GnuCash 2.2.1 ...

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

zed <zed at zed.net.nz> writes:

> Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Quoting zed <zed at zed.net.nz>:
>> 
>> > Where does GnuCash keep its database of persons paid, please?  When
>> > entering the name of a new one I made a typing error and didn't notice
>> > until after I'd completed the transaction.  Now I want to correct the
>> > error but cannot find the database.
>> 
>> Depends what you mean by this.  If you mean Business->Vendor then you
>> can search for the incorrect vendor and then correct the spelling. If,
>> however, you mean you just typed it wrong into the register, then just
>> go and correct it.  The QuickFill list will get refreshed the next time
>> you restart gnucash.  In other words, it caches all of your descriptions
>> until you restart.
>
> The " ... just typed it wrong ..." was the one. However, it doesn't do
> what I expected it to do from your description.  I amended a payee
> (Telecom NZ Ltd) to Telecom New Zealand Limited and then saved GnuCash and
> quit.  When I reloaded GnuCash the only Telecom New Zealand Limited in the
> Cheque Account was the sole entry I had made.  I expected every occurrence
> of what had previously been Telecom NZ Ltd to be changed.  Is my
> assumption wrong?

Yes, your assumption is wrong.  You only changed the one transaction.
GnuCash doesn't have a "list of payees", only a bunch of transactions.
If you want to change all of them then you have to, uh, change all of
them.

>> PS: 2.2.3 is current; you should update from 2.2.1
>
> I downloaded 2.2.3, extracted it, changed to the appropriate directory and
> did a ./configure.  Ended up with an error telling me I needed Guile >1.6.
>  So I downloaded it, extracted it and tried to install, but on ./configure
> was told I needed libtool >1.5.6 and GMP >4.1.  Downloaded these, but when
> installing GMP got error (from memory) that it could not determine large
> number size.
>
> Did 2.2.1 not use these libraries etc.?

GnuCash did indeed use these libraries.

> Anyway, being very new to installing from the command line, I'll take the
> coward's way out and keep to 2.21 for the immediate future, hoping that
> when LinuxMINT v5.0 comes out v2.23 of GnuCash will be included.

There is no 2.21 or 2.23 -- at least not for another decade.  There
is, however, 2.2.1 and 2.2.3.

-derek

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