Some have asked how I create the debian packages on Ubuntu. Someone more knowledgeable about wiki's may want to capture this in an appropriate area.
I presume that the user already has an area within $HOME for their projects. Mine is ./Projects and holds several different items like GnC. Within Projects I have ./GnuCash so it is kept separate from Subsurface, X-Plane, PicMicro, etc. You would also need to setup for using dpkg-buildpackage (there are several web sites that describe the setup for using this). The below is the commands that would be used if someone wants to start from nothing (copying from notes so please excuse any typos). # setup the Projects area just in case my presumption is wrong cd $HOME mkdir Projects cd Projects mkdir GnuCash cd GnuCash #grab a clone of the GnuCash git repsoitory git clone https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash cd gnucash git checkout 3.5 ;# or 3.4 or whichever you desire. If you want absolute latest then use "git checkout maint" instead. GITVER=$(git describe) MYVER=${GITVER%-*} MYRPR=gnucash_${MYVER} MYTAR=${MYRPR}.orig.tar #Pick the Ubuntu version for which you want to compile: trusty, xenial, bionic, disco, etc. MYDISTRO=trusty #bring in the debian folder and modify version and distro flags as noted. cp -r ../debian . sed -e "s/MYVER/${MYVER}/;s/MYDISTRO/$MYDISTRO/" ../debian/changelog > debian/changelog # pull in the dependencies as noted in the control file sudo mk-build-deps -ir debian/control # For 3.5 you need to manually change line 137 in $HOME/GnuCash/gnucash/common/cmake_modules/GncAddTest.cmake # from: set(GTST_LIB "${GTEST_SHARED_LIB};${GTEST_MAIN_LIB}" PARENT_SCOPE) # to: set(GTEST_LIB "${GTEST_MAIN_LIB};${GTEST_SHARED_LIB}" PARENT_SCOPE) #At this point all is ready to build the debian packages dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc # this will result in 7 files in the GnuCash folder (the parent to the git clone where the above command was run. # of these, the 3 *.deb files are the debian packages to be installed: -rw-r--r-- 1 steve steve 19751 May 21 08:17 gnucash_3.5-0_amd64.buildinfo -rw-r--r-- 1 steve steve 2266 May 21 08:17 gnucash_3.5-0_amd64.changes -rw-r--r-- 1 steve steve 3957024 May 21 08:17 gnucash_3.5-0_amd64.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 steve steve 5127172 May 21 08:17 gnucash-common_3.5-0_all.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 steve steve 20918176 May 21 08:17 gnucash-dbgsym_3.5-0_amd64.ddeb -rw-r--r-- 1 steve steve 269932 May 21 08:17 python3-gnucash_3.5-0_amd64.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 steve steve 769424 May 21 08:17 python3-gnucash-dbgsym_3.5-0_amd64.ddeb I have added a "debian" folder to the "GnuCash" google drive folder that contains a modified version of the debian files. Here is a link to the "GnuCash" folder: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1s-E6t-snmQiEFaT_hlWF2KHWrIB_LV2x -- Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM stephen.m.butle...@gmail.com kg...@arrl.net 253-350-0166 ------------------------------------------- GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 81D8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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.