Build Errors on Ubuntu 12.04

[John Ralls]

> On Jan 5, 2015, at 8:02 AM, Sean McLennan <shaav at shaav.com> wrote:
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> On 15-01-05 08:04 AM, John Ralls wrote:
>> To get the MySql backend you need only install libdbd-mysql and mysql-client, no rebuilding required. Regards, John Ralls 
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> So... is there something equivalently easy on Mac now?  Or do libdbi drivers still need to be built?

Equivalently easy? No, because there’s no Mac equivalent to apt-get or yum. But you can certainly build the MySQL or Postgresql client and the corresponding libdbd-driver. Once that’s done the easiest way to get GnuCash to find it would be to edit the shell variable “GNC_DBD_PATH” in Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash to point to the directory in which you installed it. Be sure to remove Gnucash.app/Contents/__CodeSignature or Finder may complain that it’s gotten corrupted.

>  Can the drivers be installed from MacPorts or something?

Maybe. In general I’m allergic to MacPorts and Homebrew because they pollute the user’s environment. It wouldn’t hurt to try, though. 

Regards,
John Ralls