Gnucash vs. QuickBooks

Ariel asgnucash at dsgml.com
Wed Nov 29 23:38:30 EST 2006


On Mon, 27 Nov 2006, Derek Atkins wrote:

> Quoting Elizabeth Dodd <edodd at billiau.net>:
>
>> To use Gnucash you need a computer running a Linux variant. If you are very
>> smart you can make it happen on a Mac but you would need a lot of experience.
>> I found quickbooks completely unusable and dumped it within a week.
>> Gnucash use needs no programming skills.
>
> Just a clarification; building GnuCash on the Mac is RELATIVELY easy,
> so I wouldn't say it requires a LOT of experience, but it's certainly
> not a "download and install" process..  It's certainly a little more
> involved.  But it IS pretty much:
>
>  install X and the SDK from the MacOS and XCODE CDs
>  install macports
>  run "sudo port install gnucash" from the Terminal
>  wait 12 hours (give or take)

Maybe you could compile gnucash with STATIC libraries (to avoid all the 
issues with the wrong ones), and provide it for mac users.

 	-Ariel


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