On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Alexandru Harsanyi wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, TC Hazzard wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Alexandru Harsanyi wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 17 Mar 1999, TC Hazzard wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi: I have not had much luck getting GNUCash or XACC working on a RedHat
> > > > 5.2 system. Which one should I focus on if I really plan on using it in
> > > > real life and day to day? This decided, would I be better off compiling on
> > > > RH 5.2 or just trying to use the RPMs found on the site? TIA
> > > >
> > >
> > > If you plan to use it in real life I'd sugesst you use Xacc-1.0.18. You
> > > only need lesstif installed, which you can find it as a rpm. Check the
> > > README file to see which version works.
> >
> > Alex: Which version of lesstif is recommended? Are these any other library
> > depenencies I should know about for the Xacc RPM? I really want to use
> > Xacc over CBB as my assumption is I will be in a better migration path to
> > the GNOME GNUCash product. Thanks.
>
> This is taken from gnucash README file, it lists the working versions of
> lesstif:
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Important Note:
> ---------------
> Core dumps have been reported when using various
> versions of lesstif. Some versions work, others don't.
> Lesstif 0.81: works
> Lesstif 0.82: broken
> Lesstif 0.86.0: works
> Lesstif 0.86.5: broken
> Lesstif 0.86.9 works ... but some menus come out 2 pixels high.
> Lesstif 0.87.0: broken (missing symbols for XmeDrawShadows, etc.)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I installed lestiff about a year ago, if I'm not mistaken version 0.86.0.
> It works well since than. I cannot recomend a rpm version, since I
> compiled it. I also compiled xacc-1.0.18, and not installed it by RPM.
>
> As far as I know, lesstif is the only lib required by xacc-1.0.18. (XmHTML
> is contained in the source code, an staticaly linked in the executable)
> On my system, RH5.1, xacc-1.0.18 compliled without problems and it works
> fine for 8 months now.
Therein lies my problem. I was trying to use RPMs for everything just
because it makes it easier to maintain a system...ah well..
I have compiled lesstif .81 and now downloading the src for xacc...Will
let you know how this works. Thanks.
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