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[Stephen M. Butler]

On 9/28/19 4:50 PM, David Cousens wrote:
> David,
>
> The problem with Synaptic particularly with Linux Mint since it is tied to
> an even earlier Ubuntu version than even the current Ubuntu distrbutions and
> that it is often lagging the actual development cycle for packages 
> considerably (not only for GnuCash but many other packages). It does have
> the advantage of stability against unfixed bugs missing improvements. 
>
> I haven't had your experience of cmake spraying files everywhere. The files
> it creates are confined to the build directory and subdirectories before
> installation which is its major advantage. The installation step is the only
> one in which files are moved elsewhere in the directory structure and then
> only to the locations mentioned previously. Autotools would have done the
> same thing. The locations are a function of the installation requirements
> for Linux to have operation without having to include everything in PATH
> variables explicitly, rather than GnuCash related.
>
> Steve Butler maintains .deb files for GnuCash which will install with the
> gdebi installer in Linux just by clicking on the .deb file. I'm sure there
> is a version for Ubuntu Bionic which is the Ubuntu version Linux MInt 19.x
> is based on. This should install to the locations we discussed earlier. I
> don't know if Steve set it up to install under /usr/local  or just
> $HOME/.local.   You will find links to these in the mailing list archives.
> On some of the versions whcih install using a sandbox to isolate the app
> there have been problems accessing system resources which require
> configuration of the packaging system e.g Flatpak, Snap etc. No experience
> with kitware.
>
> David Cousens


Sadly, the 3.7 only works on Disco.  I'm trying to figure out chroot so
I can build under Bionic also.  I believe it is just /usr.  Wherever the
standard packages are installed using apt, apt-get, or similar.


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