AHH.. In that case, by all means, please work on Inventory and Payroll ;) -derek
Perry Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks Derek. > > I'll try it with fink. > > As far as the features I want to add, I was hoping to be able to > contribute and didn't assume it was a simple snap of the fingers or > else it would already be there. > > I'll bring it up, explore the code, watch this list, and then go from > there when I get comfortable. > > Perry > > On Sunday, Jun 29, 2003, at 19:46 US/Central, Derek Atkins wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > Perry Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I am attempting to get GNUCash up on Mac OSX. I looked at the archive > >> of this list and there are only two hits for "mac osx". I've started > >> a VERY rough journal of my adventures of trying to get GNUCash to > >> compile on the Mac. You can see my adventures here: > >> > >> http://www.easesoftware.net/GNUCash_project.html > > > > GnuCash works great on MacOS X. Try: > > > > go to fink.sourceforge.net > > download and install fink > > fink updateself > > pull in the (from-unstable) gnucash-1.8.4 specification > > fink install gnucash > > wait about 10-24 hours for it to build everything -- > > be sure to check back periodically in case it needs > > user input. > > > >> I am hoping to keep the journal and eventually clean it up so that > >> other Mac users can follow my footsteps. But if someone else has > >> already done this, I'm happy to follow them. I may, in fact, start > >> completely over from scratch. I spent a weekend about a month ago on > >> this. At that time, the GNUCash mailing lists had a message that said > >> the lists were broken. I was doing my work without CVS or fink. It > >> may be much easier to use both of those in the process. > > > > Uh, yea... Do it with fink... > > > >> My goal is to move GNUCash towards business applications. I need > >> payroll and inventory. So far, I have not seen those listed on the > >> features. I am curious first to see if GNUCash is closer to a real > >> accounting system or if it follows too closely in Quicken's footsteps. > >> I'm planning on using the DB backend. I even have fantasies of > >> hooking all this up to a web based store to sell my photography. > > > > GnuCash 1.8 already does have some small business features, however it > > does not have payroll or inventory. It is a real accounting system > > (although the UI tries to make life simple) however adding those > > features is not a simple "change some SQL". Also, the postgres > > backend does not support the business features at this time, so, > > unfortuately, you can't do what you want at this point in time.... > > > >> So... in short, if anyone can help me with bring up of GNUCash on Mac > >> OSX, I would love to hear from them. > >> > >> Thank you, > >> Perry Smith > > > > Enjoy.. > > > > -derek > > > > -- > > Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory > > Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) > > URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available > > > > -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
