GnuCash question

Alan Whiteman a.c.whiteman at gmail.com
Tue Nov 21 20:59:54 EST 2017


I think the confusion is that .3 is generally accepted (here in the 
U.S., anyway) as "0.30".

so .3 = .30

Perhaps the number method should be 2.6.03 instead of 2.6.3... For the 
future, of course.

On 11/21/2017 11:14 AM, davelist at mac.com wrote:
> Please keep replies on the list as it may help others.
>
> Yes, 2.6.18 is newer. Each number between the periods is a separate number and 18 is greater than 3.
>
> In general, do not download the 2.7.x versions as those are beta releases for the next version unless you are testing those with other data (i.e., don't run a 2.7 with the only copy of your actual data file).
>
> Dave
>
>> On Nov 21, 2017, at 12:34 PM, Sean Perlmutter <sp at seanperlmutter.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> Just requested access to the list. But looking for an answer quickly. Saw your reply re the issue below and thought I’d contact you directly. Hope that’s ok.
>>
>> I’ve got the same issue: Just updated to High Sierra, now GnuCash won’t open. And I can’t find Gnucash.app/contents/Resources/lib.
>>
>> I see your workaround is to just update to the newest version of GnuCash. Which I’m happy to do. But something is odd.
>>
>> I have version 2.6.3, installed March 2014. And the GnuCash homepage shows the most recent version as 2.6.18. The version number is lower! Am I missing something? Is that more recent than 2.6.3?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help.
>> Sean
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Nov 16, 2017, at 10:36 AM, Peter Schoonmaker <petermschoonmaker at gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>   
>>
>>   Hello,
>>
>>   
>>
>>   I’ve used Gnucash for several years and I love it. But, I’m a complete novice about the technical side of Gnucash and I need very basic help. I understand that the following is a fix or work around my recent problem:
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>>   
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>>   copy /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib to Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib
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>>   
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>>   However, I don’t know what the above line means nor how to implement it. In other words, how do I copy /usr/lib/libz.1.dylib to Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/lib?
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>>   
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>>   I’m embarrassed to admit my lack of knowledge, but I would need a step by step description in order to fix this problem on my MacBook Pro.
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>>   
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>>   I don’t even know the version of Gnucash that I’m running. I don’t want to lose my data from the last few years. Is it safe to try to reinstall Gnucash with the latest version?
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>>   
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>>   I’ve thought about moving my Gnucash data from my current computer to another Mac that’s running an older operating system than High Sierra, but I don’t even know how to begin to do that.
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>>   
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>>   Thanks, in advance, for any assistance you can give me. I’ve copied this message to my regular email address so I won’t miss any replies. Thanks again.
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>>   
>>
>>   Peter
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>>
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>> That fix is only needed if you're running an old version. The easier solution is to download the latest gnucash for Mac which no longer requires that fix.
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>> Copying it to another computer requires knowledge of where the data file you are using is stored. If your only goal is to get gnucash running again, just install the latest version on the High Sierra computer. If you still want to move it to another computer, we'll need to figure out where your data file is installed. I'm not at a computer with gnucash installed right now so I can't check how to tell that.
>>
>> HTH,
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>   
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