On 28 July 2018 at 10:28, Plutocrat <plutoc...@gmail.com> wrote: > The state of Gnucash in Ubuntu is not a happy one. Its packages are > inherited from Debian, and for whatever reason, they've been lagging > behind. I've tried to suggest upgrading a couple of times but to no avail, > although one person did suggest that if I couched it as a Bug (i.e. version > 3.2 fixes a lot of bugs) then I'd stand a better chance. > > There is a version 3.2 coming through in Debian unstable. Seems like it > might make it into 18.10, but that wouldn't get it into 18.04 or Mint 18.2. > Getdeb used to be an option, but it died with no explanation last > September. There was also an Ubuntu PPA which died. I offered my services > to try compiling 3.2 but received no response. > > It seems like perhaps your best option is one recently suggested on this > list, which is to uninstall your current version and install the flatpack > version, (a sort of app container, which includes all the dependencies). I > installed this on a spare laptop, and it seemed to work and opened my 2.6 > file without issue, but I haven't really kicked the tyres on it. > https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnucash.GnuCash > > I think Linux Mint includes flatpack by default, so it may just be as > simple as > flatpak install flathub org.gnucash.GnuCash > flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash > > Of course, backup your accounts files, config etc first, so you can go > back to 2.6 should you need to. >
On Ubuntu 18.04 I did sudo apt install flatpak sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo sudo flatpak install flathub org.gnucash.GnuCash flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash Then can right click - add to favourites to keep it in the launcher. Colin _______________________________________________ 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. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.