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[ff769b8c] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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[613c524f] | 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 "http://www.gnucash.org/pub/gnucash/sources/stable/gnucash-&gnucash-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY gnucash-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.at.gnucash.org/pub/gnucash/gnucash/sources/stable/gnucash-&gnucash-version;.tar.gz">
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[f8625d25] | 9 | <!ENTITY gnucash-src-md5sum "62f94331936e37ed1b1d28b5a1863bb3">
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[ef8654b] | 10 | <!ENTITY gnucash-docs-md5sum "9758d8e523530c2509912761e327a9d5">
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[f8625d25] | 11 | <!ENTITY gnucash-size "7.8 MB">
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[a0a2216] | 12 | <!ENTITY gnucash-buildsize "113 MB (additional 22 MB for Help documentation)">
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[f8625d25] | 13 | <!ENTITY gnucash-time "2.9 SBU">
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[852298f7] | 14 | <!ENTITY gnucash-docs-version "1.8.5">
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| 15 | <!ENTITY gnucash-docs-download "http://www.gnucash.org/pub/gnucash/sources/stable/gnucash-docs-&gnucash-docs-version;.tar.gz">
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[613c524f] | 16 | ]>
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| 17 |
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[5afbfa23] | 18 | <sect1 id="gnucash" xreflabel="GnuCash-&gnucash-version;">
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[72b5adb] | 19 | <?dbhtml filename="gnucash.html" ?>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <sect1info>
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| 22 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 23 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[d1f23e0] | 24 | <keywordset>
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| 25 | <keyword role="package">gnucash-&gnucash-version;.tar</keyword>
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[b4647e21] | 26 | <keyword role="ftpdir">gnucash</keyword>
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[d1f23e0] | 27 | </keywordset>
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[72b5adb] | 28 | </sect1info>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <title>GnuCash-&gnucash-version;</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <indexterm zone="gnucash">
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| 33 | <primary sortas="a-GnuCash">GnuCash</primary>
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| 34 | </indexterm>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 37 | <title>Introduction to GnuCash</title>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <para><application>GnuCash</application> is a personal finance
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| 40 | manager.</para>
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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>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gnucash-download-http;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gnucash-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gnucash-src-md5sum;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Download size: &gnucash-size;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gnucash-buildsize;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>Estimated build time: &gnucash-time;</para>
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| 61 | </listitem>
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| 62 | </itemizedlist>
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| 63 |
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| 64 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 65 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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| 66 | <listitem>
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| 67 | <para>Help documentation: <ulink url="&gnucash-docs-download;"/></para>
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| 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | <listitem>
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| 70 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gnucash-docs-md5sum;</para>
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| 71 | </listitem>
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| 72 | </itemizedlist>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GnuCash Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[d1f23e0] | 77 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="oaf"/>,
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[72b5adb] | 78 | <xref linkend="gal1"/>,
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| 79 | <xref linkend="gtkhtml1"/>,
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[f8625d25] | 80 | <xref linkend="libghttp"/>,
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| 81 | <xref linkend="gwrap"/> and
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| 82 | <xref linkend="slib"/></para>
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[72b5adb] | 83 |
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| 84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[d1f23e0] | 85 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="postgresql"/>,
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[72b5adb] | 86 | <xref linkend="guppi"/>,
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| 87 | <xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/>,
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| 88 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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[f8625d25] | 89 | <ulink url="http://www.graphviz.org/">GraphViz</ulink>,
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| 90 | <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/">Guile-www</ulink>,
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[72b5adb] | 91 | <ulink url="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Electric Fence</ulink></para>
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| 92 |
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| 93 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (for On-Line Banking)</bridgehead>
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[d1f23e0] | 94 | <para role="optional"><ulink url="http://libofx.sourceforge.net/">LibOFX</ulink>
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| 95 | (requires <xref linkend="opensp"/> and <xref linkend="curl"/>),
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[72b5adb] | 96 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ktoblzcheck">KtoBlzCheck</ulink>,
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| 97 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/aqhbci">AqHBCI</ulink>
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| 98 | (requires
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| 99 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gwenhywfar">Gwenhywfar</ulink>
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| 100 | then
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| 101 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/aqbanking">AqBanking</ulink>),
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| 102 | and also see
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| 103 | <ulink
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| 104 | url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libchipcard">libchipcard</ulink></para>
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| 105 |
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| 106 | </sect2>
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| 107 |
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| 108 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 109 | <title>Installation of GnuCash</title>
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| 110 |
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| 111 | <para>Install <application>GnuCash</application> by running the following
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| 112 | commands:</para>
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| 113 |
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[a0a2216] | 114 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome-1.4 --sysconfdir=/etc \
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| 115 | --disable-guppi --disable-error-on-warning &&
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[f8625d25] | 116 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 117 |
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| 118 | <para>To test the results, issue <command>make check</command> as the
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| 119 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user as the test suite will
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| 120 | attempt to update the <application>SLIB</application> catalog in
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[a0a2216] | 121 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/guile</filename>. All tests should
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| 122 | pass.</para>
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[f8625d25] | 123 |
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| 124 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install &&
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| 127 | chown -v -R root:root /opt/gnome-1.4/share/gnucash/doc/html/html</userinput></screen>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <para>If you want to install the Help documentation (requires
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| 130 | <xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/> to be installed), unpack the additional
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| 131 | tarball, change into the
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| 132 | <filename class='directory'>gnucash-docs-&gnucash-docs-version;</filename>
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| 133 | source directory and issue the following commands as an unprivileged
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| 134 | user:</para>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome-1.4 \
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[852298f7] | 137 | --localstatedir=/var/lib &&
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[f8625d25] | 138 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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[72b5adb] | 143 |
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| 144 | </sect2>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 147 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 148 |
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[f8625d25] | 149 | <para><parameter>--prefix=/opt/gnome-1.4</parameter>:
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[72b5adb] | 150 | <application>GnuCash</application>-&gnucash-version; is a
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[f8625d25] | 151 | <application>GNOME</application>-1.4 application.</para>
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[72b5adb] | 152 |
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| 153 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>: This installs configuration
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| 154 | files in <filename class='directory'>/etc/gnucash</filename> instead of
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[f8625d25] | 155 | <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome-1.4/etc/gnucash</filename>.</para>
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[72b5adb] | 156 |
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| 157 | <para><parameter>--disable-guppi</parameter>: This compiles
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| 158 | <application>GnuCash</application> without support for creating
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| 159 | GUI graphs and plots. Remove this option if you have
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| 160 | <application>Guppi</application> installed.</para>
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| 161 |
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[a0a2216] | 162 | <para><parameter>-disable-error-on-warning</parameter>: Without this
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| 163 | parameter the build will fail because a warning is generated. This option
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| 164 | forces the build to ignore the warning.</para>
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[f8625d25] | 165 |
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| 166 | <para><option>--enable-sql</option>: This parameter is required if you want
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| 167 | to build in SQL support using <application>PostgreSQL</application>.</para>
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[72b5adb] | 168 |
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| 169 | <para><option>--enable-ofx</option>: This parameter is required if you want
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| 170 | to build in on-line banking support using
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| 171 | <application>LibOFX</application>.</para>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <para><option>--enable-hbci</option>: This parameter is required if you want
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| 174 | to build in on-line banking support using
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| 175 | <application>AqBanking</application>/<application>AqHBCI</application>. See
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| 176 | <filename>doc/README.HBCI</filename> in the
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| 177 | <application>GnuCash</application> source tree for complete information.</para>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | </sect2>
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| 180 |
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| 181 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 182 | <title>Configuring GnuCash</title>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <sect3>
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| 185 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 186 |
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[f8625d25] | 187 | <para>If you wish to use <application>GnuCash</application> to retrieve
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[bccbdaea] | 188 | stock price quotes and stock historical information, you'll need to
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[f8625d25] | 189 | install the following <application>Perl</application> modules:
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| 190 | <xref linkend="perl-lwp"/>, <xref linkend="perl-date-manip"/>,
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| 191 | <xref linkend="perl-html-parser"/>, <xref linkend="perl-finance-quote"/>
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| 192 | and <xref linkend="perl-finance-quotehist"/>.</para>
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| 193 |
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[72b5adb] | 194 | <note>
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| 195 | <para><application>GnuCash</application> must be run as
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| 196 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> once before use. Simply
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| 197 | executing <command>gnucash</command> from an <application>X</application>
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| 198 | terminal and clicking on the cancel button is sufficient. This must be
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| 199 | done prior to setting up accounts as an unprivileged user, due to the
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| 200 | fact that <application>GnuCash</application> must update scheme catalogs
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[a0a2216] | 201 | before it is used. If you ran the test suite as the
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| 202 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user during the build
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| 203 | instructions, this step is not necessary.</para>
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[72b5adb] | 204 | </note>
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| 205 |
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| 206 | </sect3>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | </sect2>
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| 209 |
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| 210 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 211 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 212 |
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| 213 | <segmentedlist>
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| 214 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 215 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 216 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 217 |
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| 218 | <seglistitem>
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[f8625d25] | 219 | <seg>dump-finance-quote, gnc-prices, gnc-test-env, gnucash,
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| 220 | gnucash-config, gnucash-env, gnucash-make-guids, gnucash-run-script
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| 221 | and update-finance-quote</seg>
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| 222 | <seg>libcore-utils.so, libgnc-app-file-gnome.so, libgncgnome.so,
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| 223 | libgncmodule.so, libgw-core-utils.so, libgw-gnc.so and numerous
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| 224 | support libraries installed in
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| 225 | <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome-1.4/lib/gnucash</filename></seg>
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| 226 | <seg>/etc/gnucash,
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| 227 | /opt/gnome-1.4/include/gnucash,
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| 228 | /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/gnucash,
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| 229 | /opt/gnome-1.4/libexec/gnucash,
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| 230 | /opt/gnome-1.4/share/gnome/apps/Applications,
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| 231 | /opt/gnome-1.4/share/gnome/help/gnucash,
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| 232 | /opt/gnome-1.4/share/gnucash,
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| 233 | /opt/gnome-1.4/share/omf/gnucash-docs and
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| 234 | /opt/gnome-1.4/share/pixmaps/gnucash</seg>
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[72b5adb] | 235 | </seglistitem>
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| 236 | </segmentedlist>
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| 237 |
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| 238 | <variablelist>
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| 239 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 240 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 241 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | <varlistentry id="gnucash-prog">
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| 244 | <term><command>gnucash</command></term>
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| 245 | <listitem>
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| 246 | <para>is a personal finance manager.</para>
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| 247 | <indexterm zone="gnucash gnucash-prog">
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| 248 | <primary sortas="b-gnucash">gnucash</primary>
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| 249 | </indexterm>
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| 250 | </listitem>
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| 251 | </varlistentry>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | </variablelist>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | </sect2>
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[f45b1953] | 256 |
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| 257 | </sect1>
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