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############################################################
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Gnucash 1.5.x README file.
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GnuCash 1.5.x README file.
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NOTE: THIS IS A DEVELOPMENT RELEASE!!! THIS VERSION HAS NOT
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BEEN TESTED PROPERLY AND MAY DO ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING!
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Dependencies
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The following packages are required to be installed to run gnucash:
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The following packages are required to be installed to run GnuCash:
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Gnome 1.4: see www.gnome.org for more information.
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guile: provides main extension language infrastructure, used
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extensively in gnucash for initialization & startup. Requires
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extensively in GnuCash for initialization & startup. Requires
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version 1.3.4 or later.
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slib: scheme libraries for guile. Need version slib2c4 or later.
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gnome-libs: version 1.0.40 or higher should work. These libraries
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require numerous other supporting libraries, such as gtk and glib.
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gnome-print: any recent version should work.
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gnome-print: any recent version should work, however problems have
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been reported with 0.28.
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gdk-pixbuf: any recent version should work.
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version of gtkhtml from Helix Code. Note that this has changed since
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1.4, which used the older gtkxmhtml library.
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guppi: version 0.35.1-1 should work
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guppi: version 0.35.3 should work
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To be able to use certain features of GnuCash, such as reports and
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network stock price downloads, you must have the following packages
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below installed (in addition to those listed above).
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RPM's for most of these can be found at http://rufus.w3.org/linux/
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perl: Almost any version of perl5 should work. I run perl-5.004
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In addition, some perl modules need to be installed:
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perl-LWP/libwww-perl-5.36
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perl-HTML/HTML-0.6
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perl-HTML/HTML-Parser-2.20
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-- these perl modules are used to fetch stock & mutual fund quotes
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off the net. You can pick up RPMS at
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ftp://ftp.gnucash.org/pub/gnucash/binaries/RPMS
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http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/PByName.html
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http://linas.org/linux/gnucash (last resort)
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or sources at
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http://www.cpan.org/CPAN.html
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In addition, some perl modules need to be installed. You can run
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the script 'update-finance-quote' as root to obtain the latest
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versions of required packages.
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#######
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For GnuCash invocation details, see the manpage in doc/gnucash.1.
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Soon, you'll be able to also run gnucash --help, but that's not
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finished yet...
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You can also run gnucash --help for the command line options.
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You can start GnuCash at the command-line, with "gnucash" or "gnucash
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<filename>", where <filename> is a GnuCash account file. Sample
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debugging earlier in the startup process than you can with --debug.
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As an example, here's a wrapper script we used to use to allow you
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to run gnucash from a local directory:
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to run GnuCash from a local directory:
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#! /bin/sh
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--enable-opt-style-install
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Gnucash supports two types of install, the first is the normal
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GnuCash supports two types of install, the first is the normal
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/usr or /usr/local/ style, where the files are installed into
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/usr/bin /usr/lib, etc. This is the default.
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or http://linas.org/linux/gnucash (slow-www )
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for precompiled (but *very old*) binaries for these platforms
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Gnucash can probably be made to work with most POSIX-ish platforms,
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GnuCash can probably be made to work with most POSIX-ish platforms,
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provided the libraries and toolchain are available.
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#########################
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Additional Download Sites
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You can also download gnucash from:
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You can also download GnuCash from:
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- http://download.sourceforge.net/gnucash
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- ftp://ftp.krondo.com
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2. Several of the directories under src contain files called design.txt
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which explain many aspects of GnuCash's design. Read those.
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3. Go to the gnucash website and skim the archives of the gnucash
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3. Go to the GnuCash website and skim the archives of the GnuCash
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development mailing list.
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4. Join the GnuCash development mailing list. See the gnucash website
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4. Join the GnuCash development mailing list. See the GnuCash website
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for details on how to do this.
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This section has been removed to the file README.patches
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Please consult that file for details on using the script provided to make
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patches suitable for submitting to the gnucash development team.
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patches suitable for submitting to the GnuCash development team.
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Thank you.
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Dave Peticolas
25 years ago