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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY gnucash-download-http
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8 | "&sourceforge-repo;/gnucash/gnucash-&gnucash-version;.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY gnucash-download-ftp
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10 | " ">
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11 | <!ENTITY gnucash-src-md5sum "e59f94a8c4cf41f47a9e74ba725bde45">
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12 | <!ENTITY gnucash-size "9 MB">
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13 | <!ENTITY gnucash-buildsize "207 MB">
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14 | <!ENTITY gnucash-time "2.0 SBU">
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15 | <!ENTITY gnucash-docs-version "2.4.1">
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16 | <!ENTITY gnucash-docs-download
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17 | "&sourceforge-repo;/gnucash/gnucash-docs-&gnucash-docs-version;.tar.gz">
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18 | <!ENTITY gnucash-docs-md5sum "38daeb3b15f296726ee8124122040f08">
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19 | <!ENTITY gnucash-docs-size "32.5 MB">
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20 | <!ENTITY gnucash-docs-buildsize "27 MB">
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21 | <!ENTITY gnucash-docs-time "0.5 SBU">
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22 | ]>
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23 |
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24 | <sect1 id="gnucash" xreflabel="GnuCash-&gnucash-version;">
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25 | <?dbhtml filename="gnucash.html" ?>
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26 |
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27 |
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28 | <title>GnuCash-&gnucash-version;</title>
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29 |
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30 | <indexterm zone="gnucash">
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31 | <primary sortas="a-GnuCash">GnuCash</primary>
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32 | </indexterm>
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33 |
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34 | <sect2 role="package">
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35 | <title>Introduction to GnuCash</title>
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36 |
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37 | <para><application>GnuCash</application> is a personal finance
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38 | manager.</para>
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39 |
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40 | &lfs72_checked;
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41 |
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42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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44 | <listitem>
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45 | <para>
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46 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gnucash-download-http;"/>
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47 | </para>
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48 | </listitem>
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49 | <listitem>
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50 | <para>
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51 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gnucash-download-ftp;"/>
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52 | </para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>
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56 | Download MD5 sum: &gnucash-src-md5sum;
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57 | </para>
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58 | </listitem>
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59 | <listitem>
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60 | <para>
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61 | Download size: &gnucash-size;
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62 | </para>
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63 | </listitem>
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64 | <listitem>
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65 | <para>
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66 | Estimated disk space required: &gnucash-buildsize;
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67 | </para>
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68 | </listitem>
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69 | <listitem>
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70 | <para>
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71 | Estimated build time: &gnucash-time;
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72 | </para>
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73 | </listitem>
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74 | </itemizedlist>
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75 |
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76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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77 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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78 | <listitem>
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79 | <para>
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80 | Required patch:
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81 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/gnucash-&gnucash-version;-guile-2_fixes-1.patch"/>
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82 | </para>
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83 | </listitem>
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84 | <listitem>
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85 | <para>
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86 | Optional Help documentation: <ulink url="&gnucash-docs-download;"/>
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87 | </para>
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88 | </listitem>
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89 | <listitem>
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90 | <para>
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91 | Download MD5 sum: &gnucash-docs-md5sum;
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92 | </para>
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93 | </listitem>
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94 | <listitem>
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95 | <para>
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96 | Download size: &gnucash-docs-size;
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97 | </para>
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98 | </listitem>
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99 | <listitem>
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100 | <para>
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101 | Estimated disk space required: &gnucash-docs-buildsize;
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102 | </para>
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103 | </listitem>
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104 | <listitem>
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105 | <para>
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106 | Estimated build time: &gnucash-docs-time;
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107 | </para>
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108 | </listitem>
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109 | </itemizedlist>
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110 |
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111 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GnuCash Dependencies</bridgehead>
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112 |
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113 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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114 | <para role="required">
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115 | <xref linkend="guile"/>,
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116 | <xref linkend="libgnomeui"/>,
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117 | <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/>,
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118 | <xref linkend="slib"/>,
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119 | <xref linkend="goffice"/> and
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120 | <xref linkend="webkitgtk"/>
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121 | </para>
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122 |
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123 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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124 | <para role="optional">
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125 | <ulink url="http://libdbi.sourceforge.net/">libdbi</ulink> (and
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126 | <ulink url="http://libdbi-drivers.sourceforge.net/">libdbi drivers</ulink>) and
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127 | <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/">Guile-www</ulink>
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128 | </para>
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129 |
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130 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (Required for the Help System)</bridgehead>
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131 | <para role="optional">
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132 | <xref linkend="rarian"/> and
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133 | <xref linkend="yelp"/> (run-time requirement to view the Help documents).
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134 | </para>
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135 |
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136 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (for On-Line Banking)</bridgehead>
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137 | <para role="optional">
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138 | <ulink url="http://libofx.sourceforge.net/">LibOFX</ulink> (requires
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139 | <xref linkend="opensp"/> and <xref linkend="curl"/>),
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140 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ktoblzcheck">KtoBlzCheck</ulink> and
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141 | <ulink url="http://www.aquamaniac.de/aqbanking/">AqBanking</ulink> (requires
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142 | <ulink url="http://gwenhywfar.sourceforge.net/">Gwenhywfar</ulink> and
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143 | <ulink url="http://www.libchipcard.de/">libchipcard3</ulink>)
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144 | </para>
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145 |
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146 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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147 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gnucash"/>
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148 | </para>
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149 |
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150 | </sect2>
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151 |
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152 | <sect2 role="installation">
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153 | <title>Installation of GnuCash</title>
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154 |
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155 | <para>Install <application>GnuCash</application> by running the following
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156 | commands:</para>
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157 |
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158 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../gnucash-&gnucash-version;-guile-2_fixes-1.patch &&
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159 |
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160 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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161 | --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome \
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162 | --disable-dbi \
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163 | --with-html-engine=webkit &&
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164 | make</userinput></screen>
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165 |
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166 | <para> If you wish to create the API documentation in HTML format, you must
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167 | have <xref linkend="doxygen"/> and <xref linkend="graphviz"/> installed,
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168 | then issue:</para>
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169 |
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170 | <screen><userinput>make doc</userinput></screen>
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171 |
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172 | <para>If you wish to create the API Design Guide in several formats, you
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173 | must have <xref linkend="texlive"/> installed and issue:</para>
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174 |
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175 | <screen><userinput>make -C src/doc/design html pdf ps</userinput></screen>
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176 |
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177 | <para>
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178 | The test suite is currently broken due to problems with
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179 | <application>Guile 2</application>.
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180 | <!-- To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.-->
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181 | </para>
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182 |
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183 | <para>
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184 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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185 | </para>
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186 |
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187 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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188 |
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189 | <para>
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190 | If you want to install the Help documentation system, you must have
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191 | <xref linkend="yelp"/> and <xref linkend="rarian"/> installed in order to
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192 | view the Help documents. Unpack the additional tarball, change into the
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193 | <filename class="directory">gnucash-docs-&gnucash-docs-version;</filename>
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194 | source directory and issue the following commands as an unprivileged
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195 | user:
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196 | </para>
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197 |
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198 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &&
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199 | make</userinput></screen>
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200 |
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201 | <para>
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202 | HTML versions of the Users Guide can be created if the DocBook XML tools
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203 | are installed (<xref linkend="libxslt"/>, <xref linkend="DocBook"/> and
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204 | <xref linkend="docbook-xsl"/>). A PDF version of the Users Guide can be
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205 | created if you have <xref linkend="docbook-utils"/>,
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206 | and <xref linkend="fop"/> installed.
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207 | Issue the following commands to create the documentation:
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208 | </para>
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209 |
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210 | <screen><userinput>make -C guide html &&
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211 | make -C guide pdf</userinput></screen>
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212 |
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213 | <para>
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214 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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215 | </para>
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216 |
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217 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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218 |
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219 | <para>
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220 | If you built the Users Guide, install it as the
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221 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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222 | </para>
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223 |
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224 | <screen role="root"><userinput>mkdir -p /usr/share/doc/gnucash-&gnucash-docs-version; &&
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225 | cp -v -R guide/C/gnucash-guide/* /usr/share/doc/gnucash-&gnucash-docs-version; &&
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226 | cp -v guide/C/gnucash-guide.pdf /usr/share/doc/gnucash-&gnucash-docs-version;</userinput></screen>
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227 | </sect2>
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228 |
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229 | <sect2 role="commands">
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230 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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231 |
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232 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome</parameter>: This installs
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233 | configuration files in
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234 | <filename class="directory">/etc/gnome/gnucash</filename> instead of
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235 | <filename class="directory">/usr/etc/gnucash</filename>.</para>
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236 |
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237 | <para>
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238 | <parameter>--with-html-engine=webkit</parameter>: Use
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239 | <xref linkend="webkitgtk"/> (configured <option>--with-gtk=2.0</option>)
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240 | instead of gtkhtml : the default is Gtkhtml-3 which does not build on
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241 | current <application>Glib2</application> without various changes.
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242 | </para>
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243 |
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244 | <para>
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245 | <command>--disable-dbi</command>: Add this option if you've not installed
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246 | <application>libdbi</application> and one or more of its database drivers.
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247 | </para>
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248 | </sect2>
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249 |
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250 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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251 | <title>Configuring GnuCash</title>
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252 |
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253 | <sect3>
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254 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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255 |
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256 | <para>
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257 | If you wish to use <application>GnuCash</application> to retrieve
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258 | stock price quotes, you'll need to
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259 | install the following <application>Perl</application> modules:
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260 | <xref linkend="perl-lwp"/>, <xref linkend="perl-date-manip"/>,
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261 | <xref linkend="perl-html-parser"/>,
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262 | <xref linkend="perl-html-tableextract"/>,
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263 | <xref linkend="perl-crypt-ssleay"/> and
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264 | <xref linkend="perl-finance-quote"/>. Alternatively, you can run the
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265 | <command>gnc-fq-update</command> script as the
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266 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user.
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267 | </para>
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268 | </sect3>
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269 | </sect2>
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270 |
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271 | <sect2 role="content">
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272 | <title>Contents</title>
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273 |
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274 | <segmentedlist>
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275 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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276 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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277 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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278 |
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279 | <seglistitem>
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280 | <seg>
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281 | gnc-fq-check, gnc-fq-dump, gnc-fq-helper, gnc-fq-update,
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282 | gnucash, gnucash-env, gnucash-make-guids, gnucash-valgrind and
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283 | update-gnucash-gconf
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284 | </seg>
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285 | <seg>
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286 | libgnc-backend-sql.so, libgnc-backend-xml-utils.so,
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287 | libgnc-business-ledger.so,libgnc-core-utils.so, libgnc-gnome.so,
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288 | libgnc-module.so, libgnc-qof.so and numerous support libraries
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289 | installed in <filename class="directory">/usr/lib/gnucash</filename>
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290 | </seg>
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291 | <seg>
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292 | /opt/gnome/gnucash,
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293 | /usr/include/gnucash,
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294 | /usr/lib/gnucash,
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295 | /usr/libexec/gnucash and
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296 | /usr/share/doc/gnucash-&gnucash-version;.
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297 | </seg>
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298 | </seglistitem>
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299 | </segmentedlist>
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300 |
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301 | <variablelist>
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302 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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303 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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304 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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305 |
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306 | <varlistentry id="gnucash-prog">
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307 | <term><command>gnucash</command></term>
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308 | <listitem>
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309 | <para>is a personal finance manager.</para>
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310 | <indexterm zone="gnucash gnucash-prog">
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311 | <primary sortas="b-gnucash">gnucash</primary>
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312 | </indexterm>
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313 | </listitem>
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314 | </varlistentry>
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315 | </variablelist>
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316 | </sect2>
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317 | </sect1>
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