File Not Found - slib/guile.init

[John Ralls]

On Aug 20, 2012, at 4:11 PM, Wiliam Colls <william.colls at rogers.com> wrote:

> 
> I am trying to move an instance of gnucash from the machine where I built it (and which is no longer accessible) to the machine where it needs to run. Both are running Kubuntu 10.04. Guile 1.8 is installed on the target machine, and the file /usr/share/slib/guile.init exists. However, when I try to run the program I get the following error message:
> 
> Backtrace:
> In unknown file:
>   ?: 0* [primitive-load-path "slib/guile.init"]
> 
> <unnamed port>: In procedure primitive-load-path in expression (primitive-load-path name):
> <unnamed port>: Unable to find file "slib/guile.init" in load path
> 
> The PATH includes /usr/share, and guile.init is readable by everybody
> All the files from my build machine home directory have been loaded onto the target machine in the equivalent locations.
> 
> I am sure that I have seen this discussed before, but there seems to be a problem with archive page, and I can't search the old traffic.
> 
> Any advice will be greatly received.
> 

ln -s /usr/share/slib/ /usr/share/guile/1.8/slib
guile -c "(use-moduless (ice-9 slib)) (require 'printf)"

Regards,
John Ralls