if you use fink to install gnucash

[David T.]

As one of those eager types, I have jumped in to try this update. Here's where I stand so far (note that I continue to cycle through the selfupdate|update process in the hopes that the various dependencies will ultimately get loaded and the update will complete):

1) I am asked to identify several virtual dependencies: ghostscript, octave, gnuplot. I didn't have this in the most recent fink update. Accepting the defaults and proceeding with installation has gotten me down from 282 packages to 85, but...

2) There seems to be a problem with ghostscript. One time through the cycle, fink craps out with an inconsistent dependencies error, and tells me to "fink scanpackages|sudo apt-get update|sudo apt-get install ghostscript=8.61-5". When I do this, fink changes the virtual dependency questions. I embed them here:

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fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The candidates:

(1)     tetex-base: Base programs for a teTeX installation
(2)     ptex-base: ASCII publishing TeX
(3)     ptex-nox-base: ASCII publishing TeX
(4)     tetex-nox-base: Base programs for a teTeX installation

Pick one: [3] 

fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The candidates:

(1)     ghostscript-nox: Interpreter for PostScript and PDF
(2)     ghostscript6-nox: Intrp. for PostScript/PDF, v6.01, no X11 support

Pick one: [1] 

fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The candidates:

(1)     tetex-base: Base programs for a teTeX installation
(2)     tetex-nox-base: Base programs for a teTeX installation
(3)     ptex-base: ASCII publishing TeX
(4)     ptex-nox-base: ASCII publishing TeX

Pick one: [4] 

fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The candidates:

(1)     octave-atlas: Matlab-like language for computations
(2)     octave: Matlab-like language for computations

Pick one: [1] 

fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency. The candidates:

(1)     gnuplot: Command-driven interactive plotting program
(2)     gnuplot-nox: Command-driven interactive plotting program

Pick one: [1] 
-------------------------

I'll note that ptex/tetex comes up twice, and ghostscript-nox comes up (even though I just installed ghostscript=8.61-5). During the install, it looks like ghostscript gets uninstalled in favor of ghostscript-nox, and then fink craps out with a circular dependencies error.

Cheers,
David

--- On Mon, 7/14/08, David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net>
> Subject: if you use fink to install gnucash
> To: "GNUCash Users Mailing List" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Date: Monday, July 14, 2008, 9:17 PM
> The Great Gnome Update in fink has occurred. Taking pieces
> of Gnome  
> from as old as 2.12 up to mostly 2.20, there're lots of
> upgraded apps.
> 
> The biggest changes for fink users of gnucash (via the fink
> package  
> named gnucash2) is that now printing will work much better
> and you can  
> edit account names without crashing gnucash.
> 
> One potential sticking point is that if you have custom
> defined check  
> formats, you will have to create them again. Gnomeprint
> (the old) had  
> its page origin (0,0) at the lower left of the page.
> GtkPrint (the  
> new) has its origin at the upper left of the page.
> 
> This major update affects any fink user who has OS X 10.4
> or 10.5 on  
> their machine.
> 
> Since the change happened tonight, you may want to wait a
> day for the  
> dust to settle. I have been using gnucash built against the
> new gnome  
> dependencies for  many weeks. I don't expect problems
> as long as the  
> fink mirrors keep things straight, and fink itself
> doesn't try to  
> build the new versions out of order.
> 
> If things work as planned, issuing the following commands
> in a  
> terminal window should get you gnucash built against the
> new gnome  
> packages:
> fink selfupdate
> fink update gnucash2
> 
> Be prepared for the update step to take a long time-- maybe
> as long as  
> the first time you built gnucash2. Fink will probably ask
> you if it is  
> OK to upgrade another 100 packages along with gnucash2 (say
> yes!)  
> Gnucash will still be version 2.2.5. (You could also do
> 'fink update- 
> all' instead of 'fink update gnucash2'. It
> shouldn't matter for  
> gnucash. If you use other fink programs update-all might be
> a better  
> route.)
> 
> While not necessary, I upgraded the versions of guile and
> slib used by  
> gnucash to 1.8 and 3b1 in the new gnucash2 packaging. It
> will take a  
> few more minutes to do the update, but these are current
> versions  
> instead of nearly ancient ones.
> 
> Dave
> --
> David Reiser
> dbreiser at earthlink.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
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