So, in my case.... home/dennis as my <user> is dennis, thusly home/dennis
I have this $HOME/.local/ And this.... $HOME/.local/share So...... given the variables I type >>>>>>>>>>>>> mkdir build-cmake cd build-cmake cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/.local/gnucash-3.1 make make sudo make install I'll have to look at the directions again with the new information I have now. Sometimes the directions make sense to the author, often background prerequisites are needed to understand the directions. Thanks, Dennis On Fri, May 4, 2018 at 9:28 PM, DaveC49 <davidcous...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi Dennis, > > I updated the BuildUbuntu16.04 page after having similar problems while > building Gnucash3.0. My apologies for any errors and lack of clarity in a > few areas and thanks for reporting the problems. I will edit the page to > try > and make some issues clearer as I or other users uncover my mistakes. > > $HOME is usually defined in Ubuntu and Linux Mint distributions as > /home/<user> where <user> is the logged in user name. If you want to > install > in $HOME/.local/ you may need to check that these directories > $HOME/.local/bin, $HOME/.local/etc, $HOME/.local/lib, $HOME/.local/share > exist. This was John Ralls preference for an install for a single user to > avoid creating bin, etc, lib and share directories directly in the users > home directories. The use of a hidden directory avoids these appearing in > by > default and cluttering up your file browser (unless you enable hidden > directories). > > The correct option switch for Cmake is > > -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/.local. > > My understanding is that the default value for this switch is /usr/local > and > if you use cmake without the switch at all that is where it will install. > This along with /opt is the location most Linux distributors place their > packaged versions of applications like GnuCash in. In these locations > GnuCash would be available to all users with accounts on the computer and > not just the user installing it, but this requires administrator privileges > during installation. The distributors versions are often considerably out > of > date which is the primary reason for building GnuCash yourself. If you use > the Software Manager or apt to install the Ubuntu distribution version for > example, it will overwrite your up to date built version if it is in this > location. I use this location, but I take care not to install the packaged > version from Linux MInt. (I have done so in the past while getting more > familiar with Linux, distributions , repositories etc.). > > I have tried to fix the issues with the build instructions. I would > appreciate any comment on the changes to see if they have clarified the > issues you had. > > Cheers > > David > > > > > > ----- > David Cousens > -- > Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.
