviously already know that it's good...)
>
> Good luck,
>
> Doug
>
> On 11/17/06, Gilles Gariepy <gariepy.g at videotron.ca> wrote:
> >
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I am currently running Gnucash 1.8 via Fink. I would like to upgrade to
> > version 2.0.2 but it appears that I either can't do it via Fink or that
> > it
> > seems rather complicated. I am not a developer :< so I really don't have
> > the
> > background to understand all of the stuff required.
> >
> > It appears I can do this rather simply with MacPorts. My questions are:
> >
> > * Do I need to uninstall the older version of Gnucash first?
> > * Do I need to uninstall Fink?
> > * Should I backup my data first ;>)?
> >
> > Thanks
> > Gilles
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