Note that this might have problems, too.... In particular it might not be able to properly find the QOF Backend GModule libraries in the build tree..
Really, you should just ./configure --prefix=/opt/gnucash and then run "make install" and run it out of /opt. -derek Quoting Derek Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The problem is that you are following old instructions. All you need to > do is run: > > ./src/bin/overrides/gnucash-build-env ./src/bin/gnucash-bin > > -derek > > Quoting Chris Bare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> I'm trying to test 1.9.7 while leaving my 1.8 gnucash installed, so I tried >> following the instructions on running from within the dev tree: >> >> To run gnucash from your build tree: >> -- edit ./src/bin/overrides/gnucash and replace gnucash-env with >> ./src/bin/overrides/gnucash-build-env >> -- then start gnucash by saying ./src/bin/overrides/gnucash >> >> but I don't have a ./src/bin/overrides/gnucash file, all I have in that dir >> is: >> >> oberon: 22% ls -l src/bin/overrides/ >> total 92 >> -rw-rw-r-- 1 chris users 33658 Jun 14 15:50 Makefile >> -rw-r--r-- 1 chris users 1882 Jun 5 22:25 Makefile.am >> -rw-r--r-- 1 chris users 20541 Jun 5 22:25 Makefile.in >> -rwxrw-r-- 1 chris users 3293 Jun 14 16:11 gnucash-build-env* >> -rw-r--r-- 1 chris users 3228 Jun 5 22:25 gnucash-build-env.in >> -rwxrw-r-- 1 chris users 829 Jun 14 16:11 gnucash-env* >> -rw-r--r-- 1 chris users 832 Jun 5 22:25 gnucash-env.in >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 chris users 778 Jun 5 22:25 gnucash-make-guids* >> -rwxrw-r-- 1 chris users 100 Jun 14 16:11 guile* >> -rw-r--r-- 1 chris users 95 Jun 5 22:25 guile.in >> >> As far as I could tell, the configure and make had no problems. >> What am I doing wrong? >> -- >> Chris Bare >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-devel mailing list >> gnucash-devel@gnucash.org >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel >> > > > > -- > 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 > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > -- 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 gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel