[PLUG] Compile issue: libraries present but not seen [FIXED]

[tim at wescottdesign.com]

On 2017-09-03 10:18, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Sep 2017, Rich Shepard wrote:
> 
>>   I'm trying to build gnucash-2.6.17 on my Slackware-14.2/32-bit 
>> system. The
>> build fails because make cannot find libgnc-gnome, which is in turn
>> dependent on libgtk-x11. Both are present on this host.
> 
>    Found the answer: run ldd on the library not found and check its
> dependencies. When I did this I found two libraries of an earlier 
> version
> from the one installed. Made soft links to from the existing one to the
> version number gnucash seeks.
> 
>    Gnucash built, installed, and runs.

Congratulations.  You may still want to shop around for some cheap 
64-bit machines, though.