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jandy
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configure error after install build-essential

Post by jandy »

Hi,

Thanks for the tip on GnuCash! I look forward to trying it out.

I'm running into an error on the "./configure" step. I read the link to install build-essential on the ubuntu forum. I did that and eliminated the compiler error.

Now, though, this shows up at the end of the ./configure step:

configure: error: Cannot find ltdl.h -- libtool-devel (or libtool-ltdl-devel) not installed?

Do I need to "sudo apt-get install libtool-ltdl-devel"?

This is my second day on Mint, so hope it's not a dumb question.
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Post by Boo »

Thanks the instructions worked a treat and it didn't take very long.

The only thing was I had to logout and login to get gnucash to show up in mintmenu.

You are my hero. :wink:

Ive been using gnucash for few years now and I love it.
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Post by addr »

Brilliant stuff...on KDE yet!

I followed your directions and got the whole install using dial-up. Took a while.

My only criticism is semantics in this .
line..

Enter "Gnucash-2.0.5 and hit enter 2X"

This was not clear to me and would perhaps be better as...

Enter "Gnucash-2.0.5" and hit Enter twice

Got it anyway after a couple of mis-steps at this point.

Great job, thanks!

Sandy
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