I am going to go ask a silly question here: Windows binaries are readily available in an installer form for GNC so why would one want to build run time from the source for Windows?
-----Original Message----- From: Neil Aggarwal <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2026 6:07 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [GNC] Errors from jhbuild on Windows 11 Hello all: I am following this guide: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building_on_Windows Everything seems to go fine until I ran this command: jhbuild -f src/gnucash-on-windows.git/jhbuildrc build It gives me this output: Required packages: System installed packages which are too old: (none) No matching system package installed: boost cmake ninja jhbuild build: Required system dependencies not installed. Install using the command 'jhbuild sysdeps --install' or to ignore system dependencies use command-line option --nodeps When I ran jhbuild sysdeps --install the first time, it installed some stuff, but gave me some messages about things not found so I ran it multiple times with it installing some packages. Now, when I run it, nothing installs and I get this output: System installed packages which are new enough: automake libtool make pkg-config libxslt (libxslt.pc, required=1.1.26, installed=1.1.45) libxml2 (libxml-2.0.pc, required=2.7.8, installed=2.15.3) intltool (required=0.50.2) itstool git xmllint xsltproc python3-devel (python3.pc, required=3.2, installed=3.14) xmlcatalog docbook-xml docbook-xsl cc libffi (libffi.pc, required=3.0.0, installed=3.7.1) zlib (zlib.pc, installed=1.3.2) libpcre (libpcre.pc, required=8.31, installed=8.45) libpng (libpng.pc, installed=1.6.58) freetype2 (freetype2.pc, required=12.0.6, installed=26.6.20) bison (required=2.4) flex (required=2.0) c++ libicu (icu-i18n.pc, required=4, installed=76.1) bash-completion (bash-completion.pc, installed=2.17.0) gperf libarchive (libarchive.pc, required=3.2.1, installed=3.8.9) sqlite3 (sqlite3.pc, required=3.8.3, installed=3.53.4) gnutls (gnutls.pc, required=3.1, installed=3.8.13) p11-kit (p11-kit-1.pc, required=0.19.0, installed=0.26.4) libuuid (uuid.pc, installed=2.40.2) libyaml libgcrypt (required=1.5.0) libnghttp2 (libnghttp2.pc, installed=1.70.0) krb5 texinfo libtasn1 (libtasn1.pc, required=2.7, installed=4.21.0) asciidoc libdb llvm libclang readline hogweed (hogweed.pc, required=3.2, installed=4.0) nettle (nettle.pc, required=3.2, installed=4.0) libcurl (libcurl.pc, installed=8.21.0) gpgme (required=1.0.0) file mpc mpfr libunistring Required packages: System installed packages which are too old: (none) No matching system package installed: ninja shared-mime-info (shared-mime-info.pc, required=1.0) fontconfig (fontconfig.pc, required=2.13.0) gl (gl.pc) libXext (xext.pc) libXrender (xrender.pc) x11 (x11.pc) libXft (xft.pc, required=2.0.0) ragel libjpeg egl (egl.pc, required=1.3) cups (required=1.4) libXcursor (xcursor.pc) desktop-file-utils (required=0.20) flac (flac.pc, required=1.1.4) libvpx (vpx.pc) taglib (taglib.pc, required=1.5) wavpack (wavpack.pc, required=4.2) libavfilter (libavfilter.pc) libavformat (libavformat.pc) libavcodec (libavcodec.pc) libavutil (libavutil.pc) x11-xcb (x11-xcb.pc) libv4l (libv4l2.pc) dbus (dbus-1.pc, required=1.4.10) libXtst (xtst.pc, required=1) xi (xi.pc) xkbcommon-x11 (xkbcommon-x11.pc) pulseaudio (libpulse-mainloop-glib.pc, required=2.0) yasm cargo graphviz (libgvc.pc, required=2.26.0) vala-bootstrap polkit-gobject (polkit-gobject-1.pc, required=0.103) libcanberra (libcanberra-gtk.pc, required=0.30) nss (nss.pc, required=3.12.11) pam cmake libproxy (libproxy-1.0.pc) argyll lcms2 (lcms2.pc, required=2.6) docbook-utils (required=0.6.14) libxkbfile (xkbfile.pc) libXrandr (xrandr.pc, required=1.3) xkeyboard-config (xkeyboard-config.pc) libexif (libexif.pc, required=0.6.19) libtiff libdrm (libdrm.pc, required=2.4.45) libXcomposite (xcomposite.pc) xcb-dri2 (xcb-dri2.pc, required=1.8.1) hunspell (hunspell.pc) avahi (avahi-gobject.pc, required=0.6.31) hyphen libwebp mesa-libGLES (glesv2.pc, required=3.0) openjpeg (libopenjp2.pc, required=2.2.0) ruby libXdamage (xdamage.pc) libXt (xt.pc) libcanberra-gtk3 (libcanberra-gtk3.pc) dbus-glib (dbus-glib-1.pc, required=0.98) libpwquality (pwquality.pc) smbclient (smbclient.pc) kyotocabinet (kyotocabinet.pc) anthy (anthy.pc, required=0.3) libhangul (libhangul.pc, required=0.1.0) libxklavier (libxklavier.pc, required=5.0) sm (sm.pc) xtrans (xtrans.pc, required=1.3.5) liboauth (oauth.pc, required=0.9.4) openldap nspr (nspr.pc, required=4.9.2) dbus-run-session cvt libevdev (libevdev.pc, required=1.2.2) libxkbcommon (xkbcommon.pc, required=0.5.0) libX11 (x11.pc) libXfixes (xfixes.pc) libXi (xi.pc, required=1.7.4) libXinerama mesa-libEGL startup-notification (libstartup-notification-1.0.pc, required=0.12) xcb-randr (xcb-randr.pc) xcb-res (xcb-res.pc) xvfb-run polkit-agent (polkit-agent-1.pc, required=0.102) fuse (fuse.pc, required=2.8.0) libbluray (libbluray.pc) libcap libimobiledevice (libimobiledevice-1.0.pc, required=1.2.0) libnfs (libnfs.pc, required=1.9.8) libplist-2.0 (libplist-2.0.pc, required=2.2.0) libusb1 (libusb-1.0.pc, required=1.0.19) dotconf (dotconf.pc, required=1.3) espeak (required=1.46.02) libsndfile (sndfile.pc, required=1.0.21) exempi (exempi-2.0.pc, required=2.2.0) boost (required=1.33.1) libdmapsharing (libdmapsharing-3.0.pc) libvorbis (vorbisfile.pc) libraw (libraw.pc) lmdb libstemmer valgrind (valgrind.pc, required=3.10.0) libmusicbrainz (libmusicbrainz5.pc, required=5.0) Optional packages: (JHBuild will build the missing packages) System installed packages which are too old: (none) No matching system package installed: libepoxy (epoxy.pc) iso-codes (iso-codes.pc) cogl (cogl-1.0.pc) libgdata (libgdata.pc) WebKit6.0 (webkitgtk-6.0.pc, required=2.41.90) mozjs102 (mozjs-102.pc, required=102.1.0gnome1) telepathy-glib (telepathy-glib.pc) telepathy-logger (telepathy-logger-0.2.pc) libgee (gee-0.8.pc) WebKit (webkit2gtk-4.0.pc, required=2.41.90) I: Installing dependencies on system: ninja shared-mime-info fontconfig gl libXext libXrender x11 libXft ragel libjpeg egl cups libXcursor desktop-file-utils flac libvpx taglib wavpack libavfilter libavformat libavcodec libavutil x11-xcb libv4l dbus libXtst xi xkbcommon-x11 pulseaudio yasm cargo graphviz vala-bootstrap polkit-gobject libcanberra nss pam cmake libproxy argyll lcms2 docbook-utils libxkbfile libXrandr xkeyboard-config libexif libtiff libdrm libXcomposite xcb-dri2 hunspell avahi hyphen libwebp mesa-libGLES openjpeg ruby libXdamage libXt libcanberra-gtk3 dbus-glib libpwquality smbclient kyotocabinet anthy libhangul libxklavier sm xtrans liboauth openldap nspr dbus-run-session cvt libevdev libxkbcommon libX11 libXfixes libXi libXinerama mesa-libEGL startup-notification xcb-randr xcb-res xvfb-run polkit-agent fuse libbluray libcap libimobiledevice libnfs libplist-2.0 libusb1 dotconf espeak libsndfile exempi boost libdmapsharing libvorbis libraw lmdb libstemmer valgrind libmusicbrainz libepoxy iso-codes cogl libgdata WebKit6.0 mozjs102 telepathy-glib telepathy-logger libgee WebKit I: Using pacman to install packages. Please wait. W: Provider for "ninja" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "ragel" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "libjpeg" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "cups" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "desktop-file-utils" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "yasm" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "cargo" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "vala-bootstrap" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "pam" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "cmake" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "argyll" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "docbook-utils" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "libtiff" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "hyphen" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "libwebp" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "ruby" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "openldap" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "dbus-run-session" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "cvt" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "libXinerama" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "mesa-libEGL" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "xvfb-run" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "libcap" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "espeak" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "boost" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "lmdb" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "libstemmer" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/shared-mime-info.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/fontconfig.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/gl.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xext.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xrender.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/x11.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xft.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/egl.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xcursor.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/flac.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/vpx.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/taglib.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/wavpack.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libavfilter.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libavformat.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libavcodec.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libavutil.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/x11-xcb.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libv4l2.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/dbus-1.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xtst.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xi.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xkbcommon-x11.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libpulse-mainloop-glib.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libgvc.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/polkit-gobject-1.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcanberra-gtk.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/nss.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libproxy-1.0.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/lcms2.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xkbfile.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xrandr.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xkeyboard-config.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libexif.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libdrm.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xcomposite.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xcb-dri2.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/hunspell.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/avahi-gobject.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/glesv2.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libopenjp2.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xdamage.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xt.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcanberra-gtk3.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/dbus-glib-1.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/pwquality.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/smbclient.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/kyotocabinet.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/anthy.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libhangul.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libxklavier.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/sm.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xtrans.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/oauth.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/nspr.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libevdev.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xkbcommon.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/x11.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xfixes.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xi.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libstartup-notification-1.0.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xcb-randr.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/xcb-res.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/polkit-agent-1.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/fuse.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libbluray.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libimobiledevice-1.0.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libnfs.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libplist-2.0.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libusb-1.0.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/dotconf.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/sndfile.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/exempi-2.0.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libdmapsharing-3.0.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/vorbisfile.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libraw.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/valgrind.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libmusicbrainz5.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/epoxy.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/iso-codes.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/cogl-1.0.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libgdata.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/webkitgtk-6.0.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/mozjs-102.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/telepathy-glib.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/telepathy-logger-0.2.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/gee-0.8.pc" was not found, ignoring W: Provider for "/usr/lib/pkgconfig/webkit2gtk-4.0.pc" was not found, ignoring I: Nothing to install Any ideas what went wrong? Thank you, Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (972) 834-1565, https://propfinancing.com We offer 30 year loans on single family houses! _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
