GnuCash 2.6.1 No Database Option For File, Only XML

[David T.]

> On Dec 18, 2016, at 4:41 PM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
> 
> Op zaterdag 17 december 2016 21:58:41 CET schreef Charles Sliger:
>> GnuCash 2.6.1 No Database Option For File, Only XML
>> Running on Linux Mint 17.2
>> The "New File" and "Save As" File menu options have only "XML" in the
>> "Data Format" list.
>> I'm running postgresql 9.3.15
>> I can't seem to find any config file that specifies data storage
>> options.
>> Please advise.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> For gnucash to use a database as backend, it requires the dbi packages and its 
> database specific plugins to be installed (in addition to gnucash being build 
> with dbi support enabled).
> 
> I am not on mint, so I'm not sure what the the exact names for the missing 
> packages are. The gnucash wiki suggests these names on Ubuntu, which a guess 
> will be similar to the names on Mint:
> 
> libdbi0
> libdbd-sqlite3
> libdbd-pgsql
> libdbd-mysql
> 
> You can skip libdbd-sqlite3 and libdbd-mysql if you intend to use only 
> postgresql.
> 
> Lastly, I will continue to point out that even using the database backends 
> won't allow multiple users to concurrently make changes to the database. See 
> our FAQ for more details:
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Multiple_Computers.2C_Users.2C_...
> 
> Geert
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Just a note: GnuCash is currently at 2.6.14; 2.6.1 is almost 3 years old, and numerous significant bugs have been fixed since that release. I think you might want to find a repository with newer versions, to reap the best benefits. I am not a Mint user, but I believe that Mint can use Debian repositories, like getdeb?

Cheers,
David