Installing help on MacOSX - can't resolve dependency?

Fri Dec 5 12:00:29 EST 2008

Since you're getting an error associated with gnome-keyring-dev and  
libgoffice, you have a better chance of getting help from the fink  
lists than the gnucash list (in that it isn't a gnucash error yet).

However, before you go there, try 'fink selfupdate-rsync' and then  
'fink install gnucash2'. I'd recommend using the command line in a  
terminal window vs. fink commander. FC is extremely old at this point,  
and does have some bugs and lack of capacity for some newer situations.

When first installing fink from their binary installer, you are stuck  
in what's known as "point" update mode. In that mode you can only get  
packages in the stable tree (gnucash2-2.2.5, in our case). You have to  
kick it once to really enable the unstable branch. After the first  
time, 'fink selfupdate' should be sufficient.

The other possibility is that you don't have the crypto trees enabled.  
The libgoffice package that asks for gnome-keyring-dev >= 2.24.1 is a  
recent change that is not in the stable branch. So you seem to be  
getting some recent unstable tree packages, but not others. Weird.

Dave
On Dec 5, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Kaia Landon 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
>
> 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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