David, The problem with Synaptic particularly with Linux Mint since it is tied to an even earlier Ubuntu version than even the current Ubuntu distrbutions and that it is often lagging the actual development cycle for packages considerably (not only for GnuCash but many other packages). It does have the advantage of stability against unfixed bugs missing improvements.
I haven't had your experience of cmake spraying files everywhere. The files it creates are confined to the build directory and subdirectories before installation which is its major advantage. The installation step is the only one in which files are moved elsewhere in the directory structure and then only to the locations mentioned previously. Autotools would have done the same thing. The locations are a function of the installation requirements for Linux to have operation without having to include everything in PATH variables explicitly, rather than GnuCash related. Steve Butler maintains .deb files for GnuCash which will install with the gdebi installer in Linux just by clicking on the .deb file. I'm sure there is a version for Ubuntu Bionic which is the Ubuntu version Linux MInt 19.x is based on. This should install to the locations we discussed earlier. I don't know if Steve set it up to install under /usr/local or just $HOME/.local. You will find links to these in the mailing list archives. On some of the versions whcih install using a sandbox to isolate the app there have been problems accessing system resources which require configuration of the packaging system e.g Flatpak, Snap etc. No experience with kitware. David Cousens ----- David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ 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.
