John The output you are getting from the make is similar to what you get when cmake has not correctly addressed the source directory from the build directory. It has not started with the toplevel CmakeLists.txt file. The relative addressing can be a bit tricky. Try the build instructions on the wiki for Ubuntu (https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/BuildUbuntu16.04). They work for Ubuntu versions after 16.04, Debian (not sure of which versions here but certainlt the ones LM is based on), Linux Mint ( 17,18,19) once you have all the dependencies installed.
The process of creating a build directory and running cmake are covered in some detail for various optional locations of the build directory relative to the sources on the wiki. You should not have to copy anything into the build directory. cmake creates the contents of the build directory from the sources when it runs. You run the cmake command in a shell open in the build directory. The final argument for the cmake command can be either a relative path from the build directory to the directory with the sources in it or an absolute path to the directory with the sources, e.g. /home/<user>/.../gnucash-3.2 where gnucash-3.2 is the directory containing the sources somewhere under the <user> directory. Also the cmake command you are using is trying to install to the source directory which is not desirable. If you wish to install locally (i.e. just for the one user, it is probably preferrable to install to /home/<user>/.local/gnucash-3.2 (and use that as the installprefix). Assuming: /home/john/gnucash-3.2 conatins the sources; /home/john/gnucash-3.2/build is your build directory; /home/john/.local/gnucash-3.2 is the install directory; Ihe cmake command using absolute addressing should be: cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/john/.local/gnucash-3.2 /home/john/gnucash-3.2 (or using relative addressing cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/john/.local/gnucash-3.2 ../ Here the "../" directs you from the build directory up one level to the source directory which if it as described above contains the build directory. "../gnucash-3.2" would be looking for the sources in a directory /home/john/gnucash-3.2/gnucash-3.2. /home/john/gnucash-3.2 the source directory also contains a directory gnucash and as it also has a CMakeLists.txts file, cmake seems to assume this is the top level directory for the build rather than starting with /home/john/gnucash-3.2/CMakeLists.txt as it should. (You could also substitute "~" or "$HOME" (if defined) for "/home/john" depending on your distribution) Note .local is a hidden directory. The command to run gnucash, if configured as above would be: /home/john/.local/gnucash-3.2/bin/gnucash. You should be able to set that in a launcher to run GnuCash from the menu or create an alias (https://www.hostingadvice.com/how-to/set-command-aliases-linuxubuntudebian/) for the above command. David Cousens ----- David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
