Cant open GNU Cash

[tuxnewb]

Ok recently i had a problem su'ing to root so i just upgraded to Fedora Core 1 and fixed that but now i try and run GNU Cash and it starts to start but then nothing happens it just closes without a peep. What is my problem. I tried to install a new version of GNU Cash but had package dependancy problems. So im lost. I tried to download the individual packages but that didnt work so any help would be great. BTW i cant run it in root either. Thanks

[bosox79]

What happens if you try to launch GNU Cash from a konsole? What desktop enviorment are you running? are you sure it is installed?

[tuxnewb]

yes i have it installed because when i tried to install an older version of GNUcash it told me that gnucash was already installed...when i tried to "uninstall" it using fedora's add/remove program wizard it told me it couldnt do it till i had some library so im really confused :( anyway I am useing fedora core 1. any help here would be great...like where can i DL an RPM that has LOTS of libraries :)

thanks
Tuxnewb

[bosox79]

you may want to give apt a shot if you use the apt link in my sig it will take you to a great site for apt info and if you doenload dag's apt package, he has like 5 repo's setup and one of those should have gnucash and all the dependinces as will if you want you can just add the app repo's dag has to your current sources although geting his apt package may be eaiser. have you tried running rpm -e gnucash from a console? let me know how things turn out. just be sure to read the info on dags site and you should be fine.

post back with your results
:)

[tuxnewb]

sorry that I didnt write back faster but i didnt get a notify that you replied...here are the results of rpm -e gnucash

[root@Linux_Server root]# rpm -e gnucash
error: Failed dependencies:
libgncmod-engine.so.0 is needed by (installed) gnucash-backend-postgres-1.8.7-1
gnucash = 1.8.7 is needed by (installed) gnucash-backend-postgres-1.8.7-1

I dont know what this means...Anyhelp would be great and Im going to check the apt thing out now...thanks

[tuxnewb]

ok used the apt from your sig and everything is going good so far. At the moment I am upgrading 256 programs on my PC :) but other then that I dont know if GNUcash works yet. If it does then I will jump and sing Happy Happy Joy Joy btw thanks for all your help bosox79.

[bosox79]

:cool: let me know how the upgrade goes, when it finishes or if you have problems with gnucash try removing gnucash with apt, did you install synaptic also? ( a gui frontend for apt?) if you have issues with gnucash try removing it with apt or you can try rpm -e ----nodeps foo-1.0-1.i386.rpm from a root console
(replace foo with gnucash and version #)

keep me posted :cool:

[tuxnewb]

ok i upgraded and everything still a no-go when i tried the rpm -e ----nodep it said that nodep is not a valid command or something like that. I dont understand this at all. I even removed the program completly...im going to try and remove the program and restart and see what happens...but i thought that you didnt have to restart with linux..oh well thanks

[bosox79]

did apt say whether or not GNU cash was installed? what about the rpm -q command? try running rpm -q gnucash from a console and let me know what message it returns. rather then rebooting your whole box try rebooting just X- windows next time with CRTL + ALT + Backspace!

we will get this worked out togeather :D

[tuxnewb]

thanks :)

[tuxnewb]

[root@Linux_Server root]# rpm -q gnucash
gnucash-1.8.8-1

that is what it does...guessing rpm -q does version :)

[tuxnewb]

[root@Linux_Server root]# gnucash

ORBit-ERROR **: Wrong permissions for /tmp/orbit-root

aborting...
Aborted


thats what happens when i run gnucash from root terminal

[bosox79]

your right tuxnewb,

according to the rpm -q command it looks like gnucash-1.8.8-1 is still installed, what does apt say about gnucash, does it show it as being installed? Does rpm -e give use the same error as before? we may want to try rebuilding your RPM database, but before we do that let me know what both apt and rpm -e have to say:) and your welcome:D but I should be thanking you for defending our country

[tuxnewb]

OK ITS FIXED.... I did a google on that Orbit error I got. It said to go to my /tmp dir and do rm -rf orbit* i did that to delete all the dir's with orbit....then started gnucash again and now it works...only problem is that all my terminal bg's and stuff got erased but its a small price to pay for having my gnu cash back thanks so my bosox you were more then helpful...gotta love this community....

[bosox79]

That is good news I was just in the processes of G4Ling for the same error when I saw your post :cool: and your right the Linux community and especially JL are great I am glad I could help

[tuxnewb]

ok nm on the fixed thing....deleteing the Orbit thing = bad....It messed up my x setup so now im redoing the fedora install (just upgrading off the CDs) we will see if this is fixed after that

[tuxnewb]

ALRIGHT i updated from the disk and had Anaconda rebuild my orbits files (i guess) and now everything is peachy if you have this same problem I suggest you just delete the orbit and do like i did and upgrade from disk...unless someone else has a better idea...cause i know i dont....thanks again bosox

[bosox79]

tuxnewb,

Thanks for letting us know how you fixed the problem, now when someone else comes here looking for a solution to this problem they should find this thread:D

and no thanks necessary :D

[tuxnewb]

the only problem that I have with the fix is that it is not really a solution...its a last resort type thing...I dont like fixes that require me to load the OS again I should be able to get around it someway...regardless im not gonna break something that is already fixed but yes this is one possible fix :)

[bosox79]

your right you should not have to reinstall the OS, I am sure if we did some more troubleshooting we could have solved the problem another way:)