GNUcash has a _lot_ of dependencies. You should check http://www.gnucash.org/en/required.phtml for details. Get a Mandrake version if possible. You can find packages at http://www.rpmfind.net. On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 15:28:37 -0700 (PDT), Peter Rymshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Been trying to install Guppi (then I have a few more) > in order to be able to install gnuCash. I have gotten > a few previous error messages from ./configure, and > have then RPMed the missing files/programs and ran > ./configure again, each time getting further but not > all the way. But when I search RPM for gnomeConf, I > find nothing. > > The configure message says that gnuConf.sh is > generated bygnome-libs install. > > A thought--gnuCash needs Gnome 1.4, and supposedly > then needs only a few more programs beyond that. I > have Gnome installed on Mandrake 8. I tried to find > out what version of Gnome, but couldn't for sure, but > the core files for it in the RPM CD say 1.4, so I > assumed that I was alright??? > > Does Mandrake 8 come with Gnome 1.4, and what do I do > about this configure message about gnome.Conf.sh? > > Help! > > --- "Michael D. Viron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 05:29 PM 09/07/2001 -0700, you wrote: > > >Thanks for all the information and pointers, and my > > >apologies to all for all the verbal handwringing. > > > > > >I have just one specific question. Since these > > >directories *are* standardized (although moved > > around > > >a bit from one distr to the next, I think) does > > that > > >mean that when I install a software package that > > all > > >of the files will automatically go to their correct > > >directories, and that I don't need to worry about > > >this? I was under the impression that that was true > > >(and a big advantage) of RPM packages, which would > > >imply that it isn't true for others. Do I need to > > >worry about this? > > > > Yes, when you install an rpm package, it will > > automatically place your > > files appropriately. If, on the other hand, you > > compile from source, > > you'll have to run: > > > > ./configure --with-prefix=/usr/local > > make > > make install > > > > before the files will be in the correct places. > > > > Michael > > > > -- > > Michael Viron > > Registered Linux User #81978 > > Senior Systems & Administration Consultant > > Web Spinners, University of West Florida > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > -- Sridhar Dhanapalan. "There are two major products that come from Berkeley: LSD and UNIX. We don't believe this to be a coincidence." -- Jeremy S. Anderson
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