Can Not Install Version 2.2.6

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:23:44 -0400 Edward Baker <skatewv at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am new to gnucash and I am having problems loading the subject
> version.
> 
> My OS is GNU/Linux on an i386 machine.  The desktop is GNOME 2.14.3 (the
> distribution is Debian Etch).
> 
> The Synaptic Package Manager will install GNUCash version 2.0.5-1 and
> this version will run as installed.
> 
> But the goal is to upgrade to 2.2.6.  So I completly removed v2.0.5-1
> and downloaded v2.2.6 from sourceforge.net with the idea of installing
> it manually and it is here that I have run into problems:
> 
> When I try to configure the package I get the following error -
> configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $Path
> 
> Any suggestions on how to work through this manual install or if anyone
> knows of a depository with v2.2.6 would be appreciated.

You need to install the C compiler, and probably a pile of -dev packages
as well.  What you downloaded from sourceforge was the *source* archive,
not an installable *binary* package.

> 
> Thanks
> 
> Ted
> Springvale, Maine, USA
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