Thanks Colin. Sheer genius! How could I have overlooked the obvious? Installed without a hitch.
Regards, Les On 04/17/2018 05:05 AM, Colin Law wrote: > $ snap find gnucash > Name Version Developer Notes Summary > gnucash-jz 2.6.21a jz - GnuCash is personal and > small-business financial-accounting software > > So it is called gnucash-jz > > Colin > > On 17 April 2018 at 10:27, Les <lellio...@gmail.com > <mailto:lellio...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > After creating a new saved file, I tried installing GC 2.6.21 using > Snap. When I entered "snap install gnucash" I received a message "no > gnucash found"! > > So much for snap, at least for now. > > Regards, > > Les > > > On 04/16/2018 01:13 PM, Fross, Michael wrote: > > While I've installed some SNAPS on my Ubuntu machine, I've not used > > them extensively. Would a SNAP distribution of GNC allow a binary > > release for all distros without having to wait for the package > > maintainers to update their repositories? > > > > That would sure be nice..... > > > > Michael > > > > On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Les <lellio...@gmail.com > <mailto:lellio...@gmail.com> > > <mailto:lellio...@gmail.com <mailto:lellio...@gmail.com>>> wrote: > > > > 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 <http://getdebs.net> <http://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 > > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org > <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> > > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user>> > > >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists> > > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > <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 > > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> > > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user>> > > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists> > > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > <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 > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org>> > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user>> > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists> > > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > <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 > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > <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 gnucash-user@gnucash.org 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. 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