Julie, Might be simpler to just open Gnucash and click Help >> About and then click on the GNC_DATA_HOME location link - it should open the folder where it expects to find the saved-reports-2.8 file? At least it does for me on Ubuntu flatpak / Win 11 / MacOS. You should then be able to just copy your saved reports file to that folder and voila :-)
Cheers David H. On Sun, 25 Oct 2026 at 15:49, Julie G <[email protected]> wrote: > Adrien, > > Fumes is right. This takes "it" out of me. But i do feel empowered when i > accomplish Stuff :-D > So i managed to change the "exec=" line in the environment version such > that my NVIDIA card no longer freezes my desktop. My laptop works (no > NVIDIA) and runs the flatpak version. I wouldn't mind running the flatpak > version on the desktop because it can find the reports wherever they are > already. While this might be great, it would only work if i managed to > successfully change the "Exec=" line. > > Conversely, if i run the environment version, it 1) might not be possible > to use the company file on both (?) And 2) it would mean either copying the > saved reports file/s to the needed location or recreating them. > > I've effectively identified what would be required of me with each > scenario. It comes down to which option would be the easiest, and the > version compatibility question. I don't actually work on the company file > all that often on the laptop, so that isn't a deal breaker. Conversely, if > i settle on the environment version, i could install that on the laptop > too, and that would solve that. > > The remaining question is whether i can figure out where to copy the saved > reports file/s. If i can, i guess i'd go that route (environment on > both). Otherwise, i'd punt to plan b. > > Is my logic sound? > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2026, 9:09 PM Adrien Monteleone < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Julie, > > > > Glad to see you got that far! > > > > I'm running on fumes and probably couldn't provide a good reply at the > > moment, but I'll tackle this again in the morning. > > > > Yes, it should be possible to recover your saved reports without having > > to re-create them. And it won't be time consuming either. > > > > But there is an important question that needs to be resolved first: > > > > Do you want to continue using the 5.5 version from the repository, or do > > you want to switch back to the 5.17 flatpak on your desktop machine? > > > > The answer will determine the next course of action concerning those > > saved reports. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > On 10/24/26 9:43 PM, Julie G wrote: > > > Adrien et al., > > > > > > Outlining the circumstances first: > > > the laptop has gnucash flatpak 5.17 > > > saved reports are available in that version > > > > > > the desktop has gnucash the environment, version 5.5 > > > It has no saved reports, as i just installed it to replace what I think > > was > > > the same gnucash flatpak 5.17. > > > > > > i went to the wiki and am endeavoring to get very familiar with it. > > First > > > thing i hoped to do was find and locate the saved reports folder/files. > > > Following the wiki, i did find this: > > > /home/julie/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/gnucash > > > in this folder, i see: "saved-reports-2.8" > > > > > > I suspect these are my saved reports from the old flatpak version i > > > uninstalled. > > > > > > next i hoped to find and locate the folder that saved files *would* be > > in, > > > ...in the environment version. I thought maybe i could just copy and > > paste > > > the file, voila? But alas, i don't see where the wiki tells me where > > linux > > > saves these data files. It says that linux pristine will have data in > the > > > subdirectory "USER_DATA_HOME". i haven't been able to find that path. > > > Mine starts with home/user... and i see no "data" folder... i can find > > > home/user/.local/share/applications and then gnucash. > > > i tried stabbing in the dark and copied the saved-reports-2.8 from the > > > flatpak installation location, > > > /home/julie/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/gnucash > > > to the environment location: /home/julie/.local/share/applications > > > *...that didn't work. * > > > i am fresh out of ideas, and thinking in the end how many saved reports > > > have i? 12? maybe it would be faster to recreate them, expecially > > since > > > i can refer to the laptop version to recreate them on the desktop > > version. > > > ...then maybe i can find the file by searching for it and THAT's where > i > > > could copy the saved-reports-2.8. ??? > > > am i simply a danger to myself and software? :-) > > > > > > please do advise, if you're so inclined. tonight i will dabble with > > > recreating one report, but i can't/won't do them all tonight. if by > some > > > stroke of empathy can get Prime Directive from here soon enough, i may > be > > > able to save myself from myself and learn something in the meantime. > > > > > > We shall see... > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > ----- > > 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 > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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