ONLINE BANKING ON LINUX

[Tommy Trussell]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> GBoor <GBoor at comcast.net> writes:
>
>> I have successfully configured online banking with GnuCash on the
>> Windows side and I am able to download transactions from my bank
>> account.   However, I would like to set up my Linux (Ubuntu) account and
>> begin using it, but there are no ONLINE functions apparent from either
>> the ACTION or the TOOLS drop down menubar.   Is there something I have
>> to fix in preferences in order to get them to show up so I can set up my
>> ONLINE BANKING?  Thanks.
>
> Ubuntu doesn't compile it in.  Complain to them.
>

to be a LITTLE more complete, Ubuntu doesn't include it because Debian
doesn't, and I believe Debian doesn't because of licensing issues
and/or other reasons.

However you CAN get a version with the online functions compiled in
from the Ubuntu Gnucash Packaging Team:

https://code.launchpad.net/~gnucash/+archive/ppa

To get it, choose which version of Ubuntu you are using in the menu on
that page, then add the listed software repository to your Software
Sources. You will also want to add their OpenPGP key so the package
manager won't complain about it being unsigned.

UNFORTUNATELY, the latest version of GnuCash available in
Debian/Ubuntu is 2.2.6.