GnuCash 2.2.1 ...

[zed]

Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> 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.

Thanks for putting me right on that.  Must ensure that I check an entry
before leaving it :-)
 
> > > 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.

Oh dear!  See what I mean about checking entries :-)  Of course, I did
mean 2.2.1 and 2.2.3.

Tell me, though, why did my attempt to install 2.2.3 from source fail?  I
installed 2.2.1 from the LinuxMINT distribution CD.  So if the libraries
were present, what caused the problems?

Regards from New Zealand on a pleasant - it's stopped raining - Sunday
evening.
-- 
zed

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