How do I upgrade to GnuCash 2.6.4?

[David Carlson]

On 12/13/2014 2:22 PM, Michael DeBusk wrote:
> One of the first things I do when installing a new LTS of Ubuntu (I
> keep the LTS on my computers unless there's a compelling reason not
> to) is install everything necessary to build Gnucash from source. I'm
> not a C programmer, and I find it very easy to do. Follow the
> instructions here:
>
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building#Ubuntu_12.04_LTS_.28Precise_Pangolin.29
>
> Note that I don't bother installing git. I just grab a tarball from
> the Gnucash Web page, unpack it, and the listed commands from the
> resulting directory.
>
> For what it's worth, I like the latest LTS release, 14.04. I run
> Ubuntu Gnome. The Gnucash instructions for that one are here:
>
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building#Ubuntu_14.04_LTS_.28Trusty_Tahr.29
>
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 8:47 AM, Alek <peace at aleksandrsolzhenitsyn.net> wrote:
>> I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and would like to upgrade GnuCash to 2.6.4.
>>
>> Does anyone have a simple method for upgrading that is understandable to
>> someone that doesn't know much about the "./configure make make install"
>> stuff? That is- the method of upgrading doesn't require much technical
>> skill.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Alek
>>
>>
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Is it possible to use a software package installer to get the whole
thing (release 2.6.4) with a few mouse clicks instead of all that sudo
stuff?

David C