[GNC] Compiling and Installing Gnucash 2.6.12

[Geert Janssens]

Op donderdag 13 september 2018 04:10:35 CEST schreef Paul Schwartz:
>  libgnc-gnome.so.0 is in /usr/local/lib
> 
Is that a real file or a soft link ? If it's a softlink, does the file it 
points to exist ?

How about file permissions ? Does the user you use to run gnucash have read 
access to this file or the file it points at ?

Geert

> How do I adjust the command so it is found?
> 
> Paul
> 
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 11:36 AM Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net> wrote:
> > On 09/12/2018 10:11 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
> > > Op woensdag 12 september 2018 17:50:23 CEST schreef Paul Schwartz:
> > >> I have made some progress. Uninstalled and removed previous gnucash
> > 
> > 2.6.19
> > 
> > >> which is the default installed in Ubuntu 18.04. Successfully did
> > >> ./configure && make followed by sudo make install.
> > >> 
> > >> Executing gnucash produces
> > >> 
> > >> /usr/local/bin/gnucash: error while loading shared libraries:
> > >> libgnc-gnome.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or
> > 
> > directory
> > 
> > >> Did I miss an argument for install or ??
> > >> Thanks for the help
> > >> Paul
> > > 
> > > Is the file really there ? It should be somewhere in /usr/local/lib
> > > 
> > > Regards,
> > > 
> > > Geert
> > 
> > Since I had also compiled under Ubuntu, I looked on my system to see
> > where it was located.  Here are my findings:
> > steve at stevelaptop:~$ sudo su
> > [sudo] password for steve:
> > root at stevelaptop:/home/steve# cd /usr
> > root at stevelaptop:/usr# find . -name libgnc-gnome.so.0
> > root at stevelaptop:/usr# find . -name 'libgnc-gnome.*'
> > ./local/lib/libgnc-gnome.so
> > 
> > See if that is on your system.
> > 
> > --Steve
> > 
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