Stephen, Didn’t you read his terminal dump? > ~/dev/Gnucash/RELEASES/gnucash-5.16/build_2026-06-28 | Sun Jun 28 18:14:12 | > marksa@DIOMEDES-XPS-8940 | bash 5.2.21 > 16016 > sudo apt install libboost-all-dev > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Reading state information... Done > libboost-all-dev is already the newest version (1.83.0.1ubuntu2). > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > required: > linux-hwe-6.14-headers-6.14.0-36 linux-hwe-6.17-headers-6.17.0-19 > nvidia-firmware-580-580.95.05 > Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them. > 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Regards, John Ralls > On Jun 28, 2026, at 21:10, Stephen M. Butler <[email protected]> > wrote: > > What happens if you do: sudo apt-get install *libboost*-all-dev > > It should tell you that it is already installed. If not, then that is part > of the problem. > > > > > On 6/28/26 19:08, Mark Sattolo wrote: >> Have built my own executables on Linux Mint for a while now. >> No problems through gnucash 5.13. >> But with gnucash 5.14 and subsequent the build now fails on running 'ninja' >> or 'make'. >> I just stuck with gnucash 5.13 for the past while but now it feels like I'm >> falling too far behind the newer versions. >> >> The problem seems to be something to do with linking libboost properly? But >> the only solutions I can find online recommend tinkering with >> CMakeLists.txt to specify explicit linking of the libboost 'system' and >> 'filesystem' modules... but it doesn't seem like I should have to do that >> to get it to build. And I'm not familiar enough with CMake to figure out >> exactly what I should do anyway. >> Not sure why there is a problem since 5.14 when it went fine for all the >> previous versions. >> >> I include my printouts showing that the gnucash build-dep is fine. That >> libboost is there. And the actual error reports from 'make'. >> >> Anyone know what has happened and how to fix it? >> >> thanks, >> >> *Mark* >> >> >> *[email protected]<[email protected]>* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> 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 > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > 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 [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
