[GNC] Trustworthy easy way to install gnucash 3.5 on ubuntu?
Nathan T Alexander
nta at nathanalexander.net
Sat May 18 08:43:37 EDT 2019
Hi Colin
I upgraded my operating system to a newer version of ubuntu. Now I'm on DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS"
Tried following the build instructions and got different errors. Couldn't find any help on building.
Searched through gnucash wiki and found https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Debian. Tried to follow the instrucions here but the links to getdeb are all dead.
I still need to install a recent version of gnucash on ubuntu 18.04 lts please help
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Nathan T Alexander
nta at nathanalexander.net
On Fri, May 17, 2019, at 7:13 AM, Nathan T Alexander wrote:
> OK I tried compiling it myself.
>
> I downloaded the tarball and unzipped it into a /usr/loca/src/build-gnucash:
>
> Then I tried to follow the instructions here:
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building_On_Linux , so I ran:
>
> n at g:/usr/local/src/build-gnucash-3.5$ sudo cmake
> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local
> -- Checking for module 'glib-2.0>=2.40'
> --
> CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake-3.5/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:367
> (message):
> A required package was not found
> Call Stack (most recent call first):
> /usr/share/cmake-3.5/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:532
> (_pkg_check_modules_internal)
> common/cmake_modules/GncFindPkgConfig.cmake:253 (PKG_CHECK_MODULES)
> CMakeLists.txt:194 (gnc_pkg_check_modules)
>
>
> -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
> See also "/usr/local/src/build-gnucash-3.5/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.log".
> n at g:/usr/local/src/build-gnucash-3.5$
>
>
> Now I am stuck, how do a learn to read the output of these messages, it
> is not clear what I am supposed to do? How do I learn this stuff or
> what do I do?
>
> I just want gnucash to run.
>
> --
> Nathan T Alexander
> nta at nathanalexander.net
>
> On Fri, May 17, 2019, at 6:17 AM, Nathan T Alexander wrote:
> > Thanks for replying, Colin
> >
> > I am using:
> >
> > :~$ cat /etc/lsb-release
> > DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
> > DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04
> > DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial
> > DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS"
> >
> > And I happen to use Xubuntu variant, (not sure if that matters)
> >
> > ok now I am trying to figure out if its going to be easier to compie
> > my own gnucash as instructed on your website or if I can get the
> > gnucash 3.3 package from another version of ubuntu
> >
> > Any tips are greatly appreciated
> >
> > --
> > Nathan T Alexander
> > nta at nathanalexander.net
> >
> > On Tue, May 14, 2019, at 3:36 PM, Colin Law wrote:
> > > On Tue, 14 May 2019 at 08:22, Nathan T Alexander
> > > <nta at nathanalexander.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi, great app, love it so much.
> > > >
> > > > The version on ubuntu and in debian is 2.6.
> > >
> > > Which version of Ubuntu? The latest Ubuntu has version 3.3.
> > >
> > > Colin
> > >
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