Installing help on MacOSX - can't resolve dependency?

[Kaia Landon]

Hello again,

David --  thanks so much for your tips.  I had tried running it from the
terminal window, but hadn't tried all the things you mentioned.
I got closer (it actually starts installing), but still no ultimate
success.  I tried removing, and then reinstalling Fink, as I think it seems
likely that that is where the issue is.
Then I started the install again, and things seemed to be going okay.  I
woke up this morning to this:

sed: /usr/X11/lib/libfontconfig.la: No such file or directory
### execution of /var/tmp/tmp.1.UYuad9 failed, exit code 1
Removing runtime build-lock...
Removing build-lock package...
/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-fontconfig2-dev-2.4.1-104
(Reading database ... 4599 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing fink-buildlock-fontconfig2-dev-2.4.1-104 ...
Failed: phase installing: fontconfig2-dev-2.4.1-104 failed

Before reporting any errors, please run "fink selfupdate" and
try again {tried with same result}.  If you continue to have issues, please
check to see if the
FAQ on fink's website solves the problem {addresses other issues with
fontconfig, but not this one}.

I also tried running "fink install fontconfig2-dev," which ultimately gives
me the same error.


Thanks again,
Kaia



On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 12:29 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I'm not seeing any responses on this, so I guess I'll start the ball
> rolling. Bear in mind that I am not an expert, but another user like you.
>
> First off, on my own 10.5.5 machine, I have gnucash-2.2.7 running, so
> something isn't right.
>
> As for Fink Commander, I stopped using it a while back, since a) it seemed
> to be slow, and b) the commands to use fink directly seemed simple enough.
> If you fire up a terminal window, you can tell fink to update itself by
> issuing the command(s): "fink selfupdate; fink index; fink scanpackages"
> After you do this, you should be able to issue the simple command "fink
> install gnucash2," answer a couple of questions and go away for a while
> (since it downloads and installs a boatload of dependencies). In theory,
> this is all you need to do to get gnucash running on Mac OS X.
>
> It has been my experience though that while fink is supposed to handle all
> this effortlessly, I have always had to issue the command repeatedly to get
> through the process. What happens is you issue "fink install gnucash2", it
> tells you there are 177 dependencies, which it starts to download and
> compile. A long time later, it craps out with some compiler error. If you
> then issue "fink install gnucash2" again, it now tells you there are 85
> dependencies. I repeat this process until a) the process completes, and I
> can run gnucash, or b) the number of dependencies sticks at some number, and
> then you can figure out more accurately what needs to happen.
>
> Perhaps this will help you move forward on the installation. Gnucash is
> really good once you get it going!
>
> David
>
> --- On Sun, 11/30/08, Kaia Landon <kaia.landon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Kaia Landon <kaia.landon at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Installing help on MacOSX - can't resolve dependency?
> > To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> > Date: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 10:21 PM
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've just recently switched to using a Mac, and would
> > like to use gnucash.
> > At some point, I may be installing Windows too, but I'd
> > really prefer it if
> > I can get this running on the Mac side.  I hope there is
> > something really
> > obvious I'm missing, but neither a google search, nor
> > searching the list
> > archives has taken me anywhere.
> >
> > I've been following the install instructions at
> > http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/MacOSXInstallation .  I am on
> > an Intel Mac,
> > running OS 10.5, trying to install the 2.x version of
> > gnucash (I noticed
> > that the most recent is 2.2.7, but the most recent Fink
> > sees is 2.2.5,
> > despite asking it to update, and to look for unstable
> > builds).  I've been
> > working with the Fink Commander install method (noted as
> > functional as of
> > Nov. 08), and am getting the following error after choosing
> > Soure > Install:
> >
> >
> > > Can't resolve dependency "gnome-keyring-dev
> > (>= 2.24.1-1)" for package
> > > "libgoffice-0.6-0.6.5-3" (no matching
> > packages/versions found)
> > > Exiting with failure.
> >
> >
> > I do see that it has an earlier version of
> > gnome-keyring-dev listed, and
> > again, asking fink to update does not improve this.
> >
> > If anyone can point me in the right direction on how to
> > resolve this, I'd be
> > very grateful!
> > Thanks,
> > Kaia
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