Thanks Tommy for this info. I've been slammed the last couple of weeks. Hopefully will be able to look at this next week. --Steve
On 10/9/19 9:32 AM, Tommy Trussell wrote: > 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. > -- Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com kg...@arrl.net 253-350-0166 ------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
