You must remove the installed GnuCash to run a different version from the build directory. There are also two environment variables, GNC_UNINSTALLED and GNC_BUILDDIR, that are needed for some edge-cases, mostly involving Guile code. Set the first one to 1 and the second to your absolute build directory path.
Regards, John Ralls > On May 1, 2023, at 5:48 AM, Platon Pronko <platon7pro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi! > > I'm trying to apply some changes to the code and test them. Previously I > could just execute `make` in the build directory and then run > `./bin/gnucash`, however on 5.x versions that stopped working. My current > workaround is to build and reinstall the entire package (I'm on Arch Linux), > but that's very slow and inconvenient. > > Is there some way to run the code directly from the build tree, or install > into some temporary location and run from there? > > > Below are my attempts so far. > > When I run ./build/bin/gnucash (in the repository) I get some error about > inability to find app-utils module: > > ``` > ice-9/boot-9.scm:3330:6: In procedure resolve-interface: > no code for module (gnucash app-utils) > ``` > > I looked through the docs, and in "Starting GnuCash from the build tree" I > found some reference to installing it using some custom --prefix. My next > attempt was to run `make DESTDIR=/var/tmp/gnucash/ install`. Then I tried > starting gnucash from that temp location: > > ``` > $ /var/tmp/gnucash/usr/bin/gnucash > /var/tmp/gnucash/usr/bin/gnucash: error while loading shared libraries: > libgnc-module.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory > ``` > > Which is logical, because the binaries were not installed in the global > library dirs. I tried adding the paths to LD_LIBRARY_PATH: > > ``` > $ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/tmp/gnucash/usr/lib/:/var/tmp/gnucash/usr/lib/gnucash/ > ./usr/bin/gnucash > This is a development version. It may or may not work. > Report bugs and other problems to gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > You can also lookup and file bug reports at https://bugs.gnucash.org > To find the last stable version, please refer to https://www.gnucash.org/ > Backtrace: > In ice-9/boot-9.scm: > 1752:10 5 (with-exception-handler _ _ #:unwind? _ # _) > In unknown file: > 4 (apply-smob/0 #<thunk 7f00bc1cd2a0>) > In ice-9/boot-9.scm: > 3935:20 3 (process-use-modules _) > 222:17 2 (map1 (((gnucash app-utils)))) > 3936:31 1 (_ ((gnucash app-utils))) > 3330:6 0 (resolve-interface (gnucash app-utils) #:select _ #:hide …) > > ice-9/boot-9.scm:3330:6: In procedure resolve-interface: > no code for module (gnucash app-utils) > ``` > > Now I again get the error about inability to find the modules. Tried setting > GNC_MODULE_PATH - no effect. Then I tried setting GUILE_LOAD_PATH, and > observed some change in file open syscalls in strace. After tweaking > GUILE_LOAD_PATH some more I arrived at: > > ``` > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/var/tmp/gnucash/usr/lib/:/var/tmp/gnucash/usr/lib/gnucash/ > GUILE_LOAD_PATH=/var/tmp/gnucash/usr/share/guile/site/3.0/ ./usr/bin/gnucash > ``` > > It starts, but fails with coredump when I try to do "File > Open...": > > ``` > gnucash/gnome-utils/dialog-file-access.c:487:gnc_ui_file_access: assertion > failed: (active_access_method_index >= 0) > ``` > > -- > Best regards, > Platon Pronko > PGP 2A62D77A7A2CB94E > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
