INSTALLING MACPORTS INSTALL
INSTALLING MACPORTS UPDATE

INSTALLING MACPORTS INSTALL

Using MacPorts to install the native Quartz version of GnuCashĪs of December 2008, MacPorts can also handle compiling and building the native Quartz version of GnuCash, which does not require or invoke X-Windows at all. Log out and back in for the new X11 to take effect.Ĭhange the startx script to use bigger fonts by default.Īt the macOS Terminal.app window enter the command There may be an easier way to change fonts in a default install, but this worked. But the fonts are too small to be useful on my 15' intel powerbook. So if the installation does fail on one of the required packages, try re-running the same install command again before looking further.Īs of August 2008, Leopard 10.5.4, and GnuCash-2.2.5 the above still works. Congratulations!Īs of December 2008, this was up-to-date with GnuCash-2.2.8, and the font problems appeared to be gone but I have left the discussion below in case it still crops up for someone else.Īt an earlier date, there was a report that on a fresh install of MacPorts, the installation did stall with the 'scrollkeeper' package, but you can just run the same install command again. If this works for you, you can skip the rest of this section (but you may want to look at the Quartz instructions below). The whole installation of MacPorts with GnuCash adds up to about 1GB. Once that's done, you can issue the following command to install GnuCash - this will take you quite a while, as the software will be downloaded, then compiled and installed. Using MacPorts to install a recent stable release of GnuCash

INSTALLING MACPORTS UPDATE

Make sure you update all the package descriptions so you can get the latest GnuCash:.Download and install the latest version of MacPorts.So a standard install may be the safest route - that definitely works fine.) (As of Dec 2008, you may need gcc4.2 as well and I'm not sure if gcc3.3 is even extant any more. Unix Development Support (includes gcc).Software Development Kits (installed with Developer Tools).You don't need to install all of the packages - use the 'Customize' button in the installer and only select:.Download the latest version from (free registration is required).MacPorts installation in detail Install the latest Developer Tools from Apple - a.k.a. 4 Potential Problems and their Solutions.3 Using MacPorts to install the native Quartz version of GnuCash.2 Using MacPorts to install a recent stable release of GnuCash.1.1 Install the latest Developer Tools from Apple - a.k.a.

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