Change storage format of existing data

[David Carlson]

I just checked a couple of my installations.  My Windows install can save
in three database formats as well as XML but my Debian Linux installation
only saves in XML format.  I cannot find instructions on the GnuCash
website to add that capability to Linux installations.

I was able to find the caveats about the limited functionality in the FAQ
page, but not how to implement it.

John, can you point me to more details?


David C

On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Aaron Laws <dartme18 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 3:27 PM, Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> wrote:
>
> >   Pages 18-19 of the Users Guide appears to apply to only new files;
> when I
> > select 'Save as' from the Files menu I'm presented with the same data
> > directory and no choice of format.
> >
> >
> Be sure you have the proper backend installed. I'm not sure what this is
> for postgres. I use sqlite, and I need to make sure I have libdbi
> libdbi-drivers and sqlite libraries installed before it shows up as an
> option in gnucash. In other words, rather than telling you options aren't
> available when you try to use them, gnucash simply doesn't show options
> that aren't available. (Mr. Ralls might be going this direction, too, but
> from a more helpful angle; I'm not sure.)
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