Here's a tested working procedure for building and installing GnuCash under Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 LTS. I presume it should also work with Mint or any other distro based on Bionic.
REQUIREMENTS An Ubuntu Bionic installation *with bionic-backports activated. (I used a minimal Xubuntu installation in a VirtualBox VM for this test.) 1) Create a source directory $ mkdir bionic37 $ cd bionic37 2) Get the latest Ubuntu package $ dget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+sourcefiles/gnucash/1:3.7-1ubuntu1/gnucash_3.7-1ubuntu1.dsc 2b) Move into the directory created by the source package $ cd gnucash-3.7 3) Comment out a build flag line in debian/rules so it will build in Bionic $ sed -i 's/export DEB_CXXFLAGS/#export DEB_CXXFLAGS/' debian/rules 4) Make this your custom version (so any "official" release should supersede it). $ dch --nmu 4b) Edit the version at the top so it reads something like gnucash (1:3.7-1ubuntu18.04~1) 4c) Add a comment under your name and email in the first comment saying something like "Commented out DEB_CXXFLAGS instruction in debian/rules" 4d) Save and exit the editor. 5) Upgrade debhelper $ sudo apt install debhelper/bionic-backports 6) Build the package $ dpkg-buildpackage 7) You will see the package files in the bionic37 directory, ready to install. $ sudo dpkg -i *.deb *.ddeb $ sudo apt install -f The dpkg -i command above attempts to install gnucash .deb files (and the optional .ddeb debugging files). In a fresh installation, "dpkg -i" will fail because of missing dependencies, so the "apt install -f" command will install the missing dependencies and finish installing gnucash. _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
