Installing help on MacOSX - can't resolve dependency?

mybuyer at roadrunner.com mybuyer at roadrunner.com
Mon Jan 5 15:20:26 EST 2009


Quartz. Looks like your basic Mac app and with a larger font that the  
X11 variety. I've had a  little weirdness with Spaces and haven't  
found how to use the keyboard alternatives yet, but it otherwise works  
fine.

The aqbanking tool launches in X11 which launches automatically if  
it's not already running (although if the tool does not actually  
accomplish anything, but that's for another thread).

-Paul


On Jan 5, 2009, at 2:23 PM, davelist at mac.com wrote:

>
> I have 10.5 (although I compiled gnucash under 10.4 and that version
> still runs over 10.5 so I haven't tried updating it yet) and I have to
> first start X11.
>
> Related to the other thread, what does gnucash use for the GUI when
> you install it without X11?
>
> Dave
>
> On Jan 5, 2009, at 10:38 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>
>> What version of OSX do you have?  I believe that the auto-X11 is new
>> in 10.5
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> "Kaia Landon" <kaia.landon at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Well, thank you Larry!  That actually worked, and it is now
>>> installed!
>>> There was one other issue, however:  My understanding was that
>>> running
>>> /sw/bin/gnucash in the terminal would automatically open X11, and
>>> gnucash.
>>> This does not actually happen for me, and I have to open X11 first
>>> for
>>> things to work.
>>>
>>> The other interesting thing is that I did not install X11 off the
>>> disc, but
>>> rather by downloading it from Mac in the first place.  Reinstalling
>>> with the
>>> link provided was what did the trick.
>>>
>>> Thanks again,
>>> Kaia
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Larry Busse <ljbusse at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I too was having trouble with the fink install of gnucash but
>>>> finally
>>>> succeeded by updating my X11 code to
>>>> X11-2.3.1  Try this link http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26593
>>>> and then doing
>>>> fink install gnucash2
>>>> It took a while to compile..but it finally worked.
>>>> LJBusse
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 12:00 PM, David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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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>>>>> --
>>>>> David Reiser
>>>>> dbreiser at earthlink.net
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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