On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 09:48:41 -0800 "Stephen M. Butler" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/7/19 9:11 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > >> On Jan 7, 2019, at 5:41 PM, DaveW <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Thank you Stephen and Colin, > >> > >> I am going around and around. I am a little confused as to > >> whether the instructions in the above thread apply to 18.04 or > >> 18.10?? Nevertheless, I followed the commands line by line, > >> (Although I note that when it gets to the: "libboost-locale1.65.1 > >> libboost-regex1.65.1" line it say it does not recognise the > >> command.) > > Those should be part of: > > /sudo apt install ........... /Looks like the line wrapping didn't > convey the true meaning of what to do there. > > Let me try to cleanup the commands (just 5 lines all beging with > "sudo ")-- just in case line wrapping happens: > > > sudo apt remove gnucash > > sudo apt autoremove > > sudo dpkg -i Downloads/gnucash_3.4-0-1_amd64.deb > > sudo apt install libboost-filesystem1.65.1 libboost-date-time1.65.1 > libboost-locale1.65.1 libboost-regex1.65.1 > > sudo apt-mark hold gnucash > > // Thank you. I should have nutted out the wrapping issue myself. Grrr. Please let me clarify: 1. The commands work equally for 18.04 and 18.10? 2. I currently have Gnucash 3.2 loaded and working. It is a dl.flathub.org version. Is that an issue? Do I remove it first or does the apt remove take care of that? 3. At the end of the above command process, will the 3.4-0-1 launch or do I have to do something? > > >> However, I always land up where I started. I should note here that > >> Synaptic sees the 3.4 version but it's greyed out and there is an ! > >> mark. > > 18.04, I’ve tested them on 18.10, but there is a larger dependency > > mess. > > > > > >> Here's some additional information which may point to my dilemma:- > >> > >> I have available in my Software Centre 2 versions of Gnucash: > >> 1. ver 1.2.6.19-1. > >> 2. ver Version: 3.2 Build ID: 3.2+ (2018-06-24). I notice > >> that the source is dl.flathub.org. Futhermore, I discover, in my > >> frenzy, that Synaptic does not see this version - even > >> though it is installed? So I guess "flathub" is outside the Ubuntu > >> relm? It seems to work okay, although I have not thoroughly > >> tested it. > >> I discover that I can install each of the above versions and they > >> can run independently. > > Flatpaks are installed via a separate system. See here: > > https://flatpak.org/setup/Ubuntu/ > > > > You can then search for and install via flathub.org, or cli with > > ‘flatpak install’ > > > > If I recall correctly, one of the devs now officially maintains the > > flatpak of GnuCash. Unfortunately, flathub.org does not say which > > version is available, though I’d suspect the cli search feature to > > report it correctly. > > > > > >> All of that said, I simply want to install the latest version and > >> keep the system and myself happy. > > For that I’ve always built from source, but that was before the > > flatpak and now this .deb file were available. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > >> Dave W > > > I am trying to get a better deb via Launchpad were we can put up a ppa > for folks to point to. Probably name it "gnucash-daily", although I > don't see it changing daily but as commits are made to the maint > branch. > > However, I am having problems with one of the tools (pbuilder-dest) > and have a query out in the Ubuntu Forums for input. Nothing back > when I checked a minute ago. I suspect I'm going to have to read the > code (shell script) for pbuild-dest and the debootstrap script it > invokes (also shell script). The later complains that gpgv can't be > found -- but I can invoke it just fine. I am comfortable in ksh and > hope that transfers well to bsh. > > Wish I had better news and was making progress to get something really > useful. My research indicates the check-install is not up to the task > of dealing with multiple O/S version. > > >> -- > >> Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM > >> [email protected] > >> [email protected] > >> 253-350-0166 > >> ------------------------------------------- > >> GnuPG Fingerprint: 8A25 9726 D439 758D D846 E5D4 282A 5477 0385 > >> 81D8 > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
