> On Apr 10, 2018, at 7:03 AM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> > wrote: > > Op donderdag 5 april 2018 23:04:39 CEST schreef John Ralls: >>> On Apr 4, 2018, at 10:34 PM, DaveC49 <davidcous...@bigpond.com> wrote: >>> >>> After following the build instructions >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building#Ubuntu >>> <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building#Ubuntu> >>> I have checked glib-2.0 and libglib2.0 are installed >>> >>> I received the following errors when building using cmake (v 3.5.1) on >>> Linux MInt 18.3 : >>> >>> /$ cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local/bin/gnucash-cmake -D >>> WITH_AQBANKING=OFF -D WITH_OFX=ON ../gnucash >>> >>> CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:5 (file): >>> file problem creating directory: /glib-2.0/schemas >>> >>> -- Performing Test have_mod_mask >>> -- Performing Test have_mod_mask - Failed >>> >>> CMake Error at gnome/CMakeLists.txt:59 (gnc_add_swig_guile_command): >>> Unknown CMake command "gnc_add_swig_guile_command". >>> >>> CMake Warning (dev) in CMakeLists.txt: >>> No cmake_minimum_required command is present. A line of code such as >>> >>> cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5) >>> >>> should be added at the top of the file. The version specified may be >>> >>> lower >>> >>> if you wish to support older CMake versions for this project. For more >>> information run "cmake --help-policy CMP0000". >>> >>> This warning is for project developers. Use -Wno-dev to suppress it. >>> >>> -- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred! >>> See also >>> "/home/david/Applications/gnucash-3.0/build-cmake/CMakeFiles/CMakeOutput.l >>> og". See also >>> "/home/david/Applications/gnucash-3.0/build-cmake/CMakeFiles/CMakeError.lo >>> g"./ >>> >>> Any ideas? >> >> Rob Gowin saw your mistake and pointed it out in gnucash-devel, a better >> place to discuss build problems: >> >> The error is "cmake <options> ../gnucash". You want just "cmake <options> >> .." to get the root CMakeLists.txt instead of the CMakeLists.txt in the >> "gnucash" subdirectory. >> >> He recommends creating your build directory completely outside of the source >> tree as a way to avoid making this mistake. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls > > I'm beginning to think it was a bad idea to name the directory for the gui > part "gnucash" as well. It seems to lead to all kinds of confusion in build > descriptions.
Yeah, though it’s pretty standard practice. Part of the problem was that the README was a bit confusing. I expanded it with more details about what’s going on with the command and the variations, and finished up with recommending that one not pass a relative path to cmake. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
