gnucash versions 2.2 and 2.3 on same PC?

[Maf. King]

On Wednesday 15 July 2009 07:30:53 Colin Law wrote:
> 2009/7/14 Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net>:
> > On Tuesday 14 July 2009 22:35:18 Colin Law wrote:
> >> I am currently using 2.2.6 on Ubuntu but wish also to try 2.3.  I do
> >> not wish to move fully over to 2.3 until it is stable.  Is it possible
> >> to have both versions on the PC at the same time so I can continue
> >> running 2.2.6 for my accounts but also test 2.3?
> >>
> >> Colin
> >
> > Hi Colin,
> >
> > ISTR you can pass --prefix=/opt/gc2.3 (or similar) to configure to make
> > GC versions co-exist.  There may be something in the list/faq to expand
> > on this from when 2.1.x was the testing version.
>
> Doing some googling suggests that the --prefix option is part of the
> build procedure, is that right?  Does that mean I would have to build
> it myself rather than download a pre-built version?  We are getting a
> bit out of my comfort zone here.  Not that life has to be comfortable
> of course.
>
> Colin

Hi Colin,

I'm not aware of any pre-built linux versions of the testing series (Phil 
announced a new Win32 build last week, but not for linux).  So I assume that 
you will have to compile it yourself. 

You should be OK if you install all the relevant -devel packages from the 
ubuntu repositories.  The README in the source code will have more info about 
what those packages might be.  Also check the GC FAQ for help - or others on 
the list will know more about building GC from source.

HTH,
Maf.