Paul, Please remember to copy the list on all replies. We want to keep everyone in the loop!
Yes, the -dev (or sometimes -devel) suffix on the package name means that it includes the headers and other artifacts needed to build things that depend on the package. Regards, John Ralls > On Jul 17, 2022, at 10:00 AM, Paul Kroitor <p...@kroitor.ca> wrote: > > > Thanks, John > > I missed that Ubuntu instructions page. Definitely mea culpa but perhaps it > could be placed better. It’s at the very top right of a complex page, before > the ToC and the first section title. Anyone gung ho to get started might > easily skip to the “Building GnuCash on Linux from the Source Code” title. > > Yes, I tried apt-get builddep gnucash but it failed with “must put some > deb-src URIs in your sources.list”. I considered tracking this down – I > expect (now that I’ve seen it) that it may be related to the “You must open > "Software and Updates" and make sure that "Source code" is ticked or this > script will fail” instruction in the Ubuntu page mentioned above – but opted > for installing the dependencies manually as per the general Linux > instructions. I wanted to get a better flavour of the various elements. > > Re the libgwenhywfar-core-dev: I did indeed see that, but didn’t know which > of the 10 or so libgwen… packages was correct. For my future edification, > what is it that indicates that -core-dev is the right one? Is it just the > name containing dev? > > Re guile versions, thanks. Just wanted to check that 3.0 didn’t break > anything. > > Regards, > Paul > > > >doesn't mention any issues with Gwenhywfar not being in Ubuntu 22.04. Did > >you use `apt-get builddep gnucash` to install the build dependencies? > >A little digging in the Ubuntu packaging website shows you want > >https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/libgwenhywfar-core-dev > >As for Guile, the documentation says to use guile-2.0 *or later*. Guile 3.x > >is fine. > > Regards, > John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
