Error installing gnucash2.2.8 on Mac OS X 10.5.6 (Intel)

[Mike Alexander]

--On January 11, 2009 4:54:38 PM -0800 Tom Carroll <cgbosntom at mac.com> 
wrote:

> I just went through the four hour process to install gnuCash 2.2.8 on
> Mac OS X 10.5.6 using the MacPorts Quartz install as found at
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/MacOSX/MacPortsDetail
>
> However, it did not create the Application link, so I navigated to
> /opt/local/bin and double-clicked gnucash and I get the following
> error:
>
> /opt/local/bin/gnucash ; exit;
> $ /opt/local/bin/gnucash ; exit;
> gnc.bin-Message: main: binreloc relocation support was disabled at
> configure time.
>
> Dynamic session lookup supported but failed: launchd did not provide
> a socket path, verify that org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist is
> loaded!

This is because you have the new version of dbus that was just added to 
MacPorts recently.  It uses launchd instead of X11 to launch itself. 
You must have missed this message that should have been displayed when 
you installed it:

#############################################################################
# It is absolutely necessary for dbus enabled programs to work to 
execute
#
# launchctl load 
/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedesktop.dbus-session.plist
#
# once for every user. Don't use 'sudo', else it will work only for 
root!
# You also have to unload it before deactivating/uninstalling this 
software!
##############################################################################

(Sorry for the line wrapping.)

If you issue that launchctl command, it may work.  However there are 
issues with this version of dbus and you may need to wait until they 
are fixed.  See <http://trac.macports.org/ticket/17950> for more 
information.

-- 
Mike Alexander           mta at umich.edu
Ann Arbor, MI            PGP key ID: BEA343A6