gnucash update on debian errors, then stops

[Liz]

On Tue, 1 Aug 2017 20:24:24 -0500
John Griessen <john at industromatic.com> wrote:

> I have not been able to upgrade gnucash for a while now.
> 
> Will there be a usable gnucash in the next debian release?
> If not, why not?
> 
> 
> I still use this version on debian stretch/testing/frozen, soon to be
> the new released debian stable:
> 
> sudo apt-get purge gnucash-docs gnucash-common gnucash
> sudo dpkg -i gnucash_1%3a2.6.14-1_amd64.deb
> gnucash-common_1%3a2.6.14-1_all.deb
> _______________________________________________ 

John, I've forgotten why you can't use a later Gnucash deb package.
I'm using 2.6.15 which I just got with apt-get update / apt-get
upgrade in the usual manner. My Debian is buster / sid.

$ gnucash -v
GnuCash 2.6.15
This copy was built from rev 1ef17e6+ on 2016-12-21.