GnuCash on windows vs Ubuntu

[Laura Lincoln]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

> Laura Lincoln <cblist1 at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:56 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> >     hendrik at topoi.pooq.com writes:
> >
> >     > There was a version change a while ago that introduced extra
> top-level
> >     > root directories when you moved from the newer to an older version.
> >     > They weren't hard to remove by editing the account tree, though.
> >     > Anyone remember how many years ago that was?
> >
> >     I believe that was the 2.0 -> 2.2 transition.
> >
> >     > -- hendrik
> >
> >     > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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> >
> >     -derek
> >
> > In this case we are talking 2.4 to 2.9. Is that too much of a gap?
>
> There is no 2.4 (yet) -- we're working on that for this year.  As for
> 2.9, I don't think we'll see a 2.9 release for many years!  And yes,
> going from the yet-to-be-released 2.4 to the yet-to-even-be-planned
> alpha release set 2.9 will definitely be too much of a gap.
>
> > Since Ubuntu 8.04 only offers 2.4 how would I install 2.9?
>
> I have no idea how Ubuntu can offer the non-released 2.4.
>
> I think you mean *2*.2.4 and *2*.2.9?  Going from 2.2.4 to 2.2.9
> is fine.  Or at least it should be.
>
>
oops. I meant 2.2.4 to 2.2.9. Sorry about that.

Back to my original question....how would I update to 2.2.9 if the Ubuntu
repos only have 2.2.4?  Is there an "update" feature within GnuCash like
many other programs include? I could not find it.

thanks,
Laura