In alt.os.linux.slackware Paul Becker <paulisnot@home.com> wrote:

> I don't want to mention a name here although this
> guy really pissed me off by not detailing the
> requirements for his program. Oh, he hinted at
> what was required but I had to compile the f'n
> thing 2 dozen times and then track down each error
> and discover on my own which packages were
> required. This a-hole wouldn't even respond to my
> request for help. Here's a quote from his page,
> "You also have to install the devel packages for
> the various libraries used by PROGNAME(removed to
> protect the obtuse individual) (glibc-devel,
> libjpeg-devel, ...)" Nice list of requirements,
> eh? "Various libraries," and "..."! What the hell
> is the big secret? Jesus H! Would it kill this guy
> to paste the requirements into the README or his
> webpage or somewhere? There is NO excuse for that!

> I just shake my head and say, "what an asshole"!


Sounds, u talked abt gnucash :-)


Peter



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>
>
> Sounds, u talked abt gnucash :-)
>
>
> Peter



I doubt it. Gnucash's dependencies are elephantine, but there is a
website specifically for gnucash on Slackware, and it is very well
done. I've built gnucash 1.8.8 using them and had no difficulty other
than having to move the slib directory one level up from where the
instructions said to put it (to /usr/share/guile, and not
/usr/share/guile/1.6.)

Another alternative is to use FreeBSD: Dial in to my ISP, cd to
/usr/ports/finance/gnucash and type "make". Using this method I was
able to do two things at once: build gnucash and sleep.

Regards,

r

Auch an Clemens Haupt wandte sich paulisnot@home.com:

> Michael Heiming wrote:
> Well, I'm hardly qualified
Yes.

Mit
freundlichen Grüßen
Architekturbüro Siebert Wien I Österreich -> Clemens Haupt

Steve Youngs wrote:

> I agree and feel your frustration. Perhaps you _should_ mention the
> name of the program so that others can be forewarned.

Actually, he did. Or, at least he did what is considered equivalent
in this ng: he provided a Googlable pattern that was equiv to the
"PROGNAME". This might not have been obvious to everyone, but then
unobviousness to 'newbies' is an AOLS virtue, isn't it?

Try it for yourself:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22in...s+libraries%22

* John <they.need.your.spam@ready.verisign.com> writes:

> Steve Youngs wrote:
>> I agree and feel your frustration. Perhaps you _should_ mention the
>> name of the program so that others can be forewarned.

> Actually, he did. Or, at least he did what is considered equivalent
> in this ng: he provided a Googlable pattern that was equiv to the
> "PROGNAME".

Ah.

> This might not have been obvious to everyone, but then unobviousness
> to 'newbies' is an AOLS virtue, isn't it?

:-)

> Try it for yourself:

Wasn't the site I was expecting.

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Steve Youngs wrote:

> * John <they.need.your.spam@ready.verisign.com> writes:
>
> > Steve Youngs wrote:
> >> I agree and feel your frustration. Perhaps you _should_ mention the
> >> name of the program so that others can be forewarned.
>
> > Actually, he did. Or, at least he did what is considered equivalent
> > in this ng: he provided a Googlable pattern that was equiv to the
> > "PROGNAME".
>
> Ah.
>
> > This might not have been obvious to everyone, but then unobviousness
> > to 'newbies' is an AOLS virtue, isn't it?
>
> :-)
>
> > Try it for yourself:
>
> Wasn't the site I was expecting.
>
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* tp <terry@isphere.com> writes:

> .

....and the point your were trying to make with this point was?

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JM