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awds

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Registered: 2012-03-31

Posts: 25

[SOLVED] Building the latest GnuCash from source on Statler 10

I have downloaded the latest stable version of the GnuCash source and am trying to build it by following these instructions:

http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Debian#Alt … rom_source

When I run the command below, I get the error messages following.

$ sudo aptitude build-dep gnucash
Unable to find an archive "statler" for the package "gnucash"
Unable to find the source package for "gnucash".
Unable to find an archive "statler" for the package "gnucash"
Unable to find the source package for "gnucash".
No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 16 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used.

I have activated the source repositories and rebuilt the indices before running the command.

How do I resolve the dependencies before I compile the source code?

Thanks.

Last edited by awds (2013-06-28 02:46:37)

pidsley

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Registered: 2012-05-23

Posts: 1,752

Re: [SOLVED] Building the latest GnuCash from source on Statler 10

What do you have in /etc/apt/preferences?

cat /etc/apt/preferences

Last edited by pidsley (2013-06-27 21:38:08)

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awds

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Registered: 2012-03-31

Posts: 25

Re: [SOLVED] Building the latest GnuCash from source on Statler 10

What do you have in /etc/apt/preferences?

cat /etc/apt/prefences

$ cat /etc/apt/preferences
Package: *
Pin: release a=statler
Pin-Priority: 1001

Package: *
Pin: release a=squeeze-backports
Pin-Priority: 100

Package: *
Pin: release a=squeeze
Pin-Priority: 500

pidsley

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Registered: 2012-05-23

Posts: 1,752

Re: [SOLVED] Building the latest GnuCash from source on Statler 10

edit /etc/apt/apt.conf and change it to:

APT::Default-release "squeeze";

then

sudo apt-get build-dep gnucash

Are there features in the latest gnucash that you really need, or do you just want the latest release because it's new?

Also, you realize that squeeze is now "oldstable" and will only be supported for one year after Wheezy became stable, right? You might want to think about upgrading to Wheezy.

Last edited by pidsley (2013-06-27 21:40:39)

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awds

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Registered: 2012-03-31

Posts: 25

Re: [SOLVED] Building the latest GnuCash from source on Statler 10

That worked, thank you, and got me into the ./configure stage, which then produced errors that needed to be resolved, leading me off into the dependency swamps. I decided to abandon the attempt.

My box has Squeeze. When I got my mentee (Big Brothers & Sisters) a new box, I installed Wheezy. He has got his first paying summer job and I want to show him how to manage his personal finance using GnuCash; with GnuCash, he can grow easily as his finances become more involved in time. I thought I would upgrade to the latest stable version of GnuCash and do the same for him, so that we're compatible. It might be better if I upgrade my box to Wheezy.

Is it possible to upgrade to Wheezy without doing a completely new install? I have whole disk encryption enabled. I suppose I could write my home directory out to a external USB HDD and then do a fresh install of Wheezy.