[GNC] Compiling Problem version 3.1.4+b10

[Geert Janssens]

Hi Carl,

The error suggests the code can't find the definition of function
gnc-build-userdata-path

That's a new function that was introduced for the gnucash 3-series. So if you get this error while 
trying to run gnucash 3.1, that suggests a packaging bug.

There are two likely causes:
1. gnucash finds an older version of libgnc-core-utils.so
2. the swig bindings weren't properly rebuilt for this package, instead using the bindings that 
don't know the new function yet.

Where did this gnucash you tried to install come from ?

As a sidenote I will point out gnucash 3.1 is not the most recent version and there have been 
plenty of bugfixes in more recent releases. The current version is 3.4, with 3.5 planned for this 
weekend. If you can get a more recent version you will most likely have a better experience 
with gnucash.

Regards,

Geert

Op vrijdag 29 maart 2019 07:38:52 CET schreef Carl:
> Hello Folks!
> 
> I'm not sure if I have the correct method of doing this here!
> 
> but I'm just trying to install gnucash in debian buster and I keep
> getting this funny output whenever I type gnucash from the command
> prompt and the program refuses to run
> 
> 
> Can anyone tell me what this means? see output below, thanks for your
> help!!:
> 
> Backtrace:
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>    2994:20 19 (_)
>     2312:4 18 (save-module-excursion _)
>    3014:26 17 (_)
> In unknown file:
>            16 (primitive-load-path "gnucash/utilities" #<procedure 55…>)
> In utilities.scm:
>       28:0 15 (_)
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>    3377:20 14 (process-use-modules _)
>     222:17 13 (map1 (((gnucash core-utils))))
>    3378:31 12 (_ ((gnucash core-utils)))
>    2800:17 11 (resolve-interface (gnucash core-utils) #:select _ # _ # …)
> In ice-9/threads.scm:
>      390:8 10 (_ _)
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>    2726:13  9 (_)
> In ice-9/threads.scm:
>      390:8  8 (_ _)
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>    2994:20  7 (_)
>     2312:4  6 (save-module-excursion _)
>    3014:26  5 (_)
> In unknown file:
>             4 (primitive-load-path "gnucash/core-utils" #<procedure 5…>)
> In core-utils.scm:
>       40:0  3 (_)
> In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
>    2071:24  2 (call-with-deferred-observers #<procedure 7f8f791d02b8 …>)
>     260:13  1 (for-each #<procedure 55a7eb0908c0 at ice-9/boot-9.scm…> …)
> In unknown file:
>             0 (scm-error misc-error #f "~A ~S" ("Undefined variab…" …) …)
> 
> ERROR: In procedure scm-error:
> Undefined variable: gnc-build-userdata-path
> 
> 
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