[GNC] Build error ver 3.7 on mint 19.2

[Tommy Trussell]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 11:04 AM NOSTOP <nostop at tutanota.com> wrote:

> nostop at tutanota.comGreetings!I'm trying to build on mint 19.2.I ran David
> Cousens Script to get libs, dependencies, etc for a build of ver 3.7.
> Confirmed all were successful.Running
> :~/Applications_building/gnucash-3.7/gnucash-build$ cmake -GNinja
> -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local ..Always gets the error :CMake Error at
> common/cmake_modules/GncAddTest.cmake:139 (message):  GTEST not found.
> Please install it or set GTEST_ROOT or GMOCK_ROOTCall Stack (most recent
> call first):  CMakeLists.txt:625 (gnc_gtest_configure)Tried the following
> with no success:build dir below  source dir  FAILbuild same level as source
> FAILAbsolute path FAILRelative path FAILinstalled googlemock FAILHas anyone
> a suggestion/solution?Thank you
>

I had a lot of trouble building GnuCash on Bionic UNTIL I used the source
for Ubuntu Eoan 19.10. See the directions I just posted for a procedure.
But the biggest help is that the Ubuntu eoan package includes a bunch of
John Ralls' patches that make it much more easily buildable.



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