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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/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 "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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9 | <!ENTITY gnucash-src-md5sum "62f94331936e37ed1b1d28b5a1863bb3">
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10 | <!ENTITY gnucash-docs-md5sum "9758d8e523530c2509912761e327a9d5">
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11 | <!ENTITY gnucash-size "7.8 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY gnucash-buildsize "113 MB (additional 22 MB for Help documentation)">
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13 | <!ENTITY gnucash-time "2.9 SBU">
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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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16 | ]>
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17 |
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18 | <sect1 id="gnucash" xreflabel="GnuCash-&gnucash-version;">
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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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24 | <keywordset>
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25 | <keyword role="package">gnucash-&gnucash-version;.tar</keyword>
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26 | <keyword role="ftpdir">gnucash</keyword>
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27 | </keywordset>
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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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77 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="oaf"/>,
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78 | <xref linkend="gal1"/>,
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79 | <xref linkend="gtkhtml1"/>,
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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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83 |
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84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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85 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="postgresql"/>,
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86 | <xref linkend="guppi"/>,
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87 | <xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/>,
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88 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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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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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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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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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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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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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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121 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/guile</filename>. All tests should
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122 | pass.</para>
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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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137 | --localstatedir=/var/lib &&
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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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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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149 | <para><parameter>--prefix=/opt/gnome-1.4</parameter>:
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150 | <application>GnuCash</application>-&gnucash-version; is a
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151 | <application>GNOME</application>-1.4 application.</para>
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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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155 | <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome-1.4/etc/gnucash</filename>.</para>
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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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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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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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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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187 | <para>If you wish to use <application>GnuCash</application> to retrieve
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188 | stock price quotes and stock historical information, you'll need to
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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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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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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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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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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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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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256 |
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257 | </sect1>
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