Crash with transaction report

[Richard Dawson]

On 06/18/2015 07:05 PM, Tommy Trussell wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:03 PM, Richard Dawson <rcdawson at att.net
> <mailto:rcdawson at att.net>> wrote:
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>     On 06/18/2015 09:28 AM, Derrick Hudson wrote:
>     > On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 04:18:42PM -0700, Richard Dawson wrote:
>     > |
>     > | On 06/17/2015 07:03 AM, gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org
>     <mailto:gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org> wrote:
>     > | > Colin Law wrote on Tuesday, 16 June, 2015 11:22 PM:
>     > | >> > How did you do the getdeb installation?
>     >
>     > | I performed the following checks to follow up on your suggestion:
>     > |
>     > |      rcdawson at Bestbox:~ > cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list
>     > |      # deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu trusty-getdeb apps
>     >
>     >
>     > The # character at the beginning of the line means the entire
>     line is a "comment", and so is ignored.
>     >
>     > -Derrick
>     >
>     >
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>     Thank you all.  Removing the "#" solved the final problem.
>
>     Now one last question.  I think what I have done is add the deb
>     repository to my list of sources.  Does that mean that updates to
>     any of
>     the programs that I have that happen to be in the dep repository will
>     use that repository in preference to whatever repository Mint had
>     installed?
>
>     Referring to the system's source configuration I find information that
>     only confuses me more!  Should I ask this question on  Mint forum?
>
>     Thanks, Richard
>
>
> The apt package management system is complex. It reads the sources
> lists, goes to each of the repositories, examines all of their
> contents and determines the "best" combination of software suitable to
> the particular set of packages installed on your particular system.
>
> SO adding a repository like the one at GetDeb.net is not LIKELY to
> affect the "Mint-only" packages in the Mint repositories, but it would
> happen if GetDeb contains a newer version of the SAME package.
>
> One thing you might do to avoid trouble is activate the GetDeb
> repository, use a package manager like Synaptic to install ONLY the
> packages you want (in this case the GnuCash packages), and then
> deactivate the GetDeb repository again. and leave it inactive until
> you know there's an update to GnuCash available. I'm not sure about
> Mint but in Ubuntu you can activate and deactivate sources using a
> checkbox in the Sources tool. Otherwise you can edit the files like
> before and add or remove the hash (#) from the front of the line.
>
> There is a more sophisticated way to instruct apt to prioritize
> packages from multiple sources automatically using a technique called
> "apt pinning." (It's a way to set priorities.) But I would venture to
> say the vast majority of apt users never attempt it.
>
> If you want to learn more I suggest some Internet searches. You will
> want to focus on the information at Mint, Ubuntu or Debian web sites.
> (Debian is the "mother" distro, Ubuntu is a "child" distro of Debian,
> and Mint is a "child" of Ubuntu.) All of those distros use the apt
> package management system. You may recognize ".deb" package files that
> you can download, and that apt automatically downloads on your system
> to /var/cache/apt/archives

Thank you.  A clear explanation.  I found the list of sources with
getdeb activated and the opportunity to deactivate it while leaving it
available.  I shall do that to avoid any unwanted surprises!

Richrd