Gnucash 2.4.0 error libgnc-qof.so.1:

[Geert Janssens]

On Thursday 23 December 2010, Ken Norris wrote:
> On Ubuntu 10.04
> 
> After installing gnucash 2.4.0 according to the INSTALL instructions and
> running from command line i get
> 
> "gnucash: error while loading shared libraries: libgnc-qof.so.1: cannot
> open shared object file: No such file or directory"
> 
> gnucash will run from command line with
> 
> "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH /usr/local/bin/gnucash"
> 
> Anyone know, preferably in very simple steps, a permanent fix for this?
> 
> thanx
> 
> Ken Norris
> 
> 
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The cleanest solution is to configure/build GnuCash with a prefix set to 
something other than /usr or /usr/local. These two prefixes are treated 
special by the compiler/linker and will cause interference from previously 
installed GnuCash installations.

Try something like
configure --prefix /opt/gnucash ....

Geert