> On Apr 7, 2018, at 7:20 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 04/07/2018 09:38 AM, John Ralls wrote: >> >> >>> On Apr 6, 2018, at 8:06 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com> >>> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>>> wrote: >>> >>> On 04/06/2018 02:39 PM, John Ralls wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Apr 6, 2018, at 12:34 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com> >>>>> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 04/06/2018 02:22 PM, John Ralls wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Apr 6, 2018, at 11:39 AM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com >>>>>>> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com <mailto:stevec...@gmail.com>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm newly retired and have some time ... >>>>>>> I have Ubuntu 14.0.4. I'm running GnuCash 2.6.1. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> But if I'm willing to build, is there any inherent reason why building >>>>>>> 3.0 will fail in this environment? If not, I'll be willing to >>>>>>> make the >>>>>>> effort. I'd be glad for any information about bumps in the road I >>>>>>> should know about in advance. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> We're using 14.04 for one of the CI builds, so you shouldn't have >>>>>> any trouble. You might want to examine >>>>>> https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/unstable/util/ci/ubuntu-14.04-docker >>>>>> to copy the packages you need to install. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> John Ralls >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Thank you John. I'm noticing that the README file (from within the 3.0 >>>>> tarball) is for version 2.6.x. Are more recent build instructions >>>>> available elsewhere? >>>> >>>> The best current build instructions are cmake/README_CMAKE.txt. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> John Ralls >>>> >>>> >>> Thanks! >>> After a few hours of false starts, I managed to build GnuCash 3.0 on my >>> Ubuntu 14.0.4 system. >>> >>> I had to use this command line: >>> >>> cmake -D ALLOW_OLD_GETTEXT=ON -D GTEST_ROOT=~/src/gtest/googletest -D >>> GMOCK_ROOT=~/src/gtest/googlemock ~/src/gnucash >>> >>> The ALLOW_OLD_GETTEXT was necessary because I only had an earlier >>> version of gettext and could find no way to install the required version >>> without compiling it too and I didn't want to enter that path. What >>> negative features will result from doing this, and is it avoidable under >>> this environment? >>> >>> I haven't tried installing it yet. Will it be necessary to uninstall >>> the old one first, and what happens to my datafiles if I do that. In >>> other words, what's the upgrade path here? >> >> For your personal use, no effect at all. It just means that some types >> of files don’t have their translatable strings extracted into the >> message catalog. That affects only translators working from git instead >> of a tarball. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> > OK, I built it. It seems to run, look nice, in general, it seems to > work. Haven't given it any difficult test yet. But, why does the > Help->About screen say it's version 2.7.8, when I built from the 3.0 > tarball?
Please remember to copy the list on all replies. Hmm, it shouldn’t say that. The MacOS build that should be from the same tarball says 3.0 on Help->About. Did you get the tarball from SourceForge or Github? Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
