On 5/18/19 9:45 PM, Tommy Trussell wrote: > One small wrinkle MIGHT be that the original poster (Nathan T. Alexander) > is running Ubuntu 16.04 -- from April 2016 -- and although it's an LTS > release and technically continues to be supported by Ubuntu, there may be > some additional touches needed to get a more recent version of GnuCash to > compile on a operating system that old. > > P.S.: I hope several of the persons learning the intricacies of building > GnuCash can learn enough to help make .dsc (Debian source package) versions > for various OS revisions, instead of simply distributing the built > packages. For years we have been relying upon a single Debian volunteer > who packages GnuCash for Debian and he has requested help. In case folks > don't know, Debian packages mostly filter "downstream" to all the > derivative distributions (such as Ubuntu, Mint, etc.) that use the apt > package system. > > With an appropriate .dsc package, anyone can use the package building > commands "The Debian Way," which generates the compiled packages locally, > ready to install using the apt package manager. > > Furthermore, putting a .dsc and a source tarball into an Ubuntu PPA allows > Ubuntu's build systems to generate the packages for multiple Ubuntu > releases without further intervention, and ANYONE can easily download the > compiled packages from there.
Based on this, let me make a general call for anybody who knows how to package for Launchpad (hosting a PPA). Please get in touch with me as that is my long-term goal. However, I learn slowly and have a bunch of other projects on my plate (including removing a bunch of trees from my property this summer). My goal for this past winter was to learn C++. I've glanced at the book twice!! Somebody more knowledgeable than me willing to hit the ground running? --Steve -- Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM [email protected] [email protected] 253-350-0166 ------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 _______________________________________________ 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.
