When I get to the properties screen I see a command line that is almost
as long as my 17" screen is wide. The word "command" appears twice in
that line. I inserted the variable at the second command after the
equal sign and before gnucash. Using the menu I selected Office/gnucash
and gnucash won't start. However it will start using the icon on the
desktop.
I wonder if I need to save my data file and reinstall GC from a "not
flatpak" version?
JC
On 3/10/26 6:09 PM, David Cousens wrote:
Jerry, Charlie,
There is a Linux Mint LM icon in the lower left of the screen which
brings up the main Linux Mint menu. If you right click on that icon you
will get a popup with EditMenu as one of the options. Select it and a
Window will open. GNBuCash is usually installed under the Office group
listed in the LH panelSelect it and the RH panel will display icons for
the programs in that group. Selct GNuCash and then properties from the
buttons at the far right which will display the Launcher instructions.
The Command field usually has "gnucash %f" selected if it is an
installed binary. Not sure what it is for a flatpack installation but
it will be similar. To edit it click with your mouse before the g in
gnucash and type in the appropriate instruction to isable webkit from
the earlier posts. When you have it the same as the terminal command
which worked for you then click OK then Close the menu editor and
select GnuCash from the menu to check if it works.
On Tue, 2026-03-10 at 16:40 -0500, Charlie Morrison via gnucash-user
wrote:
Jerry, I don't use Linux Mint, but I'll try to help. Maybe somebody
else
that is familiar with Mint can chime in.
If you launch Gnucash by clicking an icon or from the start menu, you
should be able to edit that icon or menu item by right clicking on
it,
select edit or properties, and modify
the command to start Gnucash to the one that works for you
( WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash
).
There may be several tabs on the dialog box you get when you right
click
and select edit, so look and find the one with the command to start
Gnucash and try to modify it to the other command.
Hope this is useful but since I've never used Mint it's a shot in the
dark. Good luck.
On 3/10/26 14:10, Jerry Criswell (JC) wrote:
Sorry, but I have to introduce a little humor here.
You don't know it, but you just asked an 86 yr old man what he did
10
weeks ago. I think that answers the question about how GC got
installed.
I did try the flatpak version and I was able to get a transaction
register. Charlie will explain to me how to set a permanent
variable. (the 86 yr old thing again)
Thank you for your help.
JC
On 3/10/26 1:43 PM, Maf. King wrote:
On Tuesday, 10 March 2026 17:57:38 GMT Jerry Criswell (JC) wrote:
Sorry. But, as usual, the suggested doesn't work. First I
tried sudo
WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 gnucash . It returned: sudo:
gnucash:
command not found
Jerry,
is GC installed using flatpack or natively from the Mint software
package
manager ?
My guess is that the probably way you would have GC 5.14 is via
flatpack.
Did you try the other command that Charlie gave you? (and you
don't
need
sudo)
> WEBKIT_DISABLE_COMPOSITING_MODE=1 flatpak run
org.gnucash.GnuCash
cheers,
Maf.
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