source: xsoft/office/gnucash.xml@ 2c1ff38

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  <!ENTITY gnucash-size          "8.2 MB">
  <!ENTITY gnucash-buildsize     "123 MB (additional 22 MB for Help documentation)">
  <!ENTITY gnucash-time          "3.2 SBU (additional 0.3 SBU to run the test suite)">
  <!ENTITY gnucash-docs-version  "1.8.5">
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<sect1 id="gnucash" xreflabel="GnuCash-&gnucash-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gnucash.html" ?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
    <keywordset>
      <keyword role="package">gnucash-&gnucash-version;.tar</keyword>
      <keyword role="ftpdir">gnucash</keyword>
    </keywordset>
  </sect1info>

  <title>GnuCash-&gnucash-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gnucash">
    <primary sortas="a-GnuCash">GnuCash</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to GnuCash</title>

    <para><application>GnuCash</application> is a personal finance
    manager.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gnucash-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gnucash-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &gnucash-src-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &gnucash-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &gnucash-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &gnucash-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>Help documentation: <ulink url="&gnucash-docs-download;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &gnucash-docs-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GnuCash Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="gtkhtml1"/>,
    <xref linkend="libghttp"/>,
    <xref linkend="gwrap"/>, and
    <xref linkend="perl-xml-parser"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="postgresql"/>,
    <xref linkend="guppi"/>,
    <xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/>,
    <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
    <xref linkend="graphviz"/>,
    <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/">Guile-www</ulink>, and
    <ulink url="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Electric Fence</ulink></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (for On-Line Banking)</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><ulink
    url="http://libofx.sourceforge.net/">LibOFX</ulink>
    (requires <xref linkend="opensp"/> and <xref linkend="curl"/>),
    <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ktoblzcheck">KtoBlzCheck</ulink>,
    and <ulink url="http://www.aquamaniac.de/aqbanking/">AqBanking</ulink>
    (requires <ulink
    url="http://gwenhywfar.sourceforge.net/">Gwenhywfar</ulink>
    and also see <ulink
    url="http://www.libchipcard.de/">libchipcard2</ulink>)</para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gnucash"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of GnuCash</title>

    <para>Install <application>GnuCash</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i 's/^host_os=.*$/&amp;-gnu/' configure &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome-1.4 \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --disable-guppi \
            --disable-error-on-warning &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To test the results, issue <command>make check</command>. All tests
    should pass. An easy way to look at the results of the tests is to issue
    <command>grep -A1 ============== check.log</command> (this is assuming you
    redirected the output from the tests to the aforementioned filename).</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>If desired, create a symbolic link from the
    <application>GnuCash</application> documentation directory to the
    system-wide documentation directory using the following command as the
    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>ln -v -s /opt/gnome-1.4/share/gnucash/doc \
         /usr/share/doc/gnucash-&gnucash-version;</userinput></screen>

    <para>If desired, create symbolic links to the
    <application>GnuCash</application> <filename>.desktop</filename> and icon
    files in the system-wide directories using the following commands as the
    <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/pixmaps/gnucash &amp;&amp;
ln -v -s /opt/gnome-1.4/share/pixmaps/gnucash/gnucash-icon.png \
         /usr/share/pixmaps/gnucash &amp;&amp;
ln -v -s /opt/gnome-1.4/share/gnome/apps/Applications/gnucash.desktop \
         /usr/share/applications</userinput></screen>

    <para>If you want to install the Help documentation (requires
    <xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/> to be installed), unpack the additional
    tarball, change into the
    <filename class='directory'>gnucash-docs-&gnucash-docs-version;</filename>
    source directory and issue the following commands as an unprivileged
    user:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome-1.4 \
            --localstatedir=/var/lib &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role='root'><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><command>sed -i 's/^\(host_os=.*\)$/\1-gnu/' configure</command>:
    This command is used to fix a broken <command>configure</command> script.
    Without it, no shared libraries are built, and the program will not
    function properly.</para>

    <para><parameter>--prefix=/opt/gnome-1.4</parameter>:
    <application>GnuCash</application>-&gnucash-version; is a
    <application>GNOME</application>-1.4 application.</para>

    <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>: This installs configuration
    files in <filename class='directory'>/etc/gnucash</filename> instead of
    <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome-1.4/etc/gnucash</filename>.</para>

    <para><parameter>--disable-guppi</parameter>: This compiles
    <application>GnuCash</application> without support for creating
    GUI graphs and plots. Remove this option if you have
    <application>Guppi</application> installed.</para>

    <para><parameter>-disable-error-on-warning</parameter>: Without this
    parameter the build will fail because a warning is generated. This option
    forces the build to ignore the warning.</para>

    <para><option>--enable-sql</option>: This parameter is required if you want
    to build in SQL support using <application>PostgreSQL</application>.</para>

    <para><option>--enable-ofx</option>: This parameter is required if you want
    to build in on-line banking support using
    <application>LibOFX</application>.</para>

    <para><option>--enable-hbci</option>: This parameter is required if you
    want to build in on-line banking support using
    <application>AqBanking</application>. See
    <filename>doc/README.HBCI</filename> in the
    <application>GnuCash</application> source tree for complete
    information.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring GnuCash</title>

    <sect3>
      <title>Configuration Information</title>

      <para>If you wish to use <application>GnuCash</application> to retrieve
      stock price quotes and stock historical information, you'll need to
      install the following <application>Perl</application> modules:
      <xref linkend="perl-lwp"/>, <xref linkend="perl-date-manip"/>,
      <xref linkend="perl-html-parser"/>, <xref linkend="perl-finance-quote"/>
      and <xref linkend="perl-finance-quotehist"/>.</para>

      <!--
      <note>
        <para><application>GnuCash</application> must be run as
        <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> once before use. Simply
        executing <command>gnucash</command> from an <application>X</application>
        terminal and clicking on the cancel button is sufficient. This must be
        done prior to setting up accounts as an unprivileged user, due to the
        fact that <application>GnuCash</application> must update scheme catalogs
        before it is used.</para>
      </note>
      -->

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>dump-finance-quote, gnc-prices, gnc-test-env, gnucash,
        gnucash-config, gnucash-env, gnucash-make-guids, gnucash-run-script
        and update-finance-quote</seg>
        <seg>libcore-utils.so, libgnc-app-file-gnome.so, libgncgnome.so,
        libgncmodule.so, libgw-core-utils.so, libgw-gnc.so and numerous
        support libraries installed in
        <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome-1.4/lib/gnucash</filename></seg>
        <seg>/etc/gnucash,
        /opt/gnome-1.4/include/gnucash,
        /opt/gnome-1.4/lib/gnucash,
        /opt/gnome-1.4/libexec/gnucash,
        /opt/gnome-1.4/share/gnome/apps/Applications,
        /opt/gnome-1.4/share/gnome/help/gnucash,
        /opt/gnome-1.4/share/gnucash,
        /opt/gnome-1.4/share/omf/gnucash-docs and
        /opt/gnome-1.4/share/pixmaps/gnucash</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="gnucash-prog">
        <term><command>gnucash</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a personal finance manager.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gnucash gnucash-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-gnucash">gnucash</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>