Help please = Installing your software on a Macintosh

Yvan Strahm yvan.strahm at gmail.com
Tue Jul 29 02:31:20 EDT 2008


hello,

Or you can install macports ( http://www.macports.org/ ), X11 is also needed
and use porticus (http://porticus.alittledrop.com/ ) to manage your package
instalation. The gnucash's macport version is 2.2.5.
Cheers,
yvan


On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 2:18 AM, Rich Talley <rbtalley at unm.edu> wrote:

> No, it's pretty easy to use but not particularly easy to install, at
> this time, on a Mac.
>
> If you are not willing to put up with an X11 program, which doesn't
> look like anything else you are probably used to on OS X, and can't or
> won't install a program that needs to be complied, although Fink or
> Darwin Ports makes that a little easier, GnuCash on OS X may not be
> for you.
>
> If you are willing to install X11 (it's on your Mac install disks) and
> go through the steps necessary to get GnuCash up and running, you'll
> probably like the program. It's quite powerful and flexible.
>
> Check the documentation, download and install Fink. There are a number
> of people on this list who have Macs and love GnuCash and are willing
> to help.
>
> Which version of OS X are you running?
>
> -- Rich
>
> On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 12:22 PM, dan at hoppernet.org <dan at hoppernet.org>
> wrote:
> > I am not a programmer and it looks like a daunting task to install your
> > software.
> >
> > Fed up with Quicken 2006 for the Mac.
> > [OSX 10.4.11, iMac G5]
> >
> > Am I missing something?
> > Could it be easier to install and use than it appears?
> >
> > Dan H.
> >
> >
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