Thanks for the reply Ron. FWIW, I backup everyday. If I decide to try a Snap install, I will create a new backup file with a new file name.
Regards, Les On 04/16/2018 12:12 PM, Ronal B Morse wrote: > I have very limited experience with SNAP on Ubuntu. It's been > generally good, but not completely problem free. I have thought about > trying to create a SNAP for GnuCash 3.0, but first I'll have to get it > to build cleanly in the native environment, something has so far > eluded me. > > As I understand it, applications installed as a SNAP package are > self-contained and sandboxed. So, in theory, a SNAP of GnuCash should > install alongside an existing version from repository and never the > 'twain shall meet. > > In reality -- I don't know. But I know one way to find out... > > Backups, I think would be the order of the day if anyone is going to > pursue this. > > Ron Morse > > > On 04/16/2018 07:51 AM, Les wrote: >> Hello Everyone: >> >> I am currently running LInux Mint 18.2 and GC 2.6.17 (the latest from >> getdebs.net). >> >> Recently, I was reading the Linux Mint blog which mentioned a new >> package manager called Snap, described as a self-contained package >> manager containing all dependencies. I checked Synaptic and found Snapd >> and installed it >> >> I used Snapd to install a new (to me) web browser called Brave. After >> the installation completed, I went to applications but there was no >> listing for Brave. Not what I expected, but no big deal. >> >> I then did a listing of Snap packages and found Gnucash 2.6.21 listed. >> >> Assuming I try to install GC using Snap, would I need to uninstall GC >> 2.6.17 first? >> >> Does anyone have experience with Snap? >> >> Regards, >> >> Les >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
