Can't Run

[Kiley Barraclough]

I ran the self update and both File Commander (after re-indexing) and the terminal window only list "gnucash2-docs    2.2.0-2      Help files/documentation for gnucash2"

When I ran 'fink install gnucash,' the response was "Failed: no package found for specification 'gnucash2'!"

Dave Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net> wrote: Kiley Barraclough wrote:
> After installing Gnucash (or so I thought), I typed "gnucash" into the x11 Terminal and here's the response:
> 
> kiley-barracloughs-computer:~ KB$ gnucash
> bash: gnucash: command not found
> 
> Here's what the Finkcommander said after I installed the dependencies and then re-installed per the instructioins on http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_to_install_on_Mac_OSX.3F
> 
> 
> ### execution of /var/tmp/tmp.0.8ESRtN failed, exit code 1
> Removing build lock...
> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-dev-tools-0-1
> (Reading database ... 4159 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing fink-buildlock-dev-tools-0-1 ...
> Failed: phase compiling: dev-tools-0-1 failed
> 
> I am not a developer, trying to install gnucash has tapped my technical limits, so please be kind in your response as you are not communication with a "techie."
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kyle
> 
googling around a bit, it turns out that the message you quoted is just 
fink telling you the build failed. The informative error message is 
earlier in the output.

At this point in time, you really want to to be installing the fink 
package gnucash2 (rather than gnucash). You'll still eventually launch 
it by typing 'gnucash' into the x11 terminal window, but gnucash 1.8.12 
is still around in fink as the package gnucash.

If you have an intel based mac, trying to install gnucash 1.8.12 may be 
problematic. Even though it shows up on the intel list in the package 
directory, I'm not so sure it should. (I'm the maintainer for gnucash2, 
but I haven't dealt with the packaging issues for gnucash in the prior 
versions.)

You will have to do a 'fink selfupdate' after you enable the unstable 
tree before gnucash2 will show up either in finkcommander or in response 
to 'fink list gnucash' in a terminal window. You may also need to prod 
finkcommander to force a reindex before it will show up. I'm not near my 
mac at the moment, but I think it is the Source>Utility>Index menu item 
in finkcommander. Once you can see gnucash2, you should be able to 
select it in finkcommander and choose install (or 'fink install 
gnucash2' from a terminal window).

With 200+ dependencies for installing gnucash on a clean system, fink 
sometimes gets confused. Re-entering the install command sometimes is 
enough to get by the glitch. If it isn't, installing just the package 
that reports the error and then 'fink install gnucash2' will almost 
always make additional progress.

Dave
-- 
David Reiser
dbreiser at earthlink.net


       
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