gnucash for mac

[David Reiser]

At this point, you'll want to use either fink or macports. In either  
case, you'll be building from source, but both are reasonably  
automated. They will each take a fair amount of time, since you have  
to download and/or build a lot of dependencies in the gnome realm.

I use fink. (I'm the gnucash 2.0-and-above maintainer.) See http:// 
www.finkproject.org/download/index.php?phpLang=en for info on how to  
get started installing fink. In fink, the gnucash 2.0.x series is  
called gnucash2.

Derek prefers macports. It does have the advantage that usually (once  
you install macports) all you have to do is kick off the gnucash  
install and come back in 12 hours and you should be ready to go. See  
http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports/wiki/InstallingMacPorts  
for info on getting started with macports.

Fink is more careful about maintaining dependency compatibility than  
macports is, but that probably won't get in your way. Eventually, I  
hope to have a binary gnucash available from fink, but it isn't there  
yet, and it will be missing online banking direct connections because  
of cryptography policies/laws...

There isn't a Mac packaged app for gnucash yet. I think making one  
would be a maintainance nightmare, but some other folks are looking  
in that direction. If gnucash is the only gnome app you'll ever want,  
having a downloadable app might make sense (but it would be around  
150MB in size). Otherwise, having a downloadable version is bloatware  
of MS proportions.

Dave


On 24 Apr 2007, at 5:06:04 PM, Ant Hunt wrote:

> Hey,
> I have a Mac Powerbook with OS 10.4
> I really want to download gnucash but am
> struggling to find the appropriate download.
> So far the downloads I'm finding are only
> for PC it seems, or am I missing something really
> obvious?
>
> Love to hear your thoughts.
>
> Cheers
> Ant
> (New Zealand)
>

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David Reiser
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