Installing help on MacOSX - can't resolve dependency?

Fri Dec 5 11:49:40 EST 2008

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Kaia Landon <kaia.landon at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks again, but no such luck there either.  The wiki notes that the
> Macports option does not work on Leopard.  I tried it anyway, just in case,
> and it failed miserably.
> The fontconfig issue has continued, and it must be a problem with Fink.
>  I'm
> trying to decide between seeking help on one of the fink lists, or just
> abandoning ship for another program (perhaps Buddi or Cashbox, although
> neither seems as full-featured as Gnucash).
> Thanks again,
> Kaia
>

I have 2.2.7 running on Leopard/MacPorts, and without X11. So it is possible
(but it wasn't easy). I've only built it once though, so I probably can't
offer much help.

-Charles

> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 7:30 PM, <davelist at mac.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > When I installed it on OS X under Tiger, I had better luck with macports
> > than I did with fink. I haven't built it under Leopard with either
> macports
> > or fink since my Tiger compiled version still runs under Leopard.
> >
> > You might try macports if you can't make any progress with fink.
> >
> > Dave (not the David who sent the earlier email in this thread)
> >
> >
> > On Dec 3, 2008, at 9:50 AM, Kaia Landon wrote:
> >
> >  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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