qfx file import

[Derek Atkins]

Thanks for the confirmation.
Sounds like libofx-devel should pull in ofx.
That would be an Ubuntu packaging bug.

-derek

Quoting Ron Morse <rbmorse at comcast.net>:

> I ran ./configure again and it worked fine.
>
> As for the rest, i have no doubt that it is a packaging
> error. The Ubuntu repositories list three files when
> searching on ofx with the Adept package management tool:
>
> libofx-devel
> libofx2c2a
> ofx
>
> I had the first two installed initially and got a clean
> build with no OFX/QFX import option. When I added the ofx
> package and the --enable-ofx option I got a clean build
> with the correct import choices on the file/import dialog.
> As I mentioned, I just now got a clean configure without
> the --enable-ofx option specified.
>
> That's as much as I know, except I appreciate your
> assistance.
>
> Ron Morse
>
>
>
> On Friday 24 November 2006 14:22, you wrote:
>> Huh?  How can you have the -devel package installed
>> without the base package?  That sounds like a packaging
>> bug to me.
>>
>> And like I said, gnucash should find libofx (if you have
>> it) even without the --enable-ofx..  It's just that if
>> you do not provide --enable-ofx then the error is not
>> fatal, whereas WITH --enable-ofx failure to find libofx
>> IS an fatal error.
>>
>> Any chance you could rebuild gnucash one more time
>> (without --enable-ofx) and test that it actually does the
>> right thing to find libofx?  Just running configure
>> should be sufficient, if you watch the results and see
>> what it says about OFX.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> Quoting Ron Morse <rbmorse at comcast.net>:
>> > As it turned out, I had libofx-devel installed but not
>> > the base libofx . I'm sort of new at all this.  Fixed
>> > that, ran configure with the --enable-ofx option set
>> > and now all is well in my little corner of the
>> > universe.
>> >
>> > Thank you again.
>> >
>> > Ron Morse
>> >
>> > On Friday 24 November 2006 13:38, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> >> Huh.  You had the -devel package installed, too?
>> >> 2.0.x should properly detect OFX even if you dont
>> >> --enable-ofx But using --enable-ofx forces the issue
>> >> and will error it out if it can't be found.
>> >>
>> >> But this begs the question: why couldn't it find it
>> >> the first time?
>> >>
>> >> -derek
>> >>
>> >> PS: Don't forget to CC gnucash-user on your replies.
>> >>
>> >> Quoting Ron Morse <rbmorse at comcast.net>:
>> >> > Thanks to you and Maf.  The lib is installed but I
>> >> > didn't know about the build option. I'll give it
>> >> > another go.
>> >> >
>> >> > RBM
>> >> >
>> >> > On Friday 24 November 2006 12:20, you wrote:
>> >> >> Yes, you didn't have libofx-devel installed, and
>> >> >> you didn't build with --enable-ofx.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -derek
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Quoting Ron Morse <rbmorse at comcast.net>:
>> >> >> > Recently built Gnucash 2.0.2 from source to run
>> >> >> > on Kubuntu 6.10.  The build went fine and
>> >> >> > everything works very well except the option to
>> >> >> > import ofx/qfx files is missing from the file >
>> >> >> > import dialog.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > QIF is there (and works fine) but my credit union
>> >> >> > really does a better job with .qfx files and I
>> >> >> > would like to restore that function.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > 2.0.1 from the Ubuntu repositories has the
>> >> >> > ofx/qfx option.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Didi I forget something when I built the 2.0.2
>> >> >> > package? Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Ron Morse
>> >> >> >
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