GC 2.4.10 installed under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS doesn't run

[Colin Law]

On 21 April 2013 21:10, rsbrux <rsbrux at yahoo.com> wrote:
> It is quite possible that this is due to some unfulfilled dependency, as I
> have installed GC on a Ubuntu Server to which I have added gnome-shell,
> which also doesn't work.
> The error message I get (trying to start GC from console) is:
> "gnc.bin-Message: main: binreloc relocation support was disabled at
> configure time."
> The message is the same with or without the "--nofile" argument.  No other
> responses are visible.
> The same error message has been reported in posts on various fora going back
> at least 5 years, and is usually attributed to problems with the package.
> I am quite inexperienced with Linux and not prepared to rebuild GC myself.
> The detailed information from aptitude is shown below.
> I was disappointed to get GC 2.4.10 instead of 2.4.12.  Is there a way to
> get 2.4.12 for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
> Might this produce better results?

Just to say that for me GC installed on Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop 32 bits
from the standard repository works fine.  It does sound rather like a
missing dependency when installed on Ubuntu server.  On the other hand
if gnome shell is not working how can any GUI application work?

Colin