[GNC] Upgrading GC under Ubuntu

Mon Jul 2 12:53:30 EDT 2018

On 07/02/2018 07:31 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 29 June 2018 at 20:50, Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net
> <mailto:kg7je at arrl.net>> wrote:
>
>     ...
>     Having just done a download and compile to my Ubuntu 18.04, let me
>     share
>     with you what I did.  Sometimes reading the web sites leaves one (at
>     least me) scratching their head vigorously -- in my case not a
>     good idea
>     with the hair I have left!
>
>
> Hi Stephen
>
> Following your 18.04 build have you got all the icons available? 
> Assuming you installed to /usr/local then you should see
> $ ls -l /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions
> total 72
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 540 Apr 15 00:51 gnc-account-delete.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 416 Apr 15 00:51 gnc-account-edit.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 460 Apr 15 00:51 gnc-account-new.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 540 Apr 15 00:51 gnc-account-open.png
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 334 Apr 15 00:51 gnc-account.png
> ....
>
> If they are there could you help me to debug an install issue please? 
> Remove or rename /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons and rerun
> sudo make install
> Then check to see if the icons have been restored?  When I try it on
> 18.04 I am not getting the icons and have to hack one of the cmake
> files to get it to work, but for others it works ok on Ubuntu 16.04.
>
> Thanks
>
> Colin
>

I have:
ls -l /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions
total 72
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 540 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-account-delete.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 416 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-account-edit.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 460 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-account-new.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 540 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-account-open.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 334 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-account.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 417 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-account-report.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 549 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-gnome-pdf.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 824 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-invoice-duplicate.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 711 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-invoice-edit.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 542 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-invoice-new.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 767 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-invoice-pay.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 546 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-invoice.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 658 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-invoice-post.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 682 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-invoice-unpost.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 723 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-jumpto.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 616 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-split-trans.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 789 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-transfer.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 714 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-sx-new.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 789 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-transfer.png

I then did:
cd /usr/local/share/gnucash
sudo mv icons smbhold
cd ~/Projects/GnuCash/mybuild
sudo make install
<< snip a long list>>
-- Up-to-date: /usr/local/share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash_splash.png
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/scalable
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16
steve at stevelaptop:/usr/local/share/gnucash
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-invoice-edit.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-invoice-post.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-gnome-pdf.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-account-edit.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-invoice-pay.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-account-new.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-account-report.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-invoice-new.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-invoice-duplicate.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-sx-new.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-jumpto.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-account-open.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-invoice.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-split-trans.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-invoice-unpost.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-account.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-transfer.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/gnc-account-delete.png
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-invoice-edit.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-invoice-post.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-gnome-pdf.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-account-edit.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-invoice-pay.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-account-new.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-account-report.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-invoice-new.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-invoice-duplicate.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-sx-new.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-jumpto.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-account-open.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-invoice.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-split-trans.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-invoice-unpost.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-account.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-transfer.png
-- Installing:
/usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/gnc-account-delete.png
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/256x256
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/22x22
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/96x96
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/64x64
steve at stevelaptop:/usr/local/share/gnucash
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/128x128
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/32x32
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/48x48
-- Up-to-date: /usr/local/share/icons/hicolor
<<snip another long list>>

cd /usr/local/share/gnucash/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions
ls -l
total 72
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 540 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-account-delete.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 416 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-account-edit.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 460 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-account-new.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 540 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-account-open.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 334 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-account.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 417 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-account-report.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 549 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-gnome-pdf.png
steve at stevelaptop:/usr/local/share/gnucash
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 824 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-invoice-duplicate.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 711 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-invoice-edit.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 542 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-invoice-new.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 767 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-invoice-pay.png
steve at stevelaptop:/usr/local/share/gnucash
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 546 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-invoice.png
steve at stevelaptop:/usr/local/share/gnucashps
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 658 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-invoice-post.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 682 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-invoice-unpost.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 723 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-jumpto.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 616 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-split-trans.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 714 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-sx-new.png
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 789 Apr 14 16:51 gnc-transfer.png

Which shell are you running?  It looks like I am running under bash.

ps
  PID TTY          TIME CMD
 4844 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
 5929 pts/0    00:00:00 ps

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