Installing GnuCash 2.0 on FC5

Tue Sep 12 12:58:05 EDT 2006

Wait!  Guile-1.8?!?!?!  Umm... FC5 only has 1.6.7!   If you attempted
to install guile 1.8 then you destroyed your system.  I recommend you
re-install from scratch.

-derek

Quoting "E. George Mraz" <george at bridgebygeorge.com>:

> It should be a fully installed FC5. I didn't do anything special during
> the install.
>
> I don't remember any errors installing guile. But I did try to install
> guile-1.8.0. I think somewhere along the line I got an error message
> telling me that GnuCash needed a later version of guile. I don't
> remember any error messages that I got during the install. I can repeat
> the rpm -Uvh for guile-1.8.0 again if you think it would help.
>
> George
>
>
> On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 12:36 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Is this a fully up-to-date FC5?  The mesage below implies that
>> slib is already installed.  But if guile isn't finding it, then
>> you've got other problems.   What errors did you get when yum
>> tried to install guile?  Those errors might be important.
>>
>> What do you get from:
>>
>>   ls -l /usr/share/guile
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> Quoting "E. George Mraz" <george at bridgebygeorge.com>:
>>
>> > Did the yum install slib. Here's the output, and the start results are
>> > the same.
>> >
>> > [root at localhost packages]# yum install slib
>> > Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>> > Setting up Install Process
>> > Setting up repositories
>> > jpackage-generic
>> > [1/6]
>> > flash
>> > [2/6]
>> > core
>> > [3/6]
>> > jpackage-fedora
>> > [4/6]
>> > extras
>> > [5/6]
>> > updates
>> > [6/6]
>> > Reading repository metadata in from local files
>> > Parsing package install arguments
>> > Nothing to do
>> > [root at localhost packages]#
>> >
>> > Now what?
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 12:28 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> >> yum install slib
>> >>
>> >> -derek
>> >>
>> >> Quoting "E. George Mraz" <george at bridgebygeorge.com>:
>> >>
>> >> > Did the yum localinstall. The install reported an error trying 
>> to unpack
>> >> > the CPIO module in GUILE. But the final message said GnuCash was
>> >> > installed.
>> >> >
>> >> > Now if I try to start GnuCash from Applications->Office->GnuCash I see
>> >> > on the bottom of my screen "starting GnuCash", then I get a splash
>> >> > screen and the it goes away. If I start GnuCash from a terminal 
>> window I
>> >> > get the following output:
>> >> >
>> >> > [bbg at localhost ~]$ gnucash
>> >> > ERROR: Could not find slib/require.scm in  ("/usr/share/guile/site"
>> >> > "/usr/share/gnucash/guile-modules" "/usr/share/gnucash/scm" ""
>> >> > "/usr/share/guile/site" "/usr/share/guile/1.6" "/usr/share/guile" ".")
>> >> > [bbg at localhost ~]$
>> >> >
>> >> > I been here before. This error message is the reason I tried to 
>> download
>> >> > the 2.0 version. So what do I do now?
>> >> >
>> >> > George
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Tue, 2006-09-12 at 10:37 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> >> >> try:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>   yum localinstall gnucash...i386.rpm
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -derek
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Quoting "E. George Mraz" <george at bridgebygeorge.com>:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Hello List,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I have trying to install gnucash on FC5 for the last 4 days. The
>> >> >> > problems and difficulties have been numerous, and their 
>> resolution has
>> >> >> > not been successful. A developer suggested I try this mailing list.
>> >> >> > So here's what I've done already.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > I have downloaded the rpm files from
>> >> >> > http://people.redhat.com/notting/gnucash/2.0/FC5/i386
>> >> >> > for
>> >> >> >  1. aqbanking-2.1.0-1.fc5.i386 & 
>> aqbanking-devel-2.1.0-1.fc5.i386.rpm
>> >> >> >  2. gwenhywfar-2.3.0-1.fc5.i386.rpm & 
>> gwenhywfar-2.3.0-1.fc5.i386.rpm
>> >> >> >  3. gnucash-2.0.1-4.fc5.i386.rpm
>> >> >> > and I have done -rpm Uvh for #1 & 2 with no errors.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Now when I do rpm for #3 I get:
>> >> >> > [root at localhost ~]# rpm -Uvh /packages/gnucash-2.0.1-4.fc5.i386.rpm
>> >> >> > warning: /packages/gnucash-2.0.1-4.fc5.i386.rpm: Header V3 DSA
>> >> >> > signature: NOKEY, key ID db2f3c83
>> >> >> > error: Failed dependencies:
>> >> >> >        libguile-ltdl.so.1 is needed by gnucash-2.0.1-4.fc5.i386
>> >> >> >        libguile.so.12 is needed by gnucash-2.0.1-4.fc5.i386
>> >> >> >        libqthreads.so.12 is needed by gnucash-2.0.1-4.fc5.i386
>> >> >> > [root at localhost ~]#
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > So I did a find on the files, an lo and behold, they're on 
>> my system.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > [root at localhost /]# find -noleaf -name libguile-ltdl.so.1
>> >> >> > find: ./proc/2250/task: No such file or directory
>> >> >> > find: ./proc/2250/fd: No such file or directory
>> >> >> > ./usr/lib/libguile-ltdl.so.1
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > [root at localhost /]# find -noleaf -name libguile.so.12
>> >> >> > find: ./proc/2250/task: No such file or directory
>> >> >> > find: ./proc/2250/fd: No such file or directory
>> >> >> > ./usr/lib/libguile.so.12
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > [root at localhost /]# find -noleaf -name libqthreads.so.12
>> >> >> > find: ./proc/2250/task: No such file or directory
>> >> >> > find: ./proc/2250/fd: No such file or directory
>> >> >> > ./usr/lib/libqthreads.so.12
>> >> >> > [root at localhost /]#
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Trying to find out what packages to update I did an rpm -qf for the
>> >> >> > files and I get a message that says these guys don't belong to any
>> >> >> > package.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > [root at localhost /]# rpm -qf ./usr/lib/libguile-ltdl.so.1
>> >> >> > file /usr/lib/libguile-ltdl.so.1 is not owned by any package
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > [root at localhost /]# rpm -qf ./usr/lib/libguile.so.12
>> >> >> > file /usr/lib/libguile.so.12 is not owned by any package
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > [root at localhost /]# rpm -qf ./usr/lib/libqthreads.so.12
>> >> >> > file /usr/lib/libqthreads.so.12 is not owned by any package
>> >> >> > [root at localhost /]#
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Can anybody tell me what I need to do to resolve the failed
>> >> >> > dependencies? I'm at a complete loss as to what to do next.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Thanks, George
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> >
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>> >> --
>> >>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>> >>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>> >>        URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>> >>        warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available