Install upgrade from 2.6.1 to any other verison fails

Pedro Albuquerque palbuquerque73 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 15 03:53:32 EST 2016


Hi again,

Did you use getdeb big buttons to do the job? The ones like in the
picture below? Because the only thing that happened to me was the
software center opens, asks for the password as usual and performs the
installation. That was all. Nothing asked for dependencies.
Sorry if I caused you trouble.




Sex, 2016-01-15 às 00:00 -0800, Neal Lithwick escreveu:

> Ok, now I am really screwed. Every time I try to install a missing
> dependency, it also has a missing dependency or it breaks another
> module so that now I am 3 layers deep in trying to satisfy
> requirements to install this program. I got to a point where gnuutils
> level was an issue. If I keep going, I will deinstall every package on
> the system. This is crazy. I have tried gdebi (e.g. sudo gdebi
> libaqbanking35_5.6.1beta-2_amd64.deb),  dpkg, apt-get and Ubuntu
> software centre.
> Isn't there a way that I can issue an install and have all its
> dependencies for this program for the level of Ubuntu I am running
> installed?
> 
> I am back to reinstalling the original version. I hope it works!
> 
> Anyone on this user board have some expertise in this area?
> 
> -Neal
> 
> 
> On 16-01-14 12:00 PM, Tommy Trussell wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Thu, Jan 14, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Pedro Albuquerque
> > <palbuquerque73 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> >         Hi,
> >         
> >         I had the same problem, so I stayed with 2.6.1 until this
> >         new release,
> >         2.6.11. I decided to give it another try.
> >         
> >         What I did:
> >         - uninstall GC 2.6.1 via software center (I installed it
> >         from there);
> >         - sudo apt-get remove --purge aqbanking*
> >         - sudo apt-get remove --purge guile*
> >         - followed Jonh's recomendation and removed
> >         folder .cache/guile;
> >         - installed getdeb repository via software center, using
> >         their deb
> >         package;
> >         - sudo apt-get update
> >         - installed GC via software center using their deb package;
> >         Every thing is running perfectly;
> >         
> >         Hope this helps you. I should say that I'm a fairly new
> >         Linux user and
> >         this all is still a bit confusing to me, but it did work,
> >         check it out:
> >         
> >         
> >         
> >         I use Ubuntu 14.01 LTS in a old 32 bit machine.
> >         
> >         Regards,
> >         Pedro.
> >         
> >         
> >         
> > 
> > 
> > Yes, from my reading, removing ~.cache/guile will correct crashes
> > when upgrading from GnuCash 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.3 or 2.6.4. After
> > upgrading to 2.6.5 or higher you should not need to delete the
> > directory any more.
> > 
> > 
> > (Note that .cache is a "hidden" directory so it may not normally
> > appear in your directory listings.)
> > 
> > 
> > See:
> > 
> > 
> > http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2015-September/061805.html
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >  
> >         Qui, 2016-01-14 às 08:47 -0800, Neal escreveu:
> >         
> >         > Thanks , I did seenthe newer 2.6.11 version. I haven't
> >         tried it yet but I am not confident that it will resolve my
> >         issue based on the other 2 versions attempted.
> >         > The deb packages I found were from the Getdeb project.amd
> >         they do not work in my situation.
> >         > I just want to request that respondents please read what I
> >         actually listed as what I already tried, the results of
> >         thiose attempts and my question about what to do next.
> >         > Thanks for trying to assist me. I really wouldn't want to
> >         upgrade if I had a choice since it is working well for my
> >         purposes now except for the inability to resize the columns
> >         so I can see the totals properly.
> >         > Neal
> >         >
> >         > Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 08:28:39 -0800
> >         > From: ml-node+s1415818n4682656h8 at n4.nabble.com
> >         > To: nlithwick at hotmail.com
> >         > Subject: Re: Install upgrade from 2.6.1 to any other
> >         verison fails
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >       On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 11:42 PM, Neal <[hidden
> >         email]> wrote:
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > > I am running Ubuntu Trusty (14.04). I found the
> >         prepackaged deb packages
> >         >
> >         > > for both 2.6.6 and 2.6.10. Both showed their respective
> >         errors I listed
> >         >
> >         > > below. Thanks but already tried this and no go.
> >         >
> >         > >
> >         >
> >         > > -Neal
> >         >
> >         > >
> >         >
> >         > >
> >         >
> >         > I am using the getdeb.net repository and was ecstatic to
> >         see 2.6.11 updated
> >         >
> >         > this morning on my Trusty 14.04 LTS systems. They often
> >         have absolutely
> >         >
> >         > up-to-date versions for the most current Ubuntu releases
> >         (in this case
> >         >
> >         > that's GnuCash 2.6.11 for Ubuntu 15.10 and 14.04).
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > And a brief plug for the getdeb volunteers: if you
> >         appreciate getdeb.net
> >         >
> >         > (like I do), please consider making a donation to defray
> >         their server
> >         >
> >         > expenses (as I have).
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >
> >         >
> >         > > On 16-01-13 09:12 PM, pinaar [via GnuCash] wrote:
> >         >
> >         > > > I had installed GC 2.6.6 and wanted to upgrade to
> >         2.6.11, so I just
> >         >
> >         > > > followed the wiki,
> >         >
> >         > > >
> >         http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building#Ubuntu_14.04_LTS_.28Trusty_Tahr.29
> >         > > > except I used git to clone gc, git clone
> >         >
> >         > > > https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash.git
> >         > > >
> >         >
> >         > > > to get the latest build, instead using the tar ball.
> >         >
> >         > > > It took about an hour to build, but it worked as
> >         expected. I looked
> >         >
> >         > > > for a pre-built binary, but didn't see one for my OS,
> >         Ubuntu 15.10.I
> >         >
> >         > > > forgot where I got the 2.6.6, which was a 10 minute
> >         install because it
> >         >
> >         > > > was pre-packaged for deb, so that's another route you
> >         may be
> >         >
> >         > > > interested in. (I was running GC on Windows 10 before
> >         moving to Ubuntu
> >         >
> >         > > > and installing 2.6.6. I use MySQL for the backend on
> >         all my platforms.)
> >         >
> >         > > >  - Art
> >         >
> >         > > >
> >         >
> >         > > >       From: Neal <[hidden email]
> >         >
> >         > > > </user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4682643&i=0>>
> >         >
> >         > > >  To: [hidden email]
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> >         >
> >         > > >  Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 8:32 PM
> >         >
> >         > > >  Subject: Install upgrade from 2.6.1 to any other
> >         verison fails
> >         >
> >         > > >
> >         >
> >         > > > Ubuntu 14,04
> >         >
> >         > > > GNUCash 2,6,1
> >         >
> >         > > >
> >         >
> >         > > > Hi
> >         >
> >         > > > I recently tried to update my version of GNUCash 2.6.1
> >         to 2.6.10. The
> >         >
> >         > > > initial install got very messy and basically destroyed
> >         GNUCash on my
> >         >
> >         > > > machine. It took a few hours, reinstalling modules
> >         that the reinstall
> >         >
> >         > > > said
> >         >
> >         > > > were missing (e.g AQBanking, libdbd (Sqlite3, MySql)
> >         and the
> >         >
> >         > > > gnucash-common
> >         >
> >         > > > was wrong so I had to reinstall gnucash-common 2.6.1.
> >         >
> >         > > > Well, I finally got it back to where it was prior to
> >         these efforts at
> >         >
> >         > > > 2.6.1.
> >         >
> >         > > > I still want to update it as I cannot see my last
> >         column for my accounts
> >         >
> >         > > > because of a column size adjustment bug that is fixed
> >         in an ensuing
> >         >
> >         > > > version.
> >         >
> >         > > > I downloaded the deb packages for 2 different version,
> >         2.6.6 and 2.6.10.
> >         >
> >         > > > Using Ubuntu Sofware Centre, when I try to install
> >         2.6.10, I get an
> >         >
> >         > > > error -
> >         >
> >         > > > "Breaks existing package 'gnucash' dependency
> >         gnucash-common
> >         >
> >         > > > (=1:2.6.1.2)".
> >         >
> >         > > > I also tried to install 2.6.6 which gives me a
> >         different error
> >         >
> >         > > > "Dependency
> >         >
> >         > > > is not satisfiable: gnucash (=1:2.6.6-2ubuntu1)".
> >         >
> >         > > > I am no expert, not even close, but it seems to me
> >         that I am in a classic
> >         >
> >         > > > catch22 situation. It seems that the program wants me
> >         to not replace the
> >         >
> >         > > > gnucash-common version because it might break the
> >         existing gnucash
> >         >
> >         > > > version
> >         >
> >         > > > but if I update gnucash-common to 2.6.10, it will
> >         expect to see
> >         >
> >         > > > gnucash-common 2.6.1 (tried it).
> >         >
> >         > > > Would a dpkg install of 2.6.10 with ignore breaks and
> >         dependency work
> >         >
> >         > > > here?
> >         >
> >         > > > I don't want to again go through the painful process
> >         of recovering my
> >         >
> >         > > > older
> >         >
> >         > > > version of 2.6.1
> >         >
> >         > > > Thanks in advance for any assistance and btw, other
> >         than this little
> >         >
> >         > > > issue,
> >         >
> >         > > > this program easily does a great job.
> >         >
> >         > > >
> >         >
> >         > > > Neal
> >         >
> >         > > >
> >         >
> >         > > >
> >         >
> >         > > >
> >         >
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