[GNC] Cannot build GNUCash 5.10 for GNU/Linux
Stephen M. Butler
kg7je at arrl.net
Mon Apr 21 17:41:22 EDT 2025
I just did a successful build of v5.10 on Linux. Ubuntu 24.10.
I'm doing this via git and checkout of 5.10.
Also successful was a build of the most recent set of updates via a git
pull that gives me v5.11-3.
Stephen M Butler
Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com
kg7je at arrl.net
253-350-0166
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On 4/21/25 14:03, Brad Morrison wrote:
> Hi Shifttag/GNUCash users,
>
> Is there a specific reason that you are trying to build the 5.10 version
> of GNUCash? The current version is 5.11 -
> https://gnucash.org/download.phtml
>
> Also, which Linux distro are you using?
> https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=popularity
>
> Using the Flatpak of GNUCash
> (https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnucash.GnuCash) might be an option, if
> you are using a Linux distro that support Flatpak -
> https://flatpak.org/setup/ & https://flathub.org/setup
>
> ---
> Thanks,
>
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> On 2025-04-20 06:18, Shiftag wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have an issue building GnuCash 5.10 on Linux. I'm having the following error at make step:
>>
>> [ 21%] Building C object libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeFiles/gnc-app-utils.dir/gnc-prefs-utils.c.o
>> [ 21%] Building CXX object libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeFiles/gnc-app-utils.dir/gnc-quotes.cpp.o
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:136:9: error: 'environment' in namespace 'bp' does not name a type
>> 136 | bp::environment m_env;
>> | ^~~~~~~~~~~
>> In file included from /usr/include/boost/process/v2/environment.hpp:28,
>> from /usr/include/boost/process/environment.hpp:1,
>> from /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:23:
>> /usr/include/boost/process/v2/detail/environment_posix.hpp:28:11: note: 'boost::process::v2::environment' declared here
>> 28 | namespace environment
>> | ^~~~~~~~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp: In constructor 'GncFQQuoteSource::GncFQQuoteSource()':
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:155:11: error: 'search_path' is not a member of 'bp'
>> 155 | c_cmd{bp::search_path("perl")},
>> | ^~~~~~~~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:156:27: error: class 'GncFQQuoteSource' does not have any field named 'm_env'
>> 156 | m_version{}, m_sources{}, m_env{boost::this_process::environment()}
>> | ^~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:156:40: error: 'boost::this_process' has not been declared
>> 156 | m_version{}, m_sources{}, m_env{boost::this_process::environment()}
>> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:155:1: error: no matching function for call to 'boost::filesystem::path::path(<brace-enclosed initializer list>)'
>> 155 | c_cmd{bp::search_path("perl")},
>> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> In file included from /usr/include/boost/process/v2/detail/config.hpp:65,
>> from /usr/include/boost/process/v2/environment.hpp:13:
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:452:5: note: candidate: 'template<class InputIterator, class> boost::filesystem::path::path(InputIterator, InputIterator, const codecvt_type&)'
>> 452 | path(InputIterator begin, InputIterator end, codecvt_type const& cvt)
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:452:5: note: candidate expects 3 arguments, 1 provided
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:433:5: note: candidate: 'template<class InputIterator, class> boost::filesystem::path::path(InputIterator, InputIterator)'
>> 433 | path(InputIterator begin, InputIterator end)
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:433:5: note: candidate expects 2 arguments, 1 provided
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:372:14: note: candidate: 'template<class Source, class> boost::filesystem::path::path(const Source&, const codecvt_type&)'
>> 372 | explicit path(Source const& source, codecvt_type const& cvt)
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:372:14: note: candidate expects 2 arguments, 1 provided
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:358:5: note: candidate: 'template<class Source, class> boost::filesystem::path::path(const Source&)'
>> 358 | path(Source const& source)
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:358:5: note: template argument deduction/substitution failed:
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:422:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path(const value_type*, const value_type*, const codecvt_type&)'
>> 422 | path(const value_type* begin, const value_type* end, codecvt_type const&) : m_pathname(begin, end) {}
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:422:5: note: candidate expects 3 arguments, 1 provided
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:421:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path(const value_type*, const value_type*)'
>> 421 | path(const value_type* begin, const value_type* end) : m_pathname(begin, end) {}
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:421:5: note: candidate expects 2 arguments, 1 provided
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:402:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path(string_type&&, const codecvt_type&)'
>> 402 | path(string_type&& s, codecvt_type const&) noexcept : m_pathname(static_cast< string_type&& >(s))
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:402:5: note: candidate expects 2 arguments, 1 provided
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:399:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path(string_type&&)'
>> 399 | path(string_type&& s) noexcept : m_pathname(static_cast< string_type&& >(s))
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:399:5: note: conversion of argument 1 would be ill-formed:
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:380:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path(boost::filesystem::path&&, const codecvt_type&)'
>> 380 | path(path&& p, codecvt_type const&) noexcept : m_pathname(static_cast< string_type&& >(p.m_pathname))
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:380:5: note: candidate expects 2 arguments, 1 provided
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:377:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path(boost::filesystem::path&&)'
>> 377 | path(path&& p) noexcept : m_pathname(static_cast< string_type&& >(p.m_pathname))
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:377:5: note: conversion of argument 1 would be ill-formed:
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:346:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path(const std::basic_string_view<char>&, const codecvt_type&)'
>> 346 | path(std::basic_string_view< value_type > const& s, codecvt_type const&) : m_pathname(s) {}
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:346:5: note: candidate expects 2 arguments, 1 provided
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:345:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path(const std::basic_string_view<char>&)'
>> 345 | path(std::basic_string_view< value_type > const& s) : m_pathname(s) {}
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:345:5: note: conversion of argument 1 would be ill-formed:
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:343:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path(const string_type&, const codecvt_type&)'
>> 343 | path(string_type const& s, codecvt_type const&) : m_pathname(s) {}
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:343:5: note: candidate expects 2 arguments, 1 provided
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:342:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path(const string_type&)'
>> 342 | path(string_type const& s) : m_pathname(s) {}
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:342:5: note: conversion of argument 1 would be ill-formed:
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:341:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path(const value_type*, const codecvt_type&)'
>> 341 | path(const value_type* s, codecvt_type const&) : m_pathname(s) {}
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:341:5: note: candidate expects 2 arguments, 1 provided
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:340:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path(const value_type*)'
>> 340 | path(const value_type* s) : m_pathname(s) {}
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:340:5: note: conversion of argument 1 would be ill-formed:
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:338:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path(const boost::filesystem::path&, const codecvt_type&)'
>> 338 | path(path const& p, codecvt_type const&) : m_pathname(p.m_pathname) {}
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:338:5: note: candidate expects 2 arguments, 1 provided
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:337:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path(const boost::filesystem::path&)'
>> 337 | path(path const& p) : m_pathname(p.m_pathname) {}
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:337:5: note: conversion of argument 1 would be ill-formed:
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:336:5: note: candidate: 'boost::filesystem::path::path()'
>> 336 | path() noexcept {}
>> | ^~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/filesystem/path.hpp:336:5: note: candidate expects 0 arguments, 1 provided
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp: In member function 'QuoteResult GncFQQuoteSource::run_cmd(const StrVec&, const std::string&) const':
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:210:30: error: 'buffer' is not a member of 'bp'
>> 210 | auto input_buf = bp::buffer (json_string);
>> | ^~~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:210:30: note: suggested alternatives:
>> In file included from /usr/include/boost/asio/detail/buffer_sequence_adapter.hpp:22,
>> from /usr/include/boost/asio/detail/reactive_descriptor_service.hpp:31,
>> from /usr/include/boost/asio/posix/basic_descriptor.hpp:37,
>> from /usr/include/boost/asio/posix/basic_stream_descriptor.hpp:19,
>> from /usr/include/boost/process/v2/detail/process_handle_fd.hpp:28,
>> from /usr/include/boost/process/v2/process_handle.hpp:15,
>> from /usr/include/boost/process/v2/ext/exe.hpp:12,
>> from /usr/include/boost/process/v2/process.hpp:18,
>> from /usr/include/boost/process/v2/execute.hpp:8,
>> from /usr/include/boost/process/execute.hpp:1,
>> from /usr/include/boost/process.hpp:19,
>> from /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:42:
>> /usr/include/boost/asio/registered_buffer.hpp:287:32: note: 'boost::asio::buffer'
>> 287 | inline const_registered_buffer buffer(
>> | ^~~~~~
>> In file included from /usr/include/boost/iostreams/detail/streambuf/indirect_streambuf.hpp:24,
>> from /usr/include/boost/iostreams/stream_buffer.hpp:22,
>> from /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:47:
>> /usr/include/boost/iostreams/detail/buffer.hpp:83:7: note: 'boost::iostreams::detail::buffer'
>> 83 | class buffer : public basic_buffer<Ch, Alloc> {
>> | ^~~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:211:13: error: 'child' is not a member of 'bp'
>> 211 | bp::child process;
>> | ^~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:212:9: error: 'process' was not declared in this scope
>> 212 | process = bp::child(c_cmd, args,
>> | ^~~~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:212:9: note: suggested alternatives:
>> /usr/include/boost/process/v2/detail/config.hpp:85:1: note: 'boost::process'
>> 85 | BOOST_PROCESS_V2_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
>> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> /usr/include/boost/process/v2/process.hpp:393:25: note: 'boost::process::v2::process'
>> 393 | typedef basic_process<> process;
>> | ^~~~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:212:23: error: 'child' is not a member of 'bp'
>> 212 | process = bp::child(c_cmd, args,
>> | ^~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:213:33: error: 'std_out' is not a member of 'bp'
>> 213 | bp::std_out > out_buf,
>> | ^~~~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:214:33: error: 'std_err' is not a member of 'bp'
>> 214 | bp::std_err > err_buf,
>> | ^~~~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:215:33: error: 'std_in' is not a member of 'bp'
>> 215 | bp::std_in < input_buf,
>> | ^~~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:219:29: error: 'm_env' was not declared in this scope
>> 219 | m_env,
>> | ^~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp: In member function 'void GncFQQuoteSource::set_api_key(const char*, const char*)':
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:264:9: error: 'm_env' was not declared in this scope
>> 264 | m_env[api_env] = key;
>> | ^~~~~
>> /tmp/SBo/gnucash-5.10/libgnucash/app-utils/gnc-quotes.cpp:269:38: error: 'm_env' was not declared in this scope
>> 269 | if (api_key == av_api_key && m_env.find(api_env) == m_env.end())
>> | ^~~~~
>> make[2]: *** [libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeFiles/gnc-app-utils.dir/build.make:182: libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeFiles/gnc-app-utils.dir/gnc-quotes.cpp.o] Error 1
>> make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:3456: libgnucash/app-utils/CMakeFiles/gnc-app-utils.dir/all] Error 2
>> make: *** [Makefile:166: all] Error 2
>>
>> I'm not having any error or warning before those issues. Do I missed a library ?
>>
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