Gnucash fails to install: configure dbus-glib failure

[Randall Wood]

A simple "sudo port selfupdate ; sudo port outdated" should take care  
of uninstalling and reinstalling most outdated versions of software  
that depended on the older version of dbus.

Note that dbus version 0.61 was a development version with an  
unstable API while dbus version 1.x.y has a stable API and it is a  
good idea therefore to make sure everything works with the new version.

On 22 Apr 2007, at 12:13, Bjorn Berg wrote:

> So I'm new at this. Can I just type 'port uninstall dbus' on a  
> command line? How do I find those programs that are affected by the  
> newinstall, just run everything? Shouldn't this be a consideration  
> in the release of a new version that looks like its capable of so  
> much havoc?
>
>
> Bj
>
> Randall Wood wrote:
>> Uninstalling the old version and installing the new version is  
>> recommended. However, some programs that were bound against the  
>> old version may nor run correctly. These programs should then be  
>> rebuilt.
>>
>> On 22 Apr 2007, at 11:03, Bjorn Berg wrote:
>>
>>> I checked for dbus. It's invoked on my command line to start GNOME.
>>> So a ran a search and an install and got this trace:
>>>
>>> port search dbus
>>> dbus                           devel/dbus     1.0.2        A  
>>> message bus system, a simple way for applications to talk to one  
>>> another.
>>> dbus-glib                      devel/dbus-glib 0.73         Glib  
>>> bindings for the dbus message bus system.
>>> IBook:~ bj$ sudo port install dbus
>>> --->  Activating dbus 1.0.2_2
>>> Error: Target com.apple.activate returned: Image error: Another  
>>> version of dbus (0.61_2) is already active.
>>> Error: Status 1 encountered during processing.
>>>
>>> If I uninstall the older version what flaky behaviour can I  
>>> expect trying to install the new one?
>>>
>>> Bj
>>>
>>>
>>> Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 22, 2007, at 01:43, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Apr 22, 2007, at 00:16, Bjorn Berg wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> --->  Configuring dbus-glib
>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>> checking for DBUS... configure: error: DBus development  
>>>>>> libraries not found
>>>>>
>>>>> So you're trying to install dbus-glib, and it can't find the  
>>>>> dbus libraries. I imagine this would be fixed by installing the  
>>>>> dbus port first. Please try that and let us know if that fixes  
>>>>> it. Then we can add that as a dependency to the dbus-glib port  
>>>>> so that this situation is handled automatically in the future.
>>>>
>>>> Um... Sorry, I see that dbus-glib already declares dbus as a  
>>>> dependency.
>>>>
>>>> So is dbus installed?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>> Randall Wood
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>>
>> "The rules are simple: The ball is round. The game lasts 90  
>> minutes. All the
>> rest is just philosophy."
>>
>>
>>



Randall Wood
rhwood at mac.com
http://shyramblings.blogspot.com

"The rules are simple: The ball is round. The game lasts 90 minutes.  
All the
rest is just philosophy."