GnuCash 2.6.1 No Database Option For File, Only XML

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    When upgrading gnucash in Linux note the warning to users that have Gnucash 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 (may have a different package number in your package manager) in linux on the new release notes for recent releases including today's release 2.6.15
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------ Original message------From: David T. via gnucash-userDate: Sun, Dec 18, 2016 6:52 AMTo: Geert Janssens;Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org;Subject:Re: GnuCash 2.6.1 No Database Option For File, Only XML
> On Dec 18, 2016, at 4:41 PM, Geert Janssens  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> _______________________________________________> gnucash-user mailing list> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> -----> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.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_______________________________________________gnucash-user mailing listgnucash-user at gnucash.orghttps://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user-----Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.