Pb in installing gnucash
Xavier LAROSE
x.larose at mac.com
Tue Jun 2 11:05:24 EDT 2009
Thank you both of you
Im am now installing package of gnucash2 with the button "install
package from source"
Xavier
Le 2 juin 09 à 16:54, Derek Atkins a écrit :
> David,
>
> I think it's about time to make "gnucash" be gnucash 2.x -- if you
> want
> to keep the old package around rename it 'gnucash1'. Too many users
> are being confused, and frankly gnucash 1.8 is many many years old now
> and really shouldn't be used.. We've already had 2.0, 2.2, and we're
> almost to 2.4....
>
> Gnucash 1.x is dead. Long live GnuCash 2.
>
> -derek
>
> Quoting David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net>:
>
>> You should be installing the package fink calls 'gnucash2' instead
>> of gnucash. It would probably be a good idea to run Selfupdate
>> first. (Source>Run in Terminal>Selfupdate in fink commander or
>> 'fink selfupdate' in a terminal window).
>>
>> Dave
>> On Jun 2, 2009, at 9:24 AM, Xavier LAROSE wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have followed the procedure below :
>>> But when I launch gnucash with X11 I have the error contained in
>>> the joined capture and there is no explicit message.
>>>
>>> Is there an alternative way to instal gnucash ?
>>> Thank you four your help
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>> Xavier LAROSE
>>>
>>> What to Do
>>>
>>> When first start up fink commander go to preferances. in the fink
>>> tab you will see..
>>> use unstable packages
>>> make sure this is checked, then click apply, then ok by doing
>>> this, you will get a much broader list of apps avalible.
>>>
>>> From the source menu select selfupdate-cvs this action will let
>>> fink commander update the list packages availible for you to
>>> download (you need to be connected to the internet fro this to
>>> work). once that's done select update-all to update parts of the
>>> fink installation (the fink database is updated daily).
>>> Once thats done quit fink commander, and open the application
>>> called terminal found in the ultilites folder. a terminal window
>>> will open, now type in this command
>>> sudo apt-get update
>>> it should ask you for your log in password. if you haven't set
>>> one up hit return. once done type this command...
>>> sudo apt-get upgrade gnucash
>>> now reopen
>>> At first glance, the main window of Fink Commander look's alot
>>> like iTunes. once complete, in the top right hand corner type in
>>> gnucash to get a smaller list of files that relate to gnucash.
>>> you will now see gnucash listed. Highlight gnucash in the window,
>>> now go to Binary menu and select install. you will now be
>>> prompted for your user account password. follow the instructions
>>> to install gnucash. From this point you will be told what it will
>>> install onto your system.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "This process does require you to be connected to the internet for
>>> a while, if you have broadband it should take about 30mins. I did
>>> it on a dial up account, spread over 2 days, at my leisure".
>>>
>>> Some of these dependencies are small while others are are quite
>>> big. Fortunatley you can resume your gnucash installation at
>>> anytime!, if you still use dial up this is a great feature. if
>>> you do have to terminate the installation to resume later, just
>>> highlight gnucash again and go to the Binary menu to continue.
>>> When it get's to the file that was stopped midway, it will know
>>> and then ask you if this is an incomplete download, just tell
>>> fink to resume. it will pick up were it left off.
>>>
>>> This process does require you to be connected to the internet for
>>> a while, if you have broadband it should take about 30mins. I did
>>> it on a dial up account, spread over 2 days, at my leisure. When
>>> fink commander has installed everything it needs, the final thing
>>> it will do is start to compile and build the application. this
>>> process does not require you to be on the internet the compile
>>> and build process will take about and hour and a half.
>>>
>>> Time to have some dinner.......
>>>
>>> Finally once that is done, start up Apple's X11 application,
>>> found in your main applications folder now you will see a window
>>> called xterm just type in at the prompt:
>>>
>>> /sw/bin/gnucash
>>>
>>> (this is how you launch x11 app's) That's it!!! you will now be
>>> greeted by a Gnucash window as it start's up, followed by a
>>> accounts register window create a new account and follow
>>> gnucash's druid to set up a typical account. Enjoy!!!! Note: www.gnucash.org
>>> has links to help manuals which will help you get the software
>>> set up quickly.
>>>
>>> Update: I have written a very cool app to save you having summon
>>> gnucash by typing it's name into the xterm window of X11 download
>>> it out Here!!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> --
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>>
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