trying to install Gnucash 2.2.0

[Ron Morse]

Hi Bob. 

I can sympathize as I've been recently faced with the same challenge,
but I can tell you that it's a great feeling of accomplishment once you
finally grind through the entire process and achieve success.  

It can be done. 

I'd suggest you start with the text files in the Gnucash folder titled
readme-dependencies. It lists all of the support files required to
successfully build Gnucash from source files. Also, take a look at the
file titled Install for additional information. Any files that are not
already installed should be available from your distribution's
repository site. 

You don't mention which Linux distribution you're using, but knowing
that would help us to help you. 

Ron Morse


On Sun, 2007-07-22 at 21:52 -0500, Bob W. Anderson wrote:
> Derek Atkins wrote:
> 
> > #1, Update to 2.0.5 -- 2.0.2 is buggy.
> 
> I've downloaded 2.2.0 from Sourceforge.   Extracted it.
> ran    ./configure   and got this result:
> 
> 	 linux-9eu0:/home/bob/Desktop/gnucash-2.2.0 # ./configure
> 	checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
> 	 checking whether build environment is sane... yes
> 	 checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p
> 	 checking for gawk... gawk
> 	 checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
> 	 checking for gcc... no
> 	checking for cc... no
> 	 checking for cl.exe... no
> 	 configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> 
> I'm kind of lost.   Should I have gnucash in a different folder?  What
> is a C compiler, where could I find it?  What should I do with it if I
> find it?   Or should I do something with $PATH?
> 
> Sorry if this sounds pretty dumb, but I haven't actually installed a
> program in the six years I've been running Linux.  I assume I'm supposed
> to run    ./configure
> and then   make
> and then   make install   - or something like that.   I've been prowling
> the man pages but am getting information overload and my eyes are
> beginning to cross.
> 
> Can someone point me to a learning place where I can learn to install
> gnucash 2.2.0?     Thanks
> 
> Bob in Newport
> 
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