32 bit gnucash won't open in pclos

[Harold]

I don't have a file by the name of guile installed.

On 04/22/2016 07:47 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
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> And for the record: gnucash 2.6.x does not require guile 2.0. Guile 
> 1.6 support was dropped for gnucash 2.6.x. It should however build 
> just fine with guile 1.8 (possibly we defaulted to guile 2.0 if 
> available, but it should be overridable). The windows build is still 
> on guile 1.8 for that matter so we have interest in keeping support 
> for it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Geert
>
> On Friday 22 April 2016 12:54:52 Mike Evans wrote:
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> > On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 21:20:29 +0200
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> >
>
> > Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
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> > > There must be interference from something outside of gnucash.
>
> > > Gnucash hasn't used slib since 2.4.x.
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> > >
>
> > > Is that package installed on your system ? What happens if you
>
> > > remove it ? Or is your guile installation wrongfully looking for
>
> > > this package and won't find it ? (So perhaps you should install it
>
> > > instead, because it's missing).
>
> > >
>
> > > Regards,
>
> > >
>
> > > Geert
>
> > >
>
> > > On Thursday 21 April 2016 13:48:40 Harold wrote:
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> > > > The same thing happens whether I use the command line or click on
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> > > > an
>
> > > > icon or menu item.
>
> > > >
>
> > > > Here is the output of Gnucash from the terminal: [gnucash
>
> > > > Backtrace:
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> > > >
>
> > > > In unknown file:
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> > > > ?: 0* [primitive-load-path "slib/guile.init"]
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> > > >
>
> > > > <unnamed port>: In procedure primitive-load-path in expression
>
> > > > (primitive-load-path name):
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> > > > <unnamed port>: Unable to find file "slib/guile.init" in load
>
> > > > path]
>
> > > > I only installed the version in the repositories in my 32 bit
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> > > > version
>
> > > > of PCLinuxOS.
>
> > > > I have posted the problem in the PCLOS forum and have not gotten
>
> > > > any
>
> > > > response.
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> > > >
>
> > > > Thanks,
>
> > > >
>
> > > > On 04/20/2016 01:21 PM, Tommy Trussell wrote:
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> > > > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:48 AM, Harold <hh6199 at yahoo.com
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> > > > >
>
> > > > > <mailto:hh6199 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
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> > > > > I run PCLOS 32 bit KDE and Mate versions and gnucash doesn't
>
> > > > > open.
>
> > > > > After I click on the icon I see the splash screen briefly
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> > > > > and
>
> > > > > then
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> > > > > nothing else. I don't have the same problem with the 64 bit
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> > > > > version. Has anyone else run into this problem or is it just
>
> > > > > me?
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > Have you tried opening a Terminal and seeing what messages come
>
> > > > > up
>
> > > > > when you type the gnucash command there? Did it used to open and
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> > > > > stopped working, or has it never worked?
>
> > > > >
>
> > > > > Now to jump ahead to something that has happened to me -- did
>
> > > > > you
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> > > > > make sure you installed a version of GnuCash that was COMPILED
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> > > > > for
>
> > > > > a 32-bit system? Was it compiled for your exact release of the
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> > > > > operating system?
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> > > > >
>
> > > > > (I know nothing about your distro -- I gather that online it's
>
> > > > > called
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> > > > > PCLinuxOS -- so if it turns out you're having a repository issue
>
> > > > > you'll probably need to ask in a support forum for your distro.)
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> > > > >
>
> > > > > -----
>
> >
>
> > PCLinuxOS supply GnuCash 2.4.15 via their repo. which may explain the
>
> > slib issue.
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> >
>
> > When I queried this on IRC ...
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> >
>
> > [10:34:51] <mikee> Anyone know why the provided GnuCash version is so
>
> > old, 2.4.15 when the latest release is 2.6.10? ...
>
> > [12:40:38] <Terry_N> Because those jackasses who code gnucash made it
>
> > the only package that requires guile 2.0.x. guile 2.0.x doesn't
>
> > appear to be backward compatible with guile 1.8 nor do they co-exist
>
> > very well. We just finished adjusting guile 1.8 to guile1.8 and the
>
> > next step is to make guile 2.0 somewhat installable next to it then
>
> > try go get gnucash 2.6.9 to work against it. guile 2.0 and gnucash
>
> > 2.6.x will probably go into a special sectio [12:42:35] <mikee> :) As
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> > one of the jackasses you mention... [12:42:51] <mikee> I'm not
>
> > reposible for the guile version though. [12:43:43] <mikee> I did a
>
> > successful compile from GitHub last night though. [12:45:24]
>
> > <Terry_N> That is why the latest version is not in the repo yet. Tex
>
> > is working on it [12:51:03] <mikee> using libguile-devel-1.8.8
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> > [12:52:29] <mikee> using the maint branch, master is too unstable
>
> > anyway. [12:54:06] <Terry_N> I don't know what source Tex is using
>
> > [12:58:34] <mikee> Lots of (good) changes since 2.4.15, it's well
>
> > worth the effort. No self interest at all. [13:01:23] <Terry_N>
>
> > Indeed. People have been requesting it to be updated but it turned
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> > out not to be easy for the reasons given ...
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> >
>
> > So lobby PCLinuxOS to get the latest version
>
> >
>
> > #PCLinuxOS-Support and #PCLinuxOS on freenode.net
>