Getting GnuCash 1.8.9 to install via RPM's on RedHat 3 knock offs
(specifically Fermi SL 3.0.2 with updates as of 8/13/2004, but it should
work on all RHEL3 knock offs):

Most of the SRPMS are provided via rpmfind.net, searching for RH9 or at latest
FC1 versions.  There may have been one or two FC2 or FC development versions,
but since they're Source RPMS, I wasn't too worried.

Ordering is IMPORTANT at some points; e.g. many packages depend on gal, AND on
which version of gal is installed and used when you build *those* packages.
Change the version of gal, and you have to rebuild and reinstall all packages
thereafter in the order given below.

-- Dan Widyono  20040813




install guile src.rpm
  1.6.4-8.2
  rebuild
  install guile & guile-devel .rpm

install g-wrap src.rpm
  1.3.4-2
  fix spec file:
    remove COPYING from %doc line in %files phase
    add in %install phase immediately before %clean phase:
      # Remove unpackaged files
      rm -rf ${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}%{_datadir}/info/dir
   rebuild
   install g-wrap & g-wrap-devel .rpm

install libxml src.rpm
  1.8.17-9.1
  rebuild
  install libxml & libxml-devel .rpm

install libglade src.rpm
  0.17-12.1
  rebuild
  install libglade & libglade-devel .rpm

install libghttp src.rpm
  1.0.9-8.1
  rebuild
  install libghttp & libghttp-devel .rpm

install oaf src.rpm
  0.6.10-5
  rebuild
  install oaf & oaf-devel .rpm

install openjade src.rpm [libosp.so dependency of libofx build]
  1.3.1-12
  rebuild
  install openjade .rpm

install libofx src.rpm
  0.6.6-1
  fix spec file:
    change BuildRequires: header from openjade-devel to openjade >= 1.3.1
  rebuild 
  install libofx & libofx-devel .rpm
  
install gnome-print src.rpm
  0.37-4  [note: we're downgrading from libgnomeprint22]
  rebuild 
  install libgnomeprint15 & gnome-print & gnome-print-devel .rpm

install GConf
  1.0.9-10
  rebuild 
  install GConf & GConf-devel

install gnome-vfs
  1.0.5-13
  rebuild 
  install gnome-vfs & gnome-vfs-devel

install bonobo src.rpm
  1.0.22-4
  rebuild
  install bonobo & bonobo-devel

install gal src.rpm
  0.24-3.1
  rebuild
  install libgal21 & gal & gal-devel

install gnumeric src.rpm
  1.0.12-3
  fix spec file:
    change Requires: %{name} = %{version}
      to   Requires: %{name} >= %{version}
      in   %package devel section
  rebuild
  install gnumeric gnumeric-devel .rpm

install Guppi src.rpm
  0.40.3-9
  rebuild
  install Guppi Guppi-devel .rpm
  
install gtkhtml src.rpm
  1.1.9-8
  rebuild
  install gtkhtml gtkhtml-devel .rpm


*****
* I've gotten this far.  GnuCash build fails at some point in guile build
* (internal; as you see above, guile and guile-devel are already installed)
*
* 20040813
*****
  
install gnucash src.rpm
  1.8.9-1.RH7.3
  fix spec file: 
    change "redhat-release" to "sl-release"
  rebuild
  install gnucash .rpm

install gnucash-docs src.rpm
  1.8.4-1
  rebuild 
  install gnucash-docs .rpm