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johntkucz 01-01-2008 05:47 AM
Wait, just to clarify, I've installed fink before. But when I try to install gnucash from it, I get errors.

johntkucz 01-01-2008 06:03 AM
When using the selfupdate-cvs command in the fink GUI, I get asked to do the default or select an option a few times, but don't know what to select. Should I select "default" everytime?

johntkucz 01-01-2008 06:26 AM
Unless this gets installed soon, despite how much l like gnucash, it's looking line quicken. I've already spent an exorbitant amount of time trying to install this. Not cutting bait quite yet, but getting close, if I can't install soon.

johntkucz 01-01-2008 06:28 AM
I've got
Code:
flagged        status        name        installed        version        binary        category        summary        local       
NO                gnucash                1.8.12-11                gnome        Personal finance tracking program       
NO                gnucash-dev                1.8.12-11                gnome        Development headers and docs for gnucash       
NO                gnucash-ofx                1.8.12-11                gnome        OFX import module for gnucash
to show up in fink, what now?

johntkucz 01-01-2008 06:42 AM
When I go to download the gnucash package it seems to stall at :


Get:45 http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/main scrollkeeper 0.3.12-2 [244kB]
Get:46 http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/main tetex-texmf 3.0-1 [148MB]

johntkucz 01-01-2008 07:21 AM
Yeah, when I try to install gnucash from fink, it install for about a good 20 minutes and then in the process I get this error:
Code:
Downloading the indexes of available packages in the binary distribution.
/sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait -q update
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/main Packages
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/main Release
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/crypto Packages
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/crypto Release
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/main Packages
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/main Release
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/crypto Packages
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/crypto Release
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
Failed: Fink::SysState: Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies
Any ideas? Apparently some other dependent files need to be installed? How do I resolve this?

trevor 01-01-2008 01:27 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by johntkucz (Post 438508)
All commands worked except #6.

Code:
john-koozs-computer:~ john_kooz$ fink -y selfupdate; fink -y update-all; sudo apt-get update
-bash: fink: command not found
-bash: fink: command not found
sudo: apt-get: command not found
This implies that the directory /sw/bin is not correctly in your PATH, since both fink and apt-get should be inside /sw/bin. You can either add /sw/bin to your PATH in your bash startup script (like ~/.bashrc or ~/.bash_profile for two examples), or else begin those commands with the path. Adding /sw/bin to your PATH is preferred, but a bit harder.

If you go the easy route of adding /sw/bin to the front of those commands, then that sixth command will become
6.
Code:
/sw/bin/fink -y selfupdate; /sw/bin/fink -y update-all; sudo /sw/bin/apt-get update
Trevor

hayne 01-01-2008 01:32 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by trevor (Post 438581)
This implies that the directory /sw/bin is not correctly in your PATH
Which appears to imdicate that you didn't finish the job of installing Fink - the last part (as in the Fink instructions) is to run a command that adds commands to your shell config files to set up Fink (PATH among other things).

trevor 01-01-2008 01:34 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by johntkucz (Post 438522)
Yeah, when I try to install gnucash from fink, it install for about a good 20 minutes and then in the process I get this error:
Code:
Downloading the indexes of available packages in the binary distribution.
/sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait -q update
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/main Packages
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/main Release
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/crypto Packages
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/crypto Release
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/main Packages
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/main Release
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/crypto Packages
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/crypto Release
Reading Package Lists...
Building Dependency Tree...
Failed: Fink::SysState: Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies
Any ideas? Apparently some other dependent files need to be installed? How do I resolve this?
I'm not a fink guru, but 'could not resolve inconsistent dependencies' means that some of the packages that you are downloading are dependent on different versions of some other things.

However, if I'm reading the above correctly, the inconsistent dependencies are in a general update of all your installed fink applications, not specifically in gnucash.

If you've already got fink installed, even if it's not the latest version of everything, why don't you try to install JUST gnucash right now.

The simple command would be
Code:
fink install gnucash
...but I haven't read all of the instructional links, so maybe that's too easy and won't work?

Trevor

johntkucz 01-02-2008 09:30 PM
after fink install gnucash, I get this:
Code:
Fink isn't sure how to install the above packages safely. You may be able to
fix things by running:

  fink scanpackages
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install gettext-dev=0.10.40-25 gettext=0.10.40-25

Failed: Fink::SysState: Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies
john-koozs-computer:~ john_kooz$

johntkucz 01-02-2008 09:38 PM
I punched in those suggested commands, and then redid install gnucash, and it's making progress...we'l see what happens.

johntkucz 01-02-2008 10:04 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by trevor (Post 438586)
I'm not a fink guru, but 'could not resolve inconsistent dependencies' means that some of the packages that you are downloading are dependent on different versions of some other things.

However, if I'm reading the above correctly, the inconsistent dependencies are in a general update of all your installed fink applications, not specifically in gnucash.

If you've already got fink installed, even if it's not the latest version of everything, why don't you try to install JUST gnucash right now.

The simple command would be
Code:
fink install gnucash
...but I haven't read all of the instructional links, so maybe that's too easy and won't work?

Trevor
Yeah, after reading up on, and personally experiencing, "dependency hell" in linux and unix, I know it can be quite an ordeal. In a nutshell, it's difficult to install but also to "uninstall" some packages in linux/unix because other packages may be dependent upon them.

johntkucz 01-03-2008 07:37 AM
I've just done a series of install attempts from terminal and/or from fink, directly. gnucash "might" be installed. I can't really tell (who can with dependencies considered). If I try to install it from fink, it says the latest version is already installed (but this shows up as 1.8.12-11, which I'm pretty sure is not the most recent version. nevertheless, how would I "run" gncuash if it were installed. A search for "gnucash" applications pulls up nothing, but there are a few gnucash folders in the /sw directory.

johntkucz 01-04-2008 12:49 AM
**** GNUCASH ON MAC. This has consumed WAY too many hours of my life just trying to install. I'm using Mac Quicken. this thread is closed.

hayne 01-06-2008 12:08 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by johntkucz (Post 439088)
how would I "run" gncuash if it were installed. A search for "gnucash" applications pulls up nothing, but there are a few gnucash folders in the /sw directory.
You would normally type the name of the gnucash program on the command-line (in Terminal). You would of course need to know the name of this executable. I don't think it is likely to be an "application" in the sense that term is used in OS X and that might be why you didn't find it via your search.
The term "application" in OS X usually refers to apps that run via double-clicking from Finder and that have a GUI that uses Apple's standard Aqua environment - not X11 programs.

Las_Vegas 01-06-2008 05:27 PM
Most X11 applications with a "front-end" have double-clickable icons. The bulk of the program will be stored in pieces throughout the Fink packages, but run from the front-end application. You will need to use apt-get (or, my preferred Fink-Commander) to locate the front-end for the program though.

This step-by-step should help you finish getting GnuCash up and running.


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