[NTLUG:Discuss] GNOME and GNUCash install difficulties

[Dan Griswold]

Kyle,

Thanks for the suggestions. 

>>>>> "Kyle" == Kyle Davenport <Kyle_Davenport at compusa.com> writes:

    Kyle> Suse uses rpm's too.  Not sure why your going to all the
    Kyle> trouble when all you have to do is "rpm --rebuild
    Kyle> package.src.rpm".  I find rpm an essential system management
    Kyle> tool, beyond just installing software.

The reason why I decided to compile the sources was because I thought
I had to. It says on the GNOME web site that binary packages are
available for SuSE 6.3 or 6.4, but I'm using 6.1.

    Kyle> I have a very recent gnumeric that I installed myself,
    Kyle> version .52, and it does not use libpixbufloader.  Perhaps
    Kyle> an incorrect compile option?

That certainly could be. But I didn't use any extra compile
options. BTW, what is libpixbufloader?

    Kyle> Just a wild guess, since you must be far into it by now, but
    Kyle> some tar.gz packages will use prefix "/usr/local" or even
    Kyle> "/opt" instead of "/usr" by default.  If you don't have all
    Kyle> your search paths set up correctly, like in the Makefile's
    Kyle> and /etc/ld.so.conf, programs will not find things.

I'll look into that.

Thanks again.

Dan