Unable to start GnuCash 2.6 on Mac OS -X Mavericks

[John Ralls]

On Jan 1, 2014, at 7:08 AM, Subramanian Venkateswaran <subramanian.venkateswaran at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I faced the same issue. The temporary workaround for this will be :
> 
> Step 1 : Go to terminal
> 
> Step 2 : Go to the folder where you have GnuCash.app file
> 
> Step 3: Enter the following in the command prompt in terminal LC_ALL=C
> Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash
> 
> The above steps worked for me.

That's a bit painful. A better work-around is to find a locale that matches the
language you want to use and is supported by the C library. en_GB is a good choice
for English speakers who prefer to see "colour" instead of "color" and so on.

Once you've picked your locale, enter the following at a Terminal prompt:
  defaults write -app Gnucash AppleLocale en_GB
substituting whatever locale you've selected for en_GB. Then you'll be able to
use GnuCash as usual.

For reference this is bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=721260

Regards,
John Ralls