Installing 2.5.6 on Ubuntu 13.10

[Geert Janssens]

On Sunday 27 October 2013 13:47:13 Jon Dallara wrote:
> On 10/27/2013 08:17 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
> > On Sunday 27 October 2013 15:06:14 Colin Law wrote:
> > > On 27 October 2013 14:35, Jon Dallara <jondallara at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Thanks. I think that you might want to look at the Ubuntu
> > > > apt-get
> > > > 
> > > > package then because apt-get was the original installation
> > > > method.
> > > > 
> > > > I've been using the stable version installed through Software
> > > > 
> > > > Center (apt-get) up until now, so all the /usr entries are from
> > > > the
> > > > 
> > > > original install of 2.4.
> > > 
> > > Jon, I think maybe you misunderstand, or I do. The point is that
> > > it
> > > 
> > > is not a good idea to install your own version into the same
> > > location
> > > 
> > > that apt-get uses, otherwise confusion can ensue. It is best to
> > > 
> > > install it to a different location, it does not matter where
> > > really.
> > > 
> > > If you want to do that however it is entirely up to you, just set
> > > 
> > > --prefix to wherever you want. I usually put it in a folder
> > > 
> > > indicating the version number so that I can keep track of which
> > > 
> > > version is which in case I have multiple versions at once, for
> > > example
> > > 
> > > the current release and the development version.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Colin
> > 
> > And at the same time rembember to remove all traces of your own
> > gnucash build from /usr/local (if you haven't removed your build
> > directory, you can do this with make uninstall).
> > 
> > If not, this installation in /usr/local will continue to break the
> > apt-get installed version in /usr.
> > 
> > Geert
> 
> Thanks.  Misunderstanding on my part.  Back in my day (1999) on HP-UX
> we didn't have the different directory interactions if I recall
> correctly (/usr/local/lib overriding /usr/lib).  Anyhow, thanks for
> the help.  I may just have to get back into programming if I ever get
> some free time.
> 
> Jon.

You're welcome :)

Geert