Easiest way to Gnucash 2.x on a mac?

[Derek Atkins]

David,

Any chance you could take 15-30 minutes and update the GnUCash
Wiki to bring it up to date.

-derek

David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net> writes:

> The macports gnucash package has been without a maintainer for a few  
> months. And there have been some guile and slib problems lately.  
> Someone on gnucash irc indicated he's taking over the macports port,  
> so maybe it's functioning well.
>
> The downside of fink at the moment is the initial install of fink on a  
> system 10.5 machine is via source bootstrap. Also, some of the gnome  
> dependencies are getting long in the tooth there. But 'fink install  
> gnucash2' will get you gnucash 2.2.4. (I'm the fink gnucash maintainer.)
>
> I don't know of a way to associate file extensions with an x11 app,  
> but there may well be one.
>
> Dave
> On Mar 21, 2008, at 12:39 PM, Beth Leonard wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> My babysitting co-op has started using GnuCash to track babysitting
>> points.  (We used to do double-entry by hand!)
>>
>> Now the first secretary to own a Mac is coming up on her term, and
>> I need to help her with the installation process.  I'm looking at
>> the Wiki page: http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/MacOSXInstallation
>>
>> Based on the discussion there, it looks like the best thing is to
>> recommend to her that she use MacPorts, discussed at:
>> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/MacOSX/MacPortsDetail
>>
>> Before I try to walk someone through the installation process who
>> has trouble with the concept "Make a separate folder to put the
>> data file in" I'd like to ask the list if this is the easiest and most
>> up-to-date path to getting GnuCash 2.x running on a macintosh.
>>
>> Also, on a macintosh is there a way to associate the GnuCash program
>> with a file type, so that double-clicking on the .gnc file will bring
>> up GnuCash without having to open a terminal window and type it?
>>
>> (I'm a linux user myself, but I did test out the windows installation
>> before moving the co-op over to a computerized method of tracking
>> points.)
>>
>> Thanks!
>> --Beth
>> Beth Leonard
>> http://www.LeonardFamilyVideos.com
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