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=== Errors in building autoconf: autom4te: need GNU m4 1.4 or later: /bin/m4 ===
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== Training manual for Gnucash ==
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Hi everyone.  I spent some of the Thanksgiving weekend trying to build GNUCash in Windows.  Everything proceeded fairly well until I got to the autotools section of the build, at which point I got a vague error about requiring m4 version 1.4 or later. Here is the last little bit of the make output before the crash:
 
  
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make[2]: Leaving directory `/c/soft/tmp/autoconf-2.60/lib/m4sugar'
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Do you have people training on how to use Gnucash?
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autom4te_perllibdir='..'/lib AUTOM4TE_CFG='../lib/autom4te.cfg'
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:Errr... no. In which part of the world are you looking for this? In writing, we have http://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml --[[User:Cstim|Cstim]] 10:29, 15 January 2007 (EST)
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../bin/autom4te -B '..'/lib -B '..'/lib --language M4sh --cache ''
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Am based in Kenya, which is in Africa and would like to know if there is any organisation that is contracted to provide training services on Gnucash.
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--melt ./autoconf.as -o autoconf.in
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:No, there is no such organisation. Sorry. --[[User:Cstim|Cstim]] 03:47, 16 January 2007 (EST)
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The system cannot find the path specified.
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Thanks, would I be allowed to take up training for GnuCash without any sort of certification. My profession is Accounting.
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autom4te: need GNU m4 1.4 or later: /bin/m4
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:I have no idea what you mean by "to take up training for GnuCash" but you can do with that software whatever you like. --[[User:Cstim|Cstim]] 09:49, 16 January 2007 (EST)
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make[1]: *** [autoconf.in] Error 1
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:I am considering using GnuCash with some friends on a small business, and also for my personal finance. I'm also based in Kenya. How is your experience so far?
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make[1]: Leaving directory `/c/soft/tmp/autoconf-2.60/bin'
 
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make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
 
  
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On a second try, after only installing msys 1.0.10 and nothing else, and running install.sh, the inst_dtk section outputs:
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== Setup Binaries ==
  
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2.1.0 was released yesterday, but Windows setup binaries are not yet on sourceforge (https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=192&package_id=5582). Will this be happening soon? Does someone own this task? --[[User:Pettijohn|Pettijohn]] 14:43, 15 April 2007 (EDT)
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  ###  MSYS DTK
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:Correct, yes and yes :-) Just follow the thread http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2007-April/020394.html, the release workflow for windows binaries is not yet set in stone. -- [[User:Andi5|andi5]]
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::This has been fixed now. -- [[User:Andi5|andi5]]
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msys dtk already installed.  skipping.
 
  
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which confuses me.  I didn't install the DTK.
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== Windows install ==
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:New thought:  looking at the inst_dtk function, it checks if "perl --help" returns.  I had ActivePerl pre-installed, so that may be the problem, because that test thinks the MSYS DTK is already installed whereas in reality only ActivePerl had been installed.
 
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::Okay, forcing the DTK install got it past the m4 error listed above.  Looks like my original install of ActivePerl was the problem.  I commented out the check for "perl --help" in install.sh, restarted install.sh, and the build seems to be going along fine now.  I'll let you know if I run into another issue.  Thanks!  --[[User:Scbash|scbash]] 21:06, 27 November 2006 (EST)
 
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:::Thanks for explaining the solution here. I've changed the check for MSYS DTK now so that it looks for the perl executable at the MSYS location. I hope this should fix this issue for others. Eventually this whole section should be moved to the [[Windows]] page, into the troubleshooting section near the bottom. --[[User:Cstim|Cstim]] 03:56, 28 November 2006 (EST)
 
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::::Thanks for the nice cleanup.  The discussion is a lot easier to follow now.  The build finished somewhere around 2AM this morning, and I can start GNUCash, though I get a few error messages printed to the console.  Where should discussions of runtime issues go?  The mailing list or another page in this wiki? --[[User:Scbash|Scbash]] 09:46, 28 November 2006 (EST)
 
  
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=== Updates required to automated build scripts ===
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Is is possible to install the new version over an old version? Or should I uninstall first?
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* During my clean build tonight I had to change custom.sh to point to mingw 5.1.0.  The 5.0.3 installer references mirror sites that don't seem to have the required files anymore. --[[User:Scbash|scbash]] 20:46, 27 November 2006 (EST)
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:I don't think you have to uninstall first. Just install the new version. However, what *could* happen is that once you want to uninstall the newer version, only the files from the newer version will be deleted, but not extra files from the old version that don't exist in the new version. Maybe we should test this a bit? But feel free to install the new version right away. --[[User:Cstim|Cstim]] 04:53, 26 April 2007 (EDT)
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* Also had to update libxml to 2.6.27 --[[User:Scbash|Scbash]] 21:24, 27 November 2006 (EST)
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:Thanks. I've updated the version numbers in custom.sh accordingly. --[[User:Cstim|Cstim]] 03:56, 28 November 2006 (EST)
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== HBCI/aqbanking and Windows ==
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According to http://arcknowledge.com/finance.aqbanking.devel/2007-01/msg00088.html there have been problems with aqbanking and Windows which seem to be solved. I just tried to add my accounts according to [http://linuxwiki.de/AqBanking/aqhbci-tool#head-a10e964ff079a4e5dee8a8c234af41c20dc83c54 theses instructions] and it worked quite well. Thanks for the windows port, guys! --[[User:Tluft|Tluft]] 18:22, 11 May 2007 (EDT)
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== Gnucash files ==
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When I first start gnu,I do not get the option of setting up the program. The gnucash files (gconf, gconfd etc) end up being saved under my profile in the c drive rather in sub folders where I would like them. Is there any way once the program is running to re-configer these files?
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== Windows 8 Finance::Quote ==
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I am running gnucash successfully on Windows 8. I want to install Finance::Quote, but can't find instructions that don't reference the start menu. Anyone know how to do it from the command line? [[User:Mokeyib|Mokeyib]] 00:20, 28 March 2013 (EDT)
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:Found it. After installing perl, cd to the gnucash\bin directory and run install-fq-mods.cmd from there. [[User:Mokeyib|Mokeyib]] 00:48, 28 March 2013 (EDT)
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== ( Windows?) Finance::Quote ==
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This Wiki page specifies ActivePerl 5.8 or 5.10, but these do not deliver the latest F::Q (1.18).
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According to this post: (http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/How-to-install-Finance-quote-Windows-7-tp3724878p3726050.html), there is a compatibility problem with ActivePerl 5.12.  However, this post: (http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/Solution-adding-Perl-to-get-online-downloads-tp3889793.html) suggests that it works.
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P.S. I have gotten F::Q 1.17 to work with both GC 2.4.11 and 2.4.12 using ActivePerl 5.14.2, and F::Q 1.18 using the current ActivePerl version of 5.16.3.

Latest revision as of 11:45, 5 April 2013

Training manual for Gnucash

Do you have people training on how to use Gnucash?

Errr... no. In which part of the world are you looking for this? In writing, we have http://www.gnucash.org/docs.phtml --Cstim 10:29, 15 January 2007 (EST)

Am based in Kenya, which is in Africa and would like to know if there is any organisation that is contracted to provide training services on Gnucash.

No, there is no such organisation. Sorry. --Cstim 03:47, 16 January 2007 (EST)

Thanks, would I be allowed to take up training for GnuCash without any sort of certification. My profession is Accounting.

I have no idea what you mean by "to take up training for GnuCash" but you can do with that software whatever you like. --Cstim 09:49, 16 January 2007 (EST)
I am considering using GnuCash with some friends on a small business, and also for my personal finance. I'm also based in Kenya. How is your experience so far?

Setup Binaries

2.1.0 was released yesterday, but Windows setup binaries are not yet on sourceforge (https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=192&package_id=5582). Will this be happening soon? Does someone own this task? --Pettijohn 14:43, 15 April 2007 (EDT)

Correct, yes and yes :-) Just follow the thread http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-devel/2007-April/020394.html, the release workflow for windows binaries is not yet set in stone. -- andi5
This has been fixed now. -- andi5

Windows install

Is is possible to install the new version over an old version? Or should I uninstall first?

I don't think you have to uninstall first. Just install the new version. However, what *could* happen is that once you want to uninstall the newer version, only the files from the newer version will be deleted, but not extra files from the old version that don't exist in the new version. Maybe we should test this a bit? But feel free to install the new version right away. --Cstim 04:53, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

HBCI/aqbanking and Windows

According to http://arcknowledge.com/finance.aqbanking.devel/2007-01/msg00088.html there have been problems with aqbanking and Windows which seem to be solved. I just tried to add my accounts according to theses instructions and it worked quite well. Thanks for the windows port, guys! --Tluft 18:22, 11 May 2007 (EDT)

Gnucash files

When I first start gnu,I do not get the option of setting up the program. The gnucash files (gconf, gconfd etc) end up being saved under my profile in the c drive rather in sub folders where I would like them. Is there any way once the program is running to re-configer these files?

Windows 8 Finance::Quote

I am running gnucash successfully on Windows 8. I want to install Finance::Quote, but can't find instructions that don't reference the start menu. Anyone know how to do it from the command line? Mokeyib 00:20, 28 March 2013 (EDT)

Found it. After installing perl, cd to the gnucash\bin directory and run install-fq-mods.cmd from there. Mokeyib 00:48, 28 March 2013 (EDT)

( Windows?) Finance::Quote

This Wiki page specifies ActivePerl 5.8 or 5.10, but these do not deliver the latest F::Q (1.18). According to this post: (http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/How-to-install-Finance-quote-Windows-7-tp3724878p3726050.html), there is a compatibility problem with ActivePerl 5.12. However, this post: (http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/Solution-adding-Perl-to-get-online-downloads-tp3889793.html) suggests that it works. P.S. I have gotten F::Q 1.17 to work with both GC 2.4.11 and 2.4.12 using ActivePerl 5.14.2, and F::Q 1.18 using the current ActivePerl version of 5.16.3.

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