Using gnucash on Mac

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

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Ajay <sink at opentechsols.com> writes:

> On Sep 24, 2009, at 10:35 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>
>     Why don't you download the 2.2.9 DMG from Sourceforge?
>    
>     -derek
>
> Thanks for pointing that out. Last time I check, a DMG did not exist!

It's been available for a few weeks now.

> Unfortunately, Snow leopard (10.6.1) doesn't open the downloaded DMG! When I
> try, I get:
>
> The following disk images couldn't be opened
> Gnucash-Intel-2.2.9.3   Corrupt Image

This sounds like either an upload or download problems.  Other people
have been able to run the DMG on 10.4, 10.5, AND 10.6

> I tried downloading file >From 3 different mirrors. Same error from each
> mirror.
>
> This leads me to believe that the DMG file may be only compatible with (32
> bit) 10.5, and not (64 bit) 10.6. Is there any validity to this reasoning?

Nope, your reasoning is incorrect.

> Any solutions?

Umm, we need to make sure the mirror is correct, but it sounds like
a transmission error either up or down.

> Thanks
>
> Ajay

-derek

>     Ajay <sink at opentechsols.com> writes:
>
>         Hello
>
>         I am trying (very unsuccessfully) to get gnucash working on a Mac.
>
>         Are there any gnucash / Mac users out there?
>    
>         How did you get it to work?
>
>         I am trying to set it up through fink. (This has been posted to the
>    
>         fink-users mailing list too).
>
>         gnucash freezes on the splash screen, with no errors / warnings.
>
>         I have been trying to setup gnucash since March, but haven't gotten it
>    
>         working. Any help / info / pointers / location of logs will be highly
>    
>         appreciated.
>
>         My Fink Setup:
>    
>         Mac OS 10.6.1 (64 bit)
>    
>         64 bit fink, source version
>    
>         XCode 3.2, XQuartz 2.3.4
>
>         gnucash: 2.2.9 (r17949M)
>
>         $ fink -V | head -n2
>    
>         Package manager version: 0.29.9
>    
>         Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Thu Sep 17 06:15:23 2009, 10.6,
>    
>         x86_64
>
>         $ grep Trees /sw/etc/fink.conf
>    
>         Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto unstable/main unstable/
>    
>         crypto
>    
>         SelfUpdateTrees: 10.4
>
>         $ xcodebuild -version
>    
>         Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto unstable/main unstable/
>    
>         crypto
>    
>         SelfUpdateTrees: 10.4
>
>         Thanks
>
>         Ajay
>
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       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available