ONLINE BANKING ON LINUX

[David Reiser]

On Mar 11, 2009, at 9:06 PM, Tommy Trussell wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Andrew Sackville-West
> <andrew at swclan.homelinux.org> wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 02:42:19PM -0500, Tommy Trussell wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu>  
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> GBoor <GBoor at comcast.net> writes:
>>
>> ...
>>>>> begin using it, but there are no ONLINE functions apparent from  
>>>>> either
>>>>> the ACTION or the TOOLS drop down menubar.   Is there something  
>>>>> I have
>>>>> to fix in preferences in order to get them to show up so I can  
>>>>> set up my
>>>>> ONLINE BANKING?  Thanks.
>>>>
>>>> Ubuntu doesn't compile it in.  Complain to them.
>>>>
>>>
>>> to be a LITTLE more complete, Ubuntu doesn't include it because  
>>> Debian
>>> doesn't, and I believe Debian doesn't because of licensing issues
>>> and/or other reasons.
>>
>> I should know this... when did this come about? I ask because the
>> current version I'm runniny for everyday use is 2.2.6 from the debian
>> sid repos. It appears to offer all the online features.
>
> I apologize, I am out of touch with the latest in Debian, then.
>
> My understanding was that In older versions the HBCI online banking
> features were not compiled into Debian GnuCash packages due to a
> complicated licensing and technical situation.  Since I don't use the
> online banking features I'm not sure what it requires to activate.
>
> Since Ubuntu does not change the GnuCash package, it should be the
> same. My apologies if I have caused more confusion.


It was related to the OpenSSL license issue. Aqbanking has recently  
removed any dependence on OpenSSL, specifically to avoid the issues  
that cropped up with Debian. I haven't been keeping track carefully,  
so I'm not certain which version of aqbanking accomplished the switch.
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David Reiser
dbreiser at earthlink.net