[GNC] Build 4.8 docs issue

[john]

It hasn't been a while since I last built mobi-formatted documents with Cmake because I do so with every release and we just did one on Tuesday. It works fine.
*However* the mobi format was a proprietary format devised by Amazon.com <http://amazon.com/> for their Kindle-branded readers that they deprecated in 2019. We're planning to remove it from the build system soon. You should be able to load the ePub documents into your Kindle.

Regards,
John Ralls

> On Oct 2, 2021, at 1:26 PM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> 
> Please remember to send replies to the list rather than individual users. 
> Particularly if you are soliciting for answers from "anyone" ;)
> 
> As to your problems, can you provide more details ?
> 
> It's been a while since I tested  the mobi format. Back then it worked fine, 
> also with cmake. You have to enable it explicitly though by passing 
> '-DWITH_MOBI=ON' to the cmake call.
> 
> I wouldn't spend too much effort on it though. We're currently considering to 
> drop that format. It has been abandoned by Amazon as well.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Geert
> 
> Op zaterdag 2 oktober 2021 19:40:30 CEST schreef Giuseppe Foti:
>> I am fighting with it too, trying to create a gentoo ebuild for it.
>> 
>> At now I can build, html and epub.
>> 
>> With pdf I have a sandbox access violation issue,
>> 
>> Can anyone confirm that "mobi" can be built both for "help" and "guide" ?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Il 02/10/21 18:51, Geert Janssens ha scritto:
>> 
>> Op zaterdag 2 oktober 2021 18:14:02 CEST schreef Mike Commissaris:
>> 
>> Installing past versions of docs (ver 4.4) went smoothly.
>> With ver 4.8 docs build, starting the install from my script file ./
>> gnucash-docs-4.8.sh
>> I get an error at line 11: ./configure: No such file or directory
>> Sure enough, there is no configure script file in my 4.8 docs build
>> directory.
>> I have searched for answers but have not figured out how to build docs in
>> ver 4.8.
>> Any suggestions or pointer to documentation?
>> 
>> The autotools based build system for gnucash-docs has been deprecated in
>> favor of the cmake based build system.
>> 
>> In gnucash-docs 4.8, the bits to use autotools have been fully removed.
>> 
>> The new way of building is summarized as follows:
>> 
>> - create a build directory (eg 'build') next to your source directory
>> - cd build
>> - cmake ../<source-dir>
>> - make
>> 
>> If you used to set an installation prefix while running configure you may
>> want do to the equivalent for your cmake run.
>> The syntax is "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<path-to-install>"
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Geert
>> 
>> 
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