GnuCash build dependencies

Actual build-depends :

Build-Depends: libltdl3-dev, libofx-dev (>= 1:0.8.0-8), ofx (>= 1:0.8.0-8), libfinance-quote-perl, guile-1.6-slib, guile-1.6-dev, m4, gettext, slib (>= 3a2-5), debhelper (>= 4.2.16), zlib1g-dev, libjpeg62-dev, liborbit-dev, libungif4-dev, libxml-parser-perl, x11-common, libglib2.0-dev (>= 2.4.7), libxml2-dev (>= 2.4.16), libbonobo2-dev (>= 2.0.0), libgnomevfs2-dev (>= 2.2.0), libgnomevfs2-extra (>= 2.2.0), libgtk2.0-dev (>= 2.4.13), libglade2-dev (>= 2.3.6), libgnomeprint2.2-dev (>= 2.8.0), libart-2.0-dev (>= 2.3.11), libgconf2-dev, libgnomeui-dev (>= 2.0.0), libgsf-gnome-1-dev (>= 1.12.2), libpango1.0-dev (>= 1.6.0), libgtkhtml3.8-dev, gconf2, libgoffice-0-5-dev, dpkg-dev (>= 1.13.19), imagemagick, swig, quilt

I believe that any build-depend "can" be removed but we should be very sure that no important dependencies are removed. The actual debian maintainer for gnucash is thomas bushnell <email address hidden> .

andi5 : Perhaps that you may open a bug in debian since the ubuntu package is synced from debian. You can follow that procedure to send a correct bugmail to the Debian bug tracking system : http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting#reportbug

any update to this bug? Also looking at the depends on gnucash 2.2.4 on Hardy it shows :-

shirish@Mugglewille:~$ aptitude show gnucash
Package: gnucash
New: yes
State: installed
Automatically installed: yes
Version: 2.2.4-1ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/gnome
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers <email address hidden>
Uncompressed Size: 5157k
Depends: gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2), gnucash-common (>= 2.2.4-1ubuntu1), guile-1.6-libs, guile-1.6-slib, libart-2.0-2
         (>= 2.3.18), libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libbonobo2-0 (>= 2.15.0), libbonoboui2-0 (>= 2.15.1), libc6 (>=
         2.7-1), libcairo2 (>= 1.5.14), libcrypt-ssleay-perl, libdate-manip-perl, libfinance-quote-perl,
         libgconf2-4 (>= 2.13.5), libglade2-0 (>= 1:2.6.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.16.0), libgnome2-0 (>= 2.17.3),
         libgnomecanvas2-0 (>= 2.11.1), libgnomeprint2.2-0 (>= 2.17.0), libgnomeprintui2.2-0 (>= 2.17.0),
         libgnomeui-0 (>= 2.17.1), libgnomevfs2-0 (>= 1:2.17.90), libgoffice-0-4 (>= 0.4.2), libgsf-1-114 (>=
         1.14.7), libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgtkhtml3.8-15 (>= 1:3.13.5), libguile-ltdl-1, libice6 (>= 1:1.0.0),
         libofx4, liborbit2 (>= 1:2.14.10), libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libpopt0 (>= 1.10), libqthreads-12,
         libsm6, libxml2 (>= 2.6.27), psfontmgr, slib (>= 3a2-5), x-ttcidfont-conf, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-1)
Recommends: gnucash-docs
Suggests: gnucash-sql
Replaces: gnucash-common (< 1.9.8-1)
Description: A personal finance tracking program
 Gnucash can track finances in multiple accounts, keeping running and reconciled balances. It has an X based
 graphical user interface, double entry, a hierarchy of accounts, expense accounts (categories), and can import
 Quicken QIF files and OFX files.

Another one which should be deprecated is libgoffice-0-4 (>= 0.4.2) , why is this library version still being used when now we have libgoffice libgoffice-0-6

If the bug is still required to be put up will do the same on debian :)

Debian BTS has always seemed scary to me, but I will try to enter a bug soon and link to it.

This would be great.

andi5 : Thanks a lot for reporting this to debian, this will really help this bug getting fixed.

the PPA offered by launchpad is a great way to check if any build-time dependency is missing

This bug was fixed in the package gnucash - 2.2.6-1ubuntu1

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gnucash (2.2.6-1ubuntu1) intrepid; urgency=low

  * Merge from Debian unstable. (LP: #252099) Remaining Ubuntu changes:
    + debian/control: build-dep change from libungif4-dev to libgif-dev
    + debian/rules:
      - Don't ignore make clean errors, instead check if a Makefile exists, if
        not, don't call make clean
    + debian/control:
      - Change maintainer to MOTU.
  * new version support HBCI properly (LP: #5973, finally!)
  * Build dependencies have been cleaned up in debian (LP: #178811)
  * No longer crashes when selecting selecting SKR04 (LP: #218723)

gnucash (2.2.6-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release. (Closes: #492706, #492711, #492705, #492707,
    #492708, #491843, #473657, #481290).
  * debian/rules (configure): Add --enable-python-bindings and
    --enable-locale-specific-tax.
  * debian/control (Build-Depends): Remove build dependencies no longer
    needed (libltd3-dev, liborbit-dev, libungif4-dev), or which are
    indirect (libjpeg62-dev, libbonobo2-dev, libgnomevfs2-dev,
    libgnomevfs2-extra, imagemagick, libart-2.0-dev).

  * src/import-export/aqbanking/gnc-ab-utils.c (gnc_ab_get_remote_name):
    Actually get remote name, not purpose. Patch thanks to Micha Lenk.
    (Closes: #492799).

gnucash (2.2.4-2) unstable; urgency=low

  * Apply Micha Lenk patch to turn on aqbanking. (Closes: 303234)
  * debian/rules (configure): Specify --enable-aqbanking and --enable-hbci.
  * debian/control (gnucash): Mention HBCI support.
    (Build-Depends): Require libaqbanking20-dev.
  * debian/README.debian: Drop apology for HBCI non-support.

  * debian/rules (configure): Don't print out config.log on failure anymore.

 -- Reinhard Tartler <email address hidden> Sun, 03 Aug 2008 09:31:17 +0200