From 68004d7b2fc010f723b4dfedfcb3cca9bbd4d787 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Linas Vepstas Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:42:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] a howto for suse git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.gnucash.org/repo/gnucash/trunk@1631 57a11ea4-9604-0410-9ed3-97b8803252fd --- README.SuSE | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 70 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.SuSE diff --git a/README.SuSE b/README.SuSE new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..32aaf4ad49 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.SuSE @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +From sk@xgm.de Thu Jan 14 12:39:26 1999 +Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 18:25:11 +0100 +From: Sven Kuenzler + +Installing GnuCash Motif on a SuSE Linux Distribution +----------------------------------------------------- + +Installing GunCash on SuSE is a little tricky. There are a couple of +necessary components missing. This README describes how I got I working. + +This does not mean that it's the only (or optimal) way of getting GnuCash +ready. But there are several other options which are worse (and I happened +to "test" some of them...) + +To get GnuCash compiled you will need + +gnucash-1.1.25.tar.gz ("NOT REALLY??") +eperl-2.2.14.tar.gz +Xbaelin-4.6.2.4.tar.gz +guile-core-19980818.tar.gz +XmHTML-1.1.5-1-rh51.i386.rpm + +The packages named above can be downloaded directly from GnuCash's ftp site +at ftp.gnucash.org. The rpm files can be installed using SuSE's YaST, the +.tar.gz files can be unpacked with tar xfvz file.tar.gz. They can be +configured and installed as described in their READMEs, I did not experience +any difficulties with them. + +a1 libz +gra libgif +gra libjpeg + +These are packages from the distribution from the a1 and gra series +(This is true for SuSE 6.0, on older versions they may be located +elsewhere). YaST installs the linker related stuff in /usr/X11R6/lib. +GnuCash won't find them there so you either edit GnuCash configure script +(then you're on your own) or you symlink the files like this: + +ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/libz.a /usr/lib + libpng.a + libjpg.a + +swig1.1p5.tar.gz http://www.swig.org +readline-2.1-5.i386.rpm http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/redhat/5.0/i386/readline-2.1-5.i386.html +nana-2.3.tar.gz http://www.cs.ntu.edu.au/homepages/pjm/nana-home/ + +These files can be obtained from their different locations. They compile and +install without any problems. + +Then there was LessTif ... +To compile the Motif version of GnuCash, you will need LessTif, the freeware +clone of this GUI library. It's not the problem LessTif on the net, it's +rather the question of finding an *appropriate* version. + +I had luck with the lesstif-0.86.0.tar.gz from +ftp.lesstif.org/pub/hungry/lesstif/srcdist/obsolete/ This one is stored +in a directory named "obsolete", but GnuCash or its components depend on +some calls which are kind of "gone" in later versions so you should +stick with this one. If you can get GnuCash running with any later LessTif +version, report this, so this file can be updated. + +The file lesstif-0.86.0.tar.gz contains the source of lesstif which requires +several MBs of disk space to compile so don't forget "make clean" after +you installed it ;) + +That's it! "configure; make motif" and GnuCash should be ready. + +Have fun, + + Sven Kuenzler