32 bit gnucash won't open in pclos

[Harold]

Correction....I have guile1.8 installed on my system that is giving me 
problems.

On 04/22/2016 02:37 PM, Harold wrote:
> I don't have a file by the name of guile installed.
>
> On 04/22/2016 07:47 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
>>
>> 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:
>>
>> > On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 21:20:29 +0200
>>
>> >
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> > >
>>
>> > > 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:
>>
>> > > > The same thing happens whether I use the command line or click on
>>
>> > > > an
>>
>> > > > icon or menu item.
>>
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > Here is the output of Gnucash from the terminal: [gnucash
>>
>> > > > Backtrace:
>>
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > In unknown file:
>>
>> > > > ?: 0* [primitive-load-path "slib/guile.init"]
>>
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > <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
>>
>> > > > version
>>
>> > > > of PCLinuxOS.
>>
>> > > > I have posted the problem in the PCLOS forum and have not gotten
>>
>> > > > any
>>
>> > > > response.
>>
>> > > >
>>
>> > > > 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
>>
>> > > > >
>>
>> > > > > <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
>>
>> > > > > and
>>
>> > > > > then
>>
>> > > > > nothing else. I don't have the same problem with the 64 bit
>>
>> > > > > 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
>>
>> > > > > stopped working, or has it never worked?
>>
>> > > > >
>>
>> > > > > Now to jump ahead to something that has happened to me -- did
>>
>> > > > > you
>>
>> > > > > make sure you installed a version of GnuCash that was COMPILED
>>
>> > > > > for
>>
>> > > > > a 32-bit system? Was it compiled for your exact release of the
>>
>> > > > > operating system?
>>
>> > > > >
>>
>> > > > > (I know nothing about your distro -- I gather that online it's
>>
>> > > > > called
>>
>> > > > > 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.)
>>
>> > > > >
>>
>> > > > > -----
>>
>> >
>>
>> > PCLinuxOS supply GnuCash 2.4.15 via their repo. which may explain the
>>
>> > slib issue.
>>
>> >
>>
>> > When I queried this on IRC ...
>>
>> >
>>
>> > [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
>>
>> > [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
>>
>> > out not to be easy for the reasons given ...
>>
>> >
>>
>> > So lobby PCLinuxOS to get the latest version
>>
>> >
>>
>> > #PCLinuxOS-Support and #PCLinuxOS on freenode.net
>>
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