failing to run gnucash 2.4 on MacOSX Leopard (10.5.8)

[John Ralls]

On Dec 24, 2010, at 8:37 PM, Johann George wrote:

> I've just downloaded the latest gnucash 2.4 for MacOSX and am attempting to
> run it on Leopard (10.5.8) and get the following error:
> 
> Dyld Error Message:
> Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libltdl.3.dylib
> Referenced from:
> /Volumes/Gnucash-Intel-2.4.0/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash-bin
> Reason: image not found
> 
> I also tried it on Snow Leopard (10.6.5) and it seems to run without
> complaint.
> 
> We have been previously running gnucash 2.2.9 on Leopard for the last year
> and it seemed to run fine but upgrading to gnucash 2.4 gives this error.
> 
> Has anyone had the same experience?  Incidentally, I'm really a Linux user
> and am not that familiar with Macs.  Perhaps I am just missing a library?
> If so, how would I install it?

Hmm. It appears that it's installed by Developer Tools (a.k.a. XCode). That's an optional installation on your Leopard distribution DVD.

It also appears that I managed to build 2.2.9 without requiring it at all, and 2.3.x with a newer version in the bundle. I'll fix 2.4.0 so that uses an in-bundle libltdl and get new dmgs up in a day or two.

Regards,
John Ralls