Thanks again Adrien. You are correct, I did upgrade from Jessie.
I have just checked my own update log, which I save out of the terminal session. It shows a lot which has been held back, and I also ran autoremove to clear out a lot of unused stuff. There were plenty of python items there but I didn't see python-GnuCash or python3-GnuCash. Installed: python-asn1crypto python-backports.functools-lru-cache python-certifi python-soupsieve python2 python2-dev python2-minimal python3-certifi python3-debconf python3-distro-info python3-feedparser python3-idna python3-musicbrainzngs python3-mutagen python3-pyinotify Upgraded: python python-apt python-apt-common python-bs4 python-cairo python-cffi-backend python-chardet python-cryptography python-dbus python-debian python-debianbts python-dev python-enum34 python-feedparser python-gi python-gi-cairo python-gobject-2 python-gtk2 python-html5lib python-httplib2 python-idna python-libxml2 python-lxml python-minimal python-musicbrainzngs python-mutagen python-numpy python-openssl python-pkg-resources python-pyasn1 python-pycurl python-pysimplesoap python-qt4-dbus python-requests python-setuptools python-six python-talloc python-urllib3 python-utidylib python-webencodings python2.7 python2.7-dev python2.7-minimal python3-chardet python3-cupshelpers python3-debian python3-debianbts python3-httplib2 python3-louis python3-pexpect python3-pkg-resources python3-ptyprocess python3-pyatspi python3-pysimplesoap python3-reportbug python3-requests python3-six python3-software-properties python3-speechd python3-urllib3 python3-xdg Kept back: python-dbus.mainloop.pyqt5 python-pyqt5 python-qt4 python-sip python3 python3-apt python3-brlapi python3-cairo python3-cups python3-dbus python3-dbus.mainloop.pyqt5 python3-gi python3-gi-cairo python3-minimal python3-pil python3-pycurl python3-pyqt5 python3-renderpm python3-reportlab python3-reportlab-accel python3-sip python3-smbc python3-uno Removed when I ran apt autoremove: python-feedparser python-libxml2 python-musicbrainzngs python-mutagen python-pyasn1 python-pyinotify python-utidylib python3-brlapi python3-louis python3-pyatspi python3-speechd python3-xdg On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 16:23, Adrien Monteleone < [email protected]> wrote: > The VM finished and restarted. Sure enough, python3.7.3 is installed by > default. > > If you upgraded from a previous release, you might have pinned python to > an earlier version and forgot, or the upgrade did not go as planned. > I don't know how to do that, so probably not. > If this was a fresh install of Buster, I'm not sure what happened, or > why it won't upgrade to python3.7. > That would be logical, but I don''t recognise what a full install of python 3.7 would look like > I was able to successfully install GnuCash 3.4 (albeit with a ton of > dependencies!) and it started just fine. > > I then followed the advice in the Wiki: > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Debian, added the buster-backports repo > and upgraded to GnuCash 3.10, which went without issue, and it started > up just fine. (3.11 is the final 3.x version) > > I didn't try the 4.1 Flatpak, but I can't imagine too much difficulty > there. (I have easily installed it on Ubuntu, but not debian) > > As noted before, it is possible using apt-get to skip dependencies. > (dpkg can do it too) But that might result in issues down the road when > doing updates and remembering what you did now that might cause them. > I don't think I've done that either. > > Are you certain you're running Buster? > > > > On a whim I decided to spin up a VM for it. While watching the install, > > I noticed it installed python3.7. I'll verify when it is finished. > > > > Did you by chance attempt to upgrade from an earlier release? (Stretch, > > Jessie?) > IIRC, I installed 2.6 from a separate download rather than through the repos. I wonder if I should just completely uninstall GnuCash and start afresh? -- Best regards John Angelico _______________________________________________ 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.
