how to install Gnucash in Linux Mint 13

[Colin Law]

On 3 October 2013 02:46, Thelma Sabim <juramentada at thelmasabim.com> wrote:
> Hello again,
> I exchanged e-mails at Linux Mint forum to solved some problems with my
> sources.list. It seems that there one of the repositories was coded
> incorrectly.
>
> Now, back to GnuCash, following what Colin Law suggested.
> Here is what I got after running sudo apt-get install --reinstall gnucash
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  gnucash : Depends: libaqbanking34 (>= 4.99.2) but it is not installable
>            Recommends: gnucash-docs but it is not going to be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

I presume you have already done
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
and that shows no errors (note, dist-upgrade, not just upgrade).
Then try
sudo apt-get install -f
that should try and fix the broken packages.  If it says it wants to
remove stuff pay attention to what it says before saying yes.  Come
back if you are not sure.

Colin

>
> I am puzzled - I need libaqbanking, but it is not installable, then gnucash
> is recommended, but is not going to be installed ? So, does anyone have a
> suggestion?
>
> Thank you.
> Thelma
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Thelma Sabim
> <juramentada at thelmasabim.com>wrote:
>
>> Thank you Derek and Colin.
>> I will post a message in Linux Mint forum regarding the package manager
>> problem.
>> Then, hopefully soon, I get back to GnuCash.
>> Thelma
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Thelma,
>>>
>>> Thelma Sabim <juramentada at thelmasabim.com> writes:
>>>
>>> > Hi,
>>> > I tried to download the latest 2.5.5 version but did not know what to do
>>> > after unpacking the zipped file. I am just starting Linux.
>>>
>>> The 2.5.5 series are alpha-release testing series.  If you want to use
>>> GnuCash for real data (and not for testing) then you should download the
>>> most recent stable release, 2.3.13.
>>>
>>> > So, I removed it from the directory and went to an old version that came
>>> > with Linux Mint 13 32-bit. However, the program does not install - I get
>>> > errors like unable to lock administrative directory. I followed
>>> > instructions found in ubuntu site to update, clean, etc... but I still
>>> have
>>> > "held broken package" and the software from synaptic does not install.
>>> > Is there a guide that I can follow to remove GnuCash and do a fresh
>>> > install? I think I had corrupted dependencies.
>>> > Thank you.
>>>
>>> Sorry, I can't help you here.  Sounds like a package manager problem
>>> with Mint.  I don't use Mint (or Debian or Ubuntu) so I can't help you
>>> here.  Sorry.
>>>
>>> -derek
>>>
>>> --
>>>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>>>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>>>        URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>>>        warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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