Am 14.09.18 um 03:55 schrieb David T. via gnucash-devel: > OK, so I thought it would be nice to look at the changes I am implementing in > the documentation in PDF format, since I am rather old school, and like to > see the changes in a print format. > > I went to the wiki, and followed the new directions there to try to compile > pdf documentation.
which page? > First, I ran ./autogen.sh, and aside from numerous warnings about a non-POSIX > variable name, everything went well. > > Next, I changed to build and ran ../configure, and buried in there is the > message: > > configure: WARNING: fop not found. You will not be able to generate PDF files. > > Ah. The wiki didn’t mention anything about this; Such dependencies are usually in a specific README.dependencies or direct in the README[.md] file. > a search online indicates that fop refers to Apache FOP, and I followed > directions at http://www.working-software.com/node/18 > <http://www.working-software.com/node/18> to copy the various jar files into > ~/Library/Java/Extensions Strange, I had only to install a package xmlgraphics-fop, but Macos might behave different. Result of 'which fop' returns a usable path like "/usr/bin/fop"? Then it is time to rerun configure in your build directory, which will add the path to the makefiles. > Issuing “make pdf” however, yielded: > Making pdf in C > fo 'gnucash-guide.fo' -pdf 'gnucash-guide.pdf> make[1]: fo: No such file or > directory > make[1]: [gnucash-guide.pdf] Error 1 (ignored) My output for branch maint, started in the root of my build directoryy: > make pdf Making pdf in help make[1]: Verzeichnis „/home/frank/git/gnucash-docs/build/help“ wird betreten Making pdf in C make[2]: Verzeichnis „/home/frank/git/gnucash-docs/build/help/C“ wird betreten /usr/bin/xsltproc --stringparam paper.type A4 -o 'gnucash-help.fo' --stringparam fop1.extensions 1 /home/frank/git/gnucash-docs/xsl/1.75.2/fo/docbook.xsl '/home/frank/git/gnucash-docs/help/C/gnucash-help.xml' Making portrait pages on A4 paper (210mmx297mm) /usr/bin/fop -fo 'gnucash-help.fo' -pdf 'gnucash-help.pdf' Sep 14, 2018 7:38:26 AM org.apache.fop.apps.FopConfParser configure INFORMATION: Default page-height set to: 11.00in Sep 14, 2018 7:38:26 AM org.apache.fop.apps.FopConfParser configure INFORMATION: Default page-width set to: 8.50in Sep 14, 2018 7:38:27 AM org.apache.fop.apps.FOUserAgent processEvent WARNUNG: Unable to load font file: file:/usr/share/fonts/texlive-avantgar/uagdo8a.pfb. Reason: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Neither an AFM nor a PFM file was found for file:/usr/share/fonts/texlive-avantgar/uagdo8a.pfb So I need to reinstall a few fonts... > This is repeated for each of the language trees. Digging around on the Apache > FOP pages led me down some scenic paths, but nothing seemed to shed light on > the problem. > > Suggestions welcome. > > David > Hope this helps a few steps further. Frank _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
