Gnucash 2.4.7 installation Ubuntu 10.04

[Colin Law]

On 8 October 2011 14:00, David Ryder <dnryder at btinternet.com> wrote:
>   I did not use  [1]http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/getdeb_apps - it
>   said I had broken packages and this is a clean install.
>   So, I have found a ppa for 2.4.7.1 for ubuntu 10.04. It installed
>   2.4.7.1 OK but without sql.
>   Can anybody please tell me if (in Ubuntu 10.04):
>    1. sql needs installing separately, or
>    2.  I need another ppa for the up to date sql files?

To use the mysql backend gnucash needs to be compiled with that
feature enabled, it sounds as if the ppa you found has not got that.
If you can wait a few days for Ubuntu 11.10 to be released and then
upgrade to that, then the build instructions at
http://wiki.gnucash.org
wiki/Building#Ubuntu_11.10_.28Oneiric_Ocelot.29 should work ok.  If
not get back to me and I will fix them.

You also need a MySQL server installed (to use mysql) but you probably
know that.

Colin

>
>   When running 2.4.7.1 I could only not export and import xml files - sql
>   just wasn't on the list.
>   Do any Ubuntu users know how I can get my sql files updated via ppa and
>   installed and configured for gnucash?
>   Many thanks.
>   David
>   On 07/10/11 16:30, Geert Janssens wrote:
>
> On vrijdag 7 oktober 2011, David Ryder wrote:
>
>  I started a new topic as this deals with uninstalling.
>
>  From Re: Gnucash versions I had a reply:
>
> Off-topic (?) The instructions I had for installing gnucash 2.4.7 on
> Ubuntu 10.04/10.10 made no mention of lib-dbi.
>
> Where did you get your instructions from ?
>
> Geert
>
>
>  The instructions have been removed from the site. I still have the
> instructions but decided that as they had been removed it was better to
> follow this installation for 10.04
> [2]http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building#Ubuntu_10.04_LTS_.28Lucid_Lynx.29
> which was a link for installing in Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10
>
>
> These instructions are for building GnuCash yourself. That's probably not what
> you had in mind. And these instructions are for older unstable gnucash
> versions and probably have to be updated.
>
>
>  OK. I just clicked the link for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx). Yes, it
> installed but when I ran it I found it had installed the latest unstable
> build, not 2.4.7.
>
>  It created two folders in my home folder, 'development' and 'unstable'. No
> need to tell me - I simply assumed that was because it was not intended
> for 10.04.
>
>  Apart from deleting these two folders, does anybody know how I can undo
> what it installed elsewhere?
>
> If you followed the instructions exactly, then you had the two directories in
> your home directory and some packages that got installed, some of which were
> probably already installed.
> I don't work on Ubuntu but you could used your package manager to remove the
> unwanted packages again. It is safe to remove all the packages ending in -dev.
>
> The others, maybe. Someone working on Ubuntu can perhaps give you more
> details.
>
> Now to install GnuCash 2.4.7 on Ubuntu, I remember hearing something about a
> getdeb ppa. Perhaps that is more what you are looking for [1].
>
> Geert
>
> [1] [3]http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/getdeb_apps
>
> References
>
>   1. http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/getdeb_apps
>   2. http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building#Ubuntu_10.04_LTS_.28Lucid_Lynx.29
>   3. http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/getdeb_apps
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