gnubiff doesn't save configuration file
 

Hi

I am running Debian Stretch (32 bit). I just installed gnubiff, but at every start I have to configure it manually, over and over. Gnubiff doesn't create a configuration file. Here is the relevant output of the terminal, when starting gnubiff:

Any ideas, what could be wrong?

I have never used the program so I am just guessing. It looks like the installed version from the repository is 2.2.16 and the latest from the website is 2.2.17 which fixed a reading/writing config file bug. You would need to uninstall 2.2.16 and install 2.2.17 from source.

http://gnubiff.sourceforge.net/

I see, I tried to compile gnubiff 2.2.17 from source, but it demands a vast number of development packages, including x11 libs Too much effort for the effect, but thank you for the hint.

You could try and that should install the prerequisites for the build.