[GNC] Compiling and Installing Gnucash 2.6.12

[Paul Schwartz]

here is the file/files in question

paul at paul-Satellite-S855:/usr/local/lib$ ls -l libgnc-gnome*
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root    1939 Sep 12 09:11 libgnc-gnome.la
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      21 Sep 12 09:11 libgnc-gnome.so ->
libgnc-gnome.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      21 Sep 12 09:11 libgnc-gnome.so.0 ->
libgnc-gnome.so.0.0.0
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3192456 Sep 12 09:11 libgnc-gnome.so.0.0.0

Seem to be links to a real file in the same directory that is 3.2 MB
Paul

On Sun, Sep 16, 2018 at 11:03 AM Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be>
wrote:

> 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
> > >
> > > --
> > > Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM
> > > Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com
> > > kg7je at arrl.net
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