Updating GC in Jaunty

[Thomas Bullock]

Tommy   ,

Thanks for your additional insights re the answers to the questions I first raised.  I will try to absorb all that has been offered.

Tom

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Tommy Trussell [mailto:tommy.trussell at gmail.com]
> >Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:08 AM
> >To: Tim Frost
> >Cc: Tax Assistance Program - ( taptax ); gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> >Subject: Re: Updating GC in Jaunty
> >
> >On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:00 AM, Tim Frost<timfrost at xtra.co.nz>
> >wrote:
> >> On Wed, 2009-08-12 at 13:46 -0400, Tax Assistance Program wrote:
> >>> Hello all,
> >>>
> >>> I have installed ubuntu 9.04 on my laptop and found that GnuCash
> >is at
> >>> 2.2.6.  I downloaded and extracted the 2.2.9 tar.gz.  So far I cannot
> >>> see that it was updated (the icon and also the About screen both
> >say
> >>> 2.2.6).  What do I need to do to update GC to 2.2.9 inside Jaunty?
> >>
> >> For a version that will be correctly managed using
> >> apt/synaptic/update-manager, I suggest you add the Gnucash PPA
> >to your
> >> repository list.  See https://launchpad.net/~gnucash/+archive/ppa
> >
> >UNFORTUNATELY, the Ubunu "GnuCash Packaging Team" is NOT
> >providing the
> >most up-to-date version of GnuCash on their PPA. I have had a few
> >email discussions with them. I gather they set up the PPA for a
> >specific situation and have not continued updating it since.
> >
> >> The Ubuntu developers have packaged gnucash 2.2.9 for the
> >various older
> >> supported Ubuntu releases.
> >
> >It is true that 2.2.9 may soon be "backported" to a few other
> >releases. (I believe there are backport requests pending.) I just did
> >a search at http://packages.ubuntu.com/ and can't find any of the
> >backports, even though I believe there are some. Try activating the
> >Backports repository in whatever release of Ubuntu you are using,
> >and
> >see what version of GnuCash is proposed.
> >
> >There is a site called GetDeb.net that has an Ubuntu-compatible
> >package of GnuCash 2.2.9. But you will need to download it and install
> >it, not upgrade through a repository. Also you should read the
> >comments because you may have to manually satisfy some
> >dependencies to
> >get it to install. (I have been assured the package is 'OK' but in
> >general I do not recommend downloading and installing packages
> >without
> >knowing and trusting the source.)
> >
> >Fortunately, GnuCash 2.2.9 WILL be the version available in Ubuntu
> >9.10 Karmic (due to be released in October).