I am no expert but try putting an absolute path to the source directory in place of ../gnucash-3.4
Dale On 3/6/19 2:00 PM, devlin wrote: > Running Linux Mint 18.3 Cinnamon on this box, and need some help - > > Playing with Gnucash 3.4, and from the page at > > > [URL="http://https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building_On_Linux"]https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building_On_Linux[/URL] > > > I'm confused by these instructions and commands: > > Open a shell and change directory to the directory into which you > extracted the GnuCash sources (gnucash-3.4) or cloned the github > repository (gnucash), i.e. the parent directory of gnucash-3.4 or gnucash. > > Build using Cmake and Make > > mkdir build-gnucash-3.4 # create the build directory - Note: Named to > identify the source since it is not within the source directory. > cd build-gnucash-3.4 # change into the build directory > cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/.local > -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$HOME/.local ../gnucash-3.4 # As shown this will > install in the .local directory in /home/<user>. > make # builds the program and associated libraries > make install # prefix with sudo if you do install to /usr/local or /opt > as admin privileges are required. > > Cuz that gets an error that confuses me even more: > > [CODE]@MainBox /mnt/sdb4/Applications/gnucash-3.4/build-gnucash-3.4 $ > cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/.local > -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$HOME/.local ../gnucash-3.4 > CMake Error: The source directory > "/mnt/sdb4/Applications/gnucash-3.4/gnucash-3.4" does not exist. > Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.[CODE] > > It says there's supposed to be another directory level called "gnucash-3.4" > If I create that"missing" directory, I just get a longer error: > > [CODE]@MainBox > /mnt/sdb4/Applications/gnucash-3.4/gnucash-3.4/build-gnucash-3.4 $ cmake > -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$HOME/.local -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$HOME/.local > ../gnucash-3.4 > CMake Error: The source directory > "/mnt/sdb4/Applications/gnucash-3.4/gnucash-3.4/gnucash-3.4" does not > exist. > Specify --help for usage, or press the help button on the CMake GUI.[/CODE] > > Now there's 2 levels missing. > > I don't know enough about scripting yet; what am I not getting right here? > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
