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GnuCash Compiler Dependency
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The GnuCash developers use gcc (https://gcc.gnu.org) for developing and
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testing GnuCash. For convenience, we have relied on certain features
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of gcc that are not part of any official standard and may not be
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available with other standard-compliant compilers. Anyone desiring to
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compile GnuCash with some other compiler may have to remove these
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"gcc-isms", some of which are documented here.
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Pointer-typed NULL sentinel values
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----------------------------------
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Gcc provides an implementation of `stddef.h' that defines NULL to
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always expand to a pointer-typed null constant. This is precisely
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what is needed in order to make sentinel value arguments to variadic
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functions correct for both 32 and 64 bit platforms. However, another
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implementation may define NULL to expand to `0'. In that case, all
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sentinel value arguments must have an explicit `(void *)' cast.
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C++ style comments
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C++ style comments (`// comment to end of line') are discouraged but
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not actively eradicated.
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Variadic Macros
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---------------
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GnuCash uses variadic macros for debugging and logging support (via
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qof).
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Important notice
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----------------
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You can find the most recent version of the following part at
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https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Dependencies.
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GnuCash Library Dependency Policy
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---------------------------------
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GnuCash desires to only depend on library versions and packages that are
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practically available. Specifically, we choose to depend only on versions
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that have been in the major distributions for 6 months. (This is motivated in
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part by the 1.6 release, which required a large set of relatively-recent
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dependencies. Specifically, as most user's (distributions) did not have the
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required versions packaged, it was exceedingly painful for end users to
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upgrade to the anticipated release, leading to a reputation that gnucash
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still has.)
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Libraries/Deps
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--------------
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required Version
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-------- _______
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gcc or clang 8.0 (gcc)/6.0(clang) C++17 C/C++ compiler
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cmake 3.10 Build system manager
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glib2 2.56.1
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gtk+3 3.22.30
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guile 3.0, 2.2 or 2.0.9 Must be built with regex
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support enabled
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libxml2 2.9.4
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gettext 0.20 Required to build gnucash.pot,
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0.19.6 or later permitted but
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won't generate gnucash.pot.
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libxslt, including xsltproc
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ICU International Components for
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Unicode
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boost 1.67.0 All headers plus date_time,
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filesystem, locale, and
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regex libraries.
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locale and regex libs must be
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built with ICU support.
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Note that 1.67.0 is the first
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*release* that supports C++17,
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but that some distributions
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have patched earlier versions
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to work.
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swig 3.0.12 Makes Guile and Python Bindings.
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webkit 2.4.11 (Windows,
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2.14.1 (Everything Else)
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googletest 1.8.0 Some distros call it gtest.
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Some distros also separate out
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googlemock or gmock; both are
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required.
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libdbi 0.8.3 SQL backend; also requires at
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least one of libdbd-sqlite3,
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libdbd-mysql, or libdbd-pgsql
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zlib
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optional
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--------
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aqbanking 5.7.8 online banking; Note that 6.1.0
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gwenhywfar 4.20.0 or higher is needed for German
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FinTS.
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python 3.6.0 python bindings; headers
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required, not just binaries.
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libofx 0.9.12 OFX/QFX import
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libsecret 0.18
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gtk-mac-integration MacOS only, for menus to go
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to the main menu bar instead
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of one on the window.
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makeinfo Not really needed, it
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just builds the
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mostly obsolete
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design documentation
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(superceded for the
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most part in Doxygen
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docs).
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doxygen For building the Doxygen API
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documentation.
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at runtime, required
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a gsettings backend to store the gnucash global preferences in
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This backend is platform dependent.
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- linux: dconf
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- windows: registry
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- osx/quarz: plists
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Note that the osx and windows backends are built-in in gio for their
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respective platforms. On linux and similar systems, the dconf package
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should be installed.
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at runtime, suggested
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isocodes: translation of currency names
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