The GnuCash development team announces GnuCash 4.8, the ninth release in the
stable 4.x series
This is a snap release to fix crashes during migration. The macOS and Win32
GnuCash bundles were not affected; if you use either of those you do not need
this release.
Between 4.7 and 4.8, the following bugfixes were accomplished:
None
The following fixes and improvements were not associated with bug reports:
[gsettings] Avoid crash from settings schema not being registered.
Rethink how gsettings migration file is constructed
GSettings hotfix - resolve crash due to bad schema reference
[gnc-plugin-page-register] call invoice editor with parent window
[assistant-stock-split] set parent window properly
New API
None
Deprecations
None
New and Updated Translations: None.
Known Problems
Complete list of all open bugs:
https://bugs.gnucash.org/buglist.cgi?bug_severity=blocker&bug_severity=critical&bug_severity=major&bug_severity=normal&bug_severity=minor&bug_severity=trivial&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=NEEDINFO&bug_status=REOPENED&limit=0&list_id=8149&order=priority%2Cbug_severity&query_format=advanced
Documentation
Concurrent with the release of GnuCash 4.8 we're pleased to also release a new
version of the companion Help and Tutorial and Concepts Guide
Between 4.7 and 4.8, the following bugfixes were accomplished:
None
The following fixes and improvements were not associated with bug reports:
Remove obsolete files.
Remove autotools.
New and Updated Translations: None
Getting GnuCash for Windows and MacOS
GnuCash is provided for both Microsoft Windows 8.1® and later and MacOS 10.13
(High Sierra)® and later in pre-built, all-in-one packages. An installer is
provided for Microsoft Windows® while the MacOS® package is a disk image
containing a drag-and-drop application bundle.
The SHA256 Hashes for the downloadable files are:
15b8e4ff8336168eba88ef2faade377e5c5ff08e48b4660da1a33a8a407feb12
gnucash-4.8.tar.bz2
37e6fbdee7e2ac41299cdb4ffef189c160b03f992ab30e823369df90ebb0d61f
gnucash-4.8.tar.gz
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gnucash-4.8.setup.exe
abb6a0bc433207c1f31fee33aa7f0c63774217b2675e5fab78062c4cd862f975
Gnucash-Intel-4.8-2.dmg
988011168a3ab2c3601a5af75f5caad89fb18a4e880311f3538b8fc7c9a068d3
gnucash-docs-4.8.tar.gz
Microsoft Windows:
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.8/gnucash-4.8.setup.exe
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/4.8/gnucash-4.8.setup.exe
Apple macOS:
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.8/Gnucash-Intel-4.8-1.dmg
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/4.8/Gnucash-Intel-4.8-1.dmg
GnuCash is now available as a flatpak from Flathub.org. Instructions for
installing and running may be found at https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak.
Getting GnuCash as source code
If you want to compile GnuCash 4.8 for yourself, the source code can be
downloaded from:
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.8/gnucash-4.8.tar.bz2
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.8/gnucash-4.8.tar.gz
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/4.8/gnucash-4.8.tar.bz2
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/4.8/gnucash-4.8.tar.gz
You can also checkout the sources directly from the git repository, see
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Git for instructions.
To compile GnuCash from the source code by yourself, you will need at least
Gtk+ 3.24, Guile 2.0, Boost 1.54, WebKitGtk 2.4, GoogleTest 1.7.0, cmake 3.10
and SWIG 2.0.12. Please consult the README.dependencies file in the sources for
the exact list of dependencies and versions.
Getting the documentation
If you want to compile the GnuCash Documentation 4.8 for yourself, the source
code can be downloaded from:
https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/releases/download/4.8/gnucash-docs-4.8.tar.gz
https://downloads.sourceforge.net/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/4.8/gnucash-docs-4.8.tar.gz
The documentation is included in the MacOS and Windows application bundles.
About the Program
GnuCash is a free, open source accounting program released under the GNU
General Public License (GPL) and available for GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris, MacOS,
and Microsoft Windows. Programming on GnuCash began in 1997, and its first
stable release was in 1998.
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