GC 2.4.10 installed under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS doesn't run

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:49:17 +0200 "Frank H. Ellenberger" <frank.h.ellenberger at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> Am 21.04.2013 22:10, schrieb rsbrux:
> > 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.
> 
> FYI: That is no error message but just a warning about some flag, which 
> was unused by your package maintainer.

Something I noticed in the OP's message: "trying to start GC from console" -
if he means the the "black" virtual tty console, that is just never going to
work on *any* distro, any version. You have to start GnuCash in an X11
environment. And yes, that would include some flavor of XTerm -- you don't
need a desktop or a launcher. Note using slogin (from a XTerm!) would work,
but you do need X11 tunneling enabled in /etc/ssh/sshd_config (on the server
side) and /etc/ssh/ssh_config OR with the -X or -Y flags on the client side.
On xauth needs to be installed on the server side.

> 
> If you wish to get some more useful information, follow the instructions 
> in 
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Something_bad_happened.3B_how_can_I_help_debug.3F
> and linked pages.
> 
> > 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?
> 
> I don't know, but some users shared their knowledge in
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Ubuntu
> 
> HTH
> Frank
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