Caveat: Check the dependency requirements in README.dependencies for the GnuCash version you're trying to build against what a particular OS release provides. Pay particular attention to the C++ standard level supported by the compiler, Boost, Cmake, and GLib. You can't build GnuCash 4.x on Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04 because the compilers in those releases don't support C++17 and that's required for GnuCash 4.x and later.
Regards, John Ralls > On Aug 9, 2022, at 11:37 AM, Adrien Monteleone > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > Seems reasonable to me. > > I'd think the only versions with instructions that are useful are those still > supported by Canonical, namely, these LTS releases: > > 14.04 - EOL 4/24 (ESS 4/19) > 16.04 - EOL 4/26 (ESS 4/21) > 18.04 - EOL 4/28 (ESS 4/23) > 20.04 - EOL 4/30 (ESS 4/25) > 22.04 - EOL 4/32 (ESS 4/27) > > Plus: > > 22.10, 23.04 & 23.10 (and other future non-LTS versions) when they are > released and nuances are determined to need special instructions. (with those > to be deprecated as they reach EOL) > > Or maybe just only provide instructions for LTS and make a note that non-LTS > versions aren't supported for long enough by Canonical to warrant their own > documentation. > > Note, the above EOL dates are based on Canonical's ESM (Extended Security > Maintenance) available for both Enterprise and Personal Use. (free for the > latter) See: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases > > That is 5 years beyond 'standard support'. (indicated as ESS above) > > If the dev team wants to stick with the standard support window, then of > course 14.04 & 16.04 can also be dropped. > > Though, 16.04 was a breakpoint with respect to support for physical 32-bit > systems. At least some derivatives are still based on 16.04 for that reason. > (a recent thread from a user described some difficulty getting a 4.x version > to work on an older Linux Lite release.) > > If someone can report their various results & mileage, maybe those older LTS > releases can be sent to a sort of 'archive' page along with a note on the > last version of GnuCash that could successfully build on them. > > Of course, the recommendation can also be to advise the user to switch to a > current distribution still actively supporting 32-bit hardware. > (Debian/Devuan & Q4OS at least come to mind, I'm sure Distrowatch can inform > concerning others.) > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 8/9/22 12:49 PM, david whiting wrote: >> I think we should remove the instructions from >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building_On_Ubuntu for 21.10. Anyone >> have any objections to that? > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
