gnubiff doesn't save configuration file

makowka · 05-30-2018, 10:22 AM

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:

Code:

(gnubiff:4272): WARNING **: Configuration file (\xe8T_) not found!

Any ideas, what could be wrong?

michaelk · 05-31-2018, 08:05 AM

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/

makowka · 05-31-2018, 08:10 AM

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.

AwesomeMachine · 05-31-2018, 01:37 PM

You could try

Code:

$ apt-get build-deps gnubiff

and that should install the prerequisites for the build.