Re: [GNC] Brand new and lost...

2018-11-17 Thread David Cousens
Johnathon, A database is not necessary to use GnuCash. GnuCash has an XML text file, which may be compressed as an option, as its default storage. That file can be located in a cloud storage. I keep my data files in a dropbox account so that I can access them from several computers. Note however

[GNC] compiling 3.3

2018-11-17 Thread John Griessen
I'm using hints such as Do sudo rm -rf /usr/local/lib/gnucash sudo rm -f /usr/local/lib/libgnc* clean your build directory and try again. I get a completion of make ending like this: Scanning dependencies of target scm-test-load-report-gnome-module Scanning dependencies of target

Re: [GNC] MySQL version update: GnuCash API recognize new MySQL database & tables?

2018-11-17 Thread Colin Law
Are you able to Save As mysql with the new server? Also have a look in the trace file and see what it says, often it will give more information in the case of db problems. Colin On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 at 22:07, Peter Holck wrote: > > I recently installed an updated version of MySQL Server (8.13) on

Re: [GNC] MySQL version update: GnuCash API recognize new MySQL database & tables?

2018-11-17 Thread Peter Holck
Thanks for your suggestion. No, with only my new instance of MySQL running (8.13 running, 5.6 stopped) when I use the GnuCash API to create a new shell database (shelldb) and try to save as mysql, I get the same error: "The server at URL mysql://root@localhost/shelldb experienced an error or

Re: [GNC] MySQL version update: GnuCash API recognize new MySQL database & tables?

2018-11-17 Thread Colin Law
On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 at 22:31, Peter Holck wrote: > > Thanks for your suggestion. No, with only my new instance of MySQL running > (8.13 running, 5.6 stopped) when I use the GnuCash API to create a new shell > database (shelldb) and try to save as mysql, I get the same error: "The > server at

Re: [GNC] compiling 3.3

2018-11-17 Thread John Ralls
> On Nov 18, 2018, at 4:12 AM, John Griessen wrote: > > I used this cmake line > > cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/john/.local/gnucash-3.3 /mosource/gnucash > make > sudo make install > > and get a complete compile, but many many error messages during first run of >

[GNC] Column labels in Credit Card accounts

2018-11-17 Thread Diane Trefethen
Dear Fellow Users, I have GNUcash 2.6, and Raspbian GNU/Linux, v9 First: I apologize for asking here without checking the Archives but the search function isn’t working yet and I don’t see any way to look through the FAQs except to eyeball each month (there seem to be about 100 of them) to

Re: [GNC] compiling 3.3

2018-11-17 Thread John Griessen
I used this cmake line cmake -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/home/john/.local/gnucash-3.3 /mosource/gnucash make sudo make install and get a complete compile, but many many error messages during first run of /home/john/.local/gnucash-3.3/bin/gnucash . The errors are all similar to this one: ERROR:

[GNC] MySQL version update: GnuCash API recognize new MySQL database & tables?

2018-11-17 Thread Peter Holck
I recently installed an updated version of MySQL Server (8.13) on my machine. I have an established GnuCash database under an instance of MySQL 5.6. I copied all GnCash db/tables from that older version of MySQL to an identically named database/tables in MySQL 8.13. How do I get the GnuCash API

Re: [GNC] compiling 3.3

2018-11-17 Thread John Griessen
On 11/17/18 5:50 PM, John Ralls wrote: not enough of the error block to show what object file has a bad header. This is an excerpt of the message stream for every startup of: /home/john/.local/gnucash-3.3/bin/gnucash ;;; WARNING: loading compiled file

Re: [GNC] Column labels in Credit Card accounts

2018-11-17 Thread Maf. King
On Saturday, 17 November 2018 19:05:18 GMT Diane Trefethen wrote: > Dear Fellow Users, > > > Second: My Credit Card type account registers display Debits and > Credits, not Charges and Payments. Why? > Hi, Edit -> Preferences -> Accounts -> Use Formal Accounting labels HTH, Maf.

Re: [GNC] Column labels in Credit Card accounts

2018-11-17 Thread Liz
On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 11:05:18 -0800 Diane Trefethen wrote: > First: I apologize for asking here without checking the Archives but > the search function isn’t working yet and I don’t see any way to look > through the FAQs except to eyeball each month (there seem to be > about 100 of them) to

Re: [GNC] compiling 3.3

2018-11-17 Thread Christopher Lam
These .go files are precompiled .scm files (and they're in a .cache directory) and usually rebuilt on demand. Try deleting/renaming the whole .cache folder and retry. On Sun., 18 Nov. 2018, 09:21 John Griessen On 11/17/18 5:50 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > not enough of the error block to show what

Re: [GNC] compiling 3.3

2018-11-17 Thread John Ralls
> On Nov 18, 2018, at 9:23 AM, John Griessen wrote: > > On 11/17/18 5:50 PM, John Ralls wrote: >> Your earlier message showed things being installed in /usr/local and that >> shouldn’t happen when you’ve set CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to >> ~/.local/gnucash-3.3. > > I did not get a complete

Re: [GNC] compiling 3.3

2018-11-17 Thread John Ralls
> On Nov 18, 2018, at 9:20 AM, John Griessen wrote: > > On 11/17/18 5:50 PM, John Ralls wrote: >> not enough of the error block to show what object file has a bad header. > > This is an excerpt of the message stream for every startup of: > > /home/john/.local/gnucash-3.3/bin/gnucash > > ;;;

Re: [GNC] MySQL version update: GnuCash API recognize new MySQL database & tables?

2018-11-17 Thread Joseph Vernice
Check credentials in MySQL. Specifically permissions for Root@Localhost On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 5:38 PM Colin Law wrote: > On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 at 22:31, Peter Holck wrote: > > > > Thanks for your suggestion. No, with only my new instance of MySQL > running (8.13 running, 5.6 stopped) when I

[GNC] Brand new and lost...

2018-11-17 Thread Jonathan Ames
I can keep a checkbook, but know really nothing of databases. Apparently I have to acquire a SQL database to run Gnucash? Can I keep it in the cloud, for access by 2 separate computers, or is it safe? I grew tired of Quickbooks, want to reach accounting program on Mac as well as Windows