GnuCash for mac OSX 10.4 on Intel Macs

[daniel at zmsl.com]

Mac applications are usually in the form of an "application bundle". That is, a directory that ends in .app and contains a bunch of files in certain places, including a sort of manifest file.

A .dmg is a disk image. It is a popular way to distribute the application bundle. I don't understand why they don't just make a zip file. It would work about as well. But Mac people expect a .dmg.

I've made application bundles for Mac OS X, but only for a very simple and easy-to-package application. Nothing like GnuCash. I guess that the application bundle could include everything in /sw (where all the fink-installed stuff lives, from glib upwards) and someone could write an AppleScript script to start the X server and GnuCash. I haven't yet figured out how to do anything with AppleScript. I'm not even at the Hello World level.

I suspect that someone who actually knows Macs could make an usable if sub-optimal package relatively easily. As for me, my background is Linux, not Mac. I've had this Mac for a short while and I'm figuring it out.

Cheers,
Daniel.

--- warlord at MIT.EDU wrote:

From: Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: GnuCash for mac OSX 10.4 on Intel Macs
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:50:05 -0400

You need all the dependencies as well.

I've never written a Mac installer, so I don't know what's entailed.
We would also (probably) want a fat-binary installer, too..   I don't
know how hard that would be.

-derek

Quoting "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>:

> Derek--
>
> I own an IntelMac and have been able to get 2.0.4 running.
>
> Keeping in mind that I am dangerously limited in my ability to handle deeply
> technical stuff (that is, I *think* I have a clue, but really don't!), how
> might I go about trying to further Sunil's request? Is it possible to simply
> copy the executable to a new machine, or do you have to have all the
> dependencies as well?
>
> David
>
> --- Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:
>
>> Unfortunately, no, there's no standalone installer / .dmg for GnuCash.
>> You need to install via Fink or MacPorts.
>>
>> I don't have a MacIntel so I can't easily test it for you, but on
>> Mac/PPC I use MacPorts and it installed pretty easily.
>>
>> Check out http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/MacOSXInstallation
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> Quoting Sunil Kumar TV <sunil_tv at dataone.in>:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Is there an installer(.dmg or something like that) from which i can
>> > just install GnuCash for Mac OSX 10.4 on my Intel imac. I tried using
>> > Fink but it was too slow.
>> > I am not an expert to build that application from sources on Mac. If
>> > some one has had success on building Gnucash on Mac OSX 10.4 can they
>> > pass that executable so that it will also run on my machine.
>> > Right now i am missing GnuCash and i have not entered my finance
>> > details from past 3 months on my LInux box as i have become too lazy
>> > to move to linux box from my Mac. :)
>> >
>> > With regards & Thanks
>> > Sunil
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