> > Hmm, how about some kind of install program? I was thinking of doing
> > this as a generic thing on my spare time, but something that checks if
> > certain libraries are installed, and if they are not, wgets them or
> > something similiar and installs them. You might get more newbie users to
> > come over from windows that way. It seems that all the major commercial
> > applications come with all the libraries they need.
>
> That's a good idea. If you plan on working on this, you might
> check out the helix code installer (available at their website
> at www.helixcode.com) which seems to be pretty good.
>
> dave
>
When you install an RPM, the system usually checks which packages you need
(provided the packager of the RPM bothered to identify them).
Under SuSE, and I presume others, you have the option of having them installed
automatically too. Admittedly, the list of packages may be system-dependent;
I suspect not all linuxes package everything in the same combinations.
But a gnucash package that is included with a distribution will presumably
not have library problems. And *that* is, I suspect, how most naive
users will get it.
-- hendrik.
