Pb in installing gnucash

Tue Jun 2 12:51:19 EDT 2009

Unfortunately, this situation runs into fink's strength/weakness all  
rolled into one. I removed the gnucash 1.8.12 files from fink's  
depository a couple months ago. But as recently as 4 months ago, I had  
people claiming they wanted to keep the old version functional. Fink  
rarely does anything that would forcibly remove a working package from  
a user's machine. If I made 'gnucash' a dummy package pointing to  
gnucash 2.2.9, then anyone with the old version still working could  
unexpectedly end up with 2.2.9 instead of 1.8.12 if they did a 'fink  
update-all'.

Maybe when OS X 10.4 support in fink lapses I can be more forcible in  
wiping the old version out.

Dave

On Jun 2, 2009, at 10:54 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:

> 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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