It sort of worked. I find my 4.5 data stored at either (I have files in both?) /home/steve/.local/share/gnucash/ or /home/steve/.local/share/GnuCash/
The flatpack data is stored at /home/steve/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/ My reports now appear, and the open tabs are there (but accross the top of the screen instead of at the side), so I am not sure is all the preferences migrated. But this helps. Thank you! On Sun, Jul 25, 2021, at 6:53 AM, Guille Lopez wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > The problem you are seeing is caused by the fact that the normal distro > installation of GnuCash stores all the user data (e.g. custom reports) > typically under $HOME/.local/share/gnucash (or similar), and the flatpak > installation saves (and tries to find) the information under > $HOME/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data (More info here: > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations) > > If you want to have the same environment when using the flatpak version, > you need to copy that information to the expected folder. > > In order to prevent any kind of data loss, I would do the following: > > 0) Backup your Gnucash file!! > > 1) Backup your $HOME/.local/share/gnucash (check first that for your > distro, the gnucash is using that location). > > 2) If you have already done some work from the flatpak version, backup > also $HOME/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data. > > 3) Copy the contents from $HOME/.local/share/gnucash into > $HOME/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data. > > 4) Try to open gnucash flatpak a try to open your saved reports. (They > should be there). > > Best Regards, > > Guille > > On 25/07/2021 11:49, Stephen C. Camidge wrote: > > I should add that there is also a gnucash-xbt 4.6-1 available, but I have > > not tried it. Not sure why there is another build. > > > > On Sun, Jul 25, 2021, at 5:46 AM, Stephen C. Camidge wrote: > >> I am running Linux Manjaro and see that the aux distribution only gives > >> version 4.5 of Gnucash. There is a flatpack version of 4.6, but if I > >> install it, I do not have my saved reports and only the default preference. > >> > >> Where are the preferences stored? I would like to make them match what I > >> have when using the aux version? > >> > >> I am a newbie on Linux so need clear instructions. > >> > >> Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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.
