[GNC] Guile missing -- but not missing

[Derek Atkins]

Did you install the appropriate -dev packages?

Why not run the apt command to install all the build dependencies?  I
think something like apt build-dep gnucash?

-derek

On Mon, March 30, 2026 7:13 pm, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
> I had to rebuild my Ubuntu from the ground up.  Now trying to build GnC
> 5.15 and getting
> CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:381 (message):
>    Neither guile 3.0, guile 2.2, nor guile 2.0 were found GnuCash can't
> run
>    without one of them.  Ensure that one is installed and can be found
> with
>    pkg-config.
>
> However, doing sudo apt install guile-3.0 shows:
> guile-3.0 is already the newest version (3.0.10+really3.0.10-5).
> guile-3.0 set to manually installed.
>
> whereis guile shows:
> guile: /usr/bin/guile /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/guile /usr/share/guile
> /usr/share/man/man1/guile.1.gz
>
> Why can't CMake find it?
>
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