Linux: 2.4.11 migratoin to 2.6.13 Guide?

[David Carlson]

Perhaps the help documentation was not installed in your instance of
Linux.  Go to the gnucash.org website and check the documentation there.

You will find that it is very easy, as all you have to do is copy your data
file to your new data folder and do a fresh install of GnuCash.  If you
need to retain custom reports or user settings there is a section in the
FAQs about how to do that.

David C

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 9:50 AM, james <garftd at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've been using  gnucash for (4) years for a small business, without issue
> on gentoo linux. Surely that's a testament to the fine folks that wrote and
> maintain this codebase (kudos!).
>
> So I looked at the wiki, the Help Manual and the Tutorial and Concept
> documents, and found nothing. Surely there is a list of files, I need to
> copy the data over to a new computer with a fresh install of gnucash on
> linux, and maintain the same chart of accounts. NO fancy database, just the
> defaults when it was installed (as in 2.4.x). Once I make this migration, I
> may do it twice onto (2) different systems, just to have one to experiment
> with new features, using a database (like postgres) and other interfaced
> scripts and programs for test and development.
>
>
> I'd think just using the same dir structure(s) and using scp as the
> gnucash-2.4.11 file(s) transfer tool, while maintaining file permissions
> and (tree)locations, would do the trick so when gnucash-2.6.13 is fired up
> on the new system, it's pretty much the same?
>
>
> I find no list of file(s) or guidelines for such an upgrade-transfer
> semantic. Perhaps an indexed point into the archives of this list where
> such an email has been previously posted? Or did I miss such steps in an
> obvious document?
>
>
> Any guidance is greatly appreciated,
> James
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