[GNC] Compile of 3.2 fails

[John Ralls]

Do
  sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/gnucash
  sudo rm -f /usr/local/lib/libgnc*
clean your build directory and try again.

Regards,
John Ralls

> On Aug 4, 2018, at 9:21 AM, Michael via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
> Geert, Thanks for the reply.  type gnucash gives /usr/local/bin/gnucash, but that seems to be an old 2.6.21 install that no longer works.  There is a working 2.6.21 in a $HOME/build-folder, but it doesn't show up.
> 
> I cleared the guile ccache with no improvement.
> 
> Looks like I should think about this some more and probably do a fresh install of Mint.  For now I can use 2.6.21.  Thanks, Mike
> 
> 
> On 08/04/2018 08:40 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
>> The symbol gnc-build-userdata-path is defined in libgnc-core-utils.so or it
>> should be. It is a new symbol for gnucash 3.x.
>> 
>> Is the install of gnucash 2.6 installed in /usr or /usr/local ? Then your
>> build may be picking up the wrong libgnc-core-utils.so.
>> 
>> What do you get when you enter
>> type gnucash
>> on a terminal ?
>> 
>> Do you have amended the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable for your user
>> account (or systemwide) ?
>> 
>> Another thing to try is to clear guile's local build cache in
>> $HOME/.cache/guile/ccache
>> There may still be precompiled files in there from a previous build though
>> it's less likely this matters here.
>> 
>> Geert
>> 
>> GeertOp vrijdag 3 augustus 2018 23:36:17 CEST schreef Michael:
>>> Geert, You may be right.  Over a few years, I have built or installed
>>> several 2.6.x versions, including 2.6.21 which is still on the machine.
>>> It may be that I am looking at a clean install. I don't know how I would
>>> get rid of all the old installs and associated files.  A more complete
>>> log file is attached.  Mike
>>> 
>>> On 08/03/2018 06:50 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
>>>> Op vrijdag 3 augustus 2018 01:15:31 CEST schreef Michael via gnucash-user:
>>>>> I am trying to build gnucash-3.2 on Linux Mint just upgraded to 19.
>>>>> cmake was successful.  make fails at about 30%.  Generating
>>>>> ../../lib/gnucash/scm/ccache/2.0/gnucash/core-utils.go.  recipe for
>>>>> target failed.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I thought I had it made when cmake worked.  Any ideas?  Mike
>>>> Unfortunately you have only included the very last line of the build
>>>> error.
>>>> The more useful details are in the lines above.
>>>> 
>>>> My first guess would be that you still have gnucash 2.6.x installed on
>>>> your
>>>> system. During build gnucash will try to link against other built files.
>>>> However if these files are also present from an installed gnucash it looks
>>>> like these are found first. And in this case that could fail.
>>>> 
>>>> Can you uninstall gnucash 2.6.x and restart the build ?
>>>> 
>>>> Geert
>> 
>> 
>> 
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