On September 14, 2018, at 1:59 AM, "Frank H. Ellenberger" <frank.h.ellenber...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >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? https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Documentation_Update_Instructions#Prepare_The_Build_Directory >> 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"?I That seems odd; the install page at Apache says it's a java app, and installation consists of copying jar files. No mention of /usr/bin... Unfortunately, MacOS is different. Maybe John has advice for me... >Hope this helps a few steps further. >Frank David _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
