This link gives some info on flatpaks as well: https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/08/19/install-linux-applications-chrome-os/
Note, ChromeOS is using the Debian9 Stretch repos, so if you just use apt-get you won’t get the latest GnuCash version. You’ll either need a .deb from a PPA (or build it yourself) or try the flatpak. (not sure if Geert has started packaging this yet for 3.3) Regards, Adrien > On Oct 6, 2018, at 3:55 PM, Adrien Monteleone > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do a search for “run linux apps on chromebook” and you’ll get a page of hits, > all from this year, the first 5 or so from the last 6 weeks showing you how > to install linux apps on a Chromebook. > > If you end up with a situation where you need to build first and can’t use a > PPA or otherwise download a .deb file, you could first install Virtualbox, > install a linux distro (and just use that to run GnuCash) then build the app > as a .deb, share it back to ChromeOS and install. > > You might have quite a few hoops, but it should be possible. > > Regards, > Adrien > >> On Oct 6, 2018, at 3:49 PM, randix <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> So I'm not feelin' real warm and fuzzy at the moment, notwithstanding that I >> lost my laptop earlier today >> >> So I can't get Gnucash on a Chromebook >> >> So I can't get Gnucash Portable to work on a Chromebook >> >> If I want to "rely" on the GnuCash app (which I realize has zippo to do with >> the the "authentic" GnuCash), I have the challenge since I currently have no >> access to GnuCash, to export my account structure to that app unless I spend >> oodles of hours re-creating it, and I wonder even if I somehow did, how that >> app would accommodate the tons of data that I have in my backup GnuCash >> files (I know, I know, that's not a topic for this site). >> >> Sorta feelin' like what it must feel like when a nut laughs at a screw >> >> Bartender? >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html >> _______________________________________________ >> 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.
