Gnucash on Linux Mint

[Les]

That was my conclusion as well.

Les


On 12/18/2017 08:11 PM, Tommy Trussell wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com 
> <mailto:heller at deepsoft.com>> wrote:
>
>     At Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:50:29 -0600 Les <lelliott5 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:lelliott5 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     >
>     > I have been using Linux Mint Mate for several years, updating
>     with each
>     > incremental release.  Currently at 18.2, planning to upgrade to 18.3
>     > shortly.  I get a .deb package from getdeb.net
>     <http://getdeb.net>. The latest is 2.6.17
>     > which has not been updated for some time.
>     >
>     > Is any Linux Mint users finding newer packages anywhere.  I
>     would like
>     > to update to the last 2.6.19.
>
>     You will likely have to download the source and build it
>     yourself.  You could
>     ask the distro maintainers if they will be pushing a newer version
>     into the
>     repo.
>
>
> A couple of years ago, when I was learning how to test GnuCash 
> packages for inclusion in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, I had some email exchanges 
> with a volunteer at getdeb.net <http://getdeb.net>, and he encouraged 
> me to help them test GnuCash getdeb packages, implying they would get 
> into getdeb.net <http://getdeb.net> much quicker that way.
>
> I found the process to be fairly easy, though they use a build 
> environment different from the official Ubuntu process so I got bogged 
> down trying to understand the technical differences (and my focus at 
> the time was making sure the LTS package was good). Other projects 
> have distracted me since then, I'm sorry to say.
>
> In any case, if you find yourself dependent upon getdeb.net 
> <http://getdeb.net>, consider sending them a monetary donation to pay 
> for bandwidth, and also consider contacting them to see if you can 
> help keep your favorite package(s) updated.
>
> I believe it's a very small organization, but in my experience they 
> respond well to kind messages.
>
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