source: xsoft/office/gnucash.xml@ 852298f7

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  <!ENTITY gnucash-buildsize     "108 MB (additional 24 MB for Help documentation)">
  <!ENTITY gnucash-time          "2.95 SBU">
  <!ENTITY gnucash-docs-version  "1.8.5">
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<sect1 id="gnucash" xreflabel="GnuCash-&gnucash-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="gnucash.html" ?>
<title>GnuCash-&gnucash-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>GnuCash</application></title>

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

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<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 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>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional download</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Help documentation: 
<ulink url="&gnucash-docs-download;"/></para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>GnuCash</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="oaf"/>, 
<xref linkend="gal1"/>, 
<xref linkend="gtkhtml1"/>, 
<xref linkend="libghttp"/> and 
<xref linkend="gwrap"/></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="postgresql"/>, 
<xref linkend="guppi"/>, 
<xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/>, 
<ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/">Guile-www</ulink>, 
<xref linkend="perl-modules"/>: 
(LWP, HTML-Parser, DateManip and Finance-Quote), 
<ulink url="http://www.graphviz.org/">GraphViz</ulink>, 
<xref linkend="doxygen"/>, 
<ulink url="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Electric Fence</ulink></para>
</sect4>

<sect4><title>Optional (for on-line banking)</title>
<para><ulink url="http://libofx.sourceforge.net/">LibOFX</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ktoblzcheck">KtoBlzCheck</ulink>, 
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/aqhbci">AqHBCI</ulink> 
(requires 
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gwenhywfar">Gwenhywfar</ulink> 
then 
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/aqbanking">AqBanking</ulink>), 
and also see 
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libchipcard">libchipcard</ulink>
</para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>GnuCash</application></title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome \
    --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-guppi \
    --disable-error-on-warning &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install &amp;&amp;
chown -R root:root /opt/gnome/share/gnucash/doc/html/html</command></userinput></screen>

<para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> If you run <command>make check</command> 
before installing the package, you may need to do it as the root user so that 
the <application>Slib</application> catalog in 
<filename class='directory'>/usr/share/guile</filename> can be updated.</para>

<para>If you want to install the Help documentation, and you have 
<xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/> installed, unpack the additional tarball, 
change into the <application>GnuCash Docs</application> source directory and 
issue the following commands:</para>

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

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

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

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

<para><option>--disable-error-on-warning</option>: The build will fail if 
you used <option>--enable-hbci</option>, as a warning is generated. This 
option forces the build to ignore the warning.</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>/<application>AqHBCI</application>. See 
<filename>doc/README.HBCI</filename> in the 
<application>GnuCash</application> source tree for complete information.</para>

<para><command>chown -R root:root /opt/gnome/share/gnucash/doc/html/html</command>: 
If the package is built by any user other than root, the ownership of the 
installed documentation files are set incorrectly. This command changes the 
ownership to root:root.</para>
</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application>GnuCash</application></title>

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

<note><para><application>GnuCash</application> must be run as root 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>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>GnuCash</application> package contains 
<command>gnucash.</command></para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>gnucash</title>
<para><command>gnucash</command> is a personal finance manager.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>