Gnucash 2.4.7 installation Ubuntu 10.04

[Shane Litherland]

Hi David,

Don't take this idea and just run with it, I'm being somewhat venturous
in my suggestions... ;-)

Had a brief look at your link. Makes sense, but as you've found, unless
you noted down what was installed where, you don't know how to do a full
manual uninstall...?

I have seen info elsewhere that suggests a command like 'checkinstall'
rather than 'make install' as it creates info on your system (a .deb
package?) to allow you to run an uninstall later... try searching for
more info on how this works, I haven't used it enough to elaborate.
It may be a way to deal with your problem though, try re-installing as
per that website but use a 'checkinstall' where appropriate, and maybe
an 'over-write' option too. that may basically re-install the setup you
don't want, but at the same time make you an uninstall package... then
you can run the uninstall and clean it all out for a fresh start???

See if any others have comments on this, either here or on other
websites/blogs/etc...??

Regards,
Shane.


 On Tue, 2011-10-18 at 12:03 +0100, David Ryder wrote:
> Thank you for the details.
> I installed using this link .
> Given the subsequent suggestions of using get-deb ppa I am now trying
> to figure out how to uninstall gnucash. Essentiaslly, I think, the
> difficult part is undoing the sql install the above link did.
> 
> Then I would like to install through the get-deb ppa as I will have a
> clear way of uninstalling just by using synaptic.
> gnucash and the sql bits of in the link above don't show in Synaptic
> as being installed.
> But that's where I'm up to. :-) 
> David
> 
> 
> 
> On 17/10/11 12:13, Shane Litherland wrote: 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'm many days behind gnucash emails! But yes, I am on ubuntu 10.04 64bit
> > with Gnucash 2.4.7. I can't recall exactly how I got it working - which
> > probably means it was a breeze ;-) I do have a get-deb ppa in my repo's,
> > I have a feeling Gnucash was the reason I added it, though I have
> > noticed quite a few other goodies there that are more current than
> > regular ubuntu repo's.
> > 
> > Didn't follow your post from start so no tips for removing/reinstalling,
> > trust others' advice got you sorted out?
> > I do know though, that for any package shown in synaptic, you can view
> > the properties of it and it will show you all the files downloaded (i.e.
> > can nut out the locations stuff was put, if it was done through a
> > process that synaptic recognised)... but this is kinda superfluous if
> > you're trying to remove stuff with synaptic - because anything it shows
> > you, it knows about and will uninstall if you ask it (whilst checking
> > for dependencies etc). If you built the problem gnucash programs by
> > other means (e.g. from source, with various command-line tricks) then
> > you might have to do the hunting around yourself.
> > 
> > if you do have to do that, here are a couple of command-line options I
> > find useful:
> > 
> > locate gnucash
> > (or any command, name, phrase or part thereof)
> > (or sudo locate, seems to be required to show anything in 'root' places
> > like /usr/bin)
> > whereis do-the-same
> > 
> > somewhat rudimentary as far as command-line virtuosity, but gives you
> > some idea of where bits might be to then go and remove etc.
> > 
> > -shane.
> > 
> >