[GNC] Snap Package Manager

[Colin Law]

$ snap find gnucash
Name        Version  Developer  Notes  Summary
gnucash-jz  2.6.21a  jz         -      GnuCash is personal and
small-business financial-accounting software

So it is called gnucash-jz

Colin

On 17 April 2018 at 10:27, Les <lelliott5 at gmail.com> wrote:

> After creating a new saved file, I tried installing GC 2.6.21 using
> Snap.  When I entered "snap install gnucash" I received a message "no
> gnucash found"!
>
> So much for snap, at least for now.
>
> Regards,
>
> Les
>
>
> On 04/16/2018 01:13 PM, Fross, Michael wrote:
> > While I've installed some SNAPS on my Ubuntu machine, I've not used
> > them extensively.  Would a SNAP distribution of GNC allow a binary
> > release for all distros without having to wait for the package
> > maintainers to update their repositories?
> >
> > That would sure be nice.....
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 12:29 PM, Les <lelliott5 at gmail.com
> > <mailto:lelliott5 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Thanks for the reply Ron.  FWIW, I backup everyday.  If I decide
> >     to try
> >     a Snap install, I will create a new backup file with a new file
> name.
> >
> >     Regards,
> >
> >     Les
> >
> >
> >     On 04/16/2018 12:12 PM, Ronal B Morse wrote:
> >     > I have very limited experience with SNAP on Ubuntu.  It's been
> >     > generally good, but not completely problem free. I have thought
> >     about
> >     > trying to create a SNAP for GnuCash 3.0, but first I'll have to
> >     get it
> >     > to build cleanly in the native environment, something has so far
> >     > eluded me.
> >     >
> >     > As I understand it, applications installed as a SNAP package are
> >     > self-contained and sandboxed.  So, in theory, a SNAP of GnuCash
> >     should
> >     > install alongside an existing version from repository and never the
> >     > 'twain shall meet.
> >     >
> >     > In reality -- I don't know.  But I know one way to find out...
> >     >
> >     > Backups, I think would be the order of the day if anyone is going
> to
> >     > pursue this.
> >     >
> >     > Ron Morse
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > On 04/16/2018 07:51 AM, Les wrote:
> >     >> Hello Everyone:
> >     >>
> >     >> I am currently running LInux Mint 18.2 and GC 2.6.17 (the
> >     latest from
> >     >> getdebs.net <http://getdebs.net>).
> >     >>
> >     >> Recently, I was reading the Linux Mint blog which mentioned a new
> >     >> package manager called Snap, described as a self-contained package
> >     >> manager containing all dependencies.  I checked Synaptic and
> >     found Snapd
> >     >> and installed it
> >     >>
> >     >> I used Snapd to install a new (to me) web browser called
> >     Brave.  After
> >     >> the installation completed, I went to applications but there was
> no
> >     >> listing for Brave.  Not what I expected, but no big deal.
> >     >>
> >     >> I then did a listing of Snap packages and found Gnucash 2.6.21
> >     listed.
> >     >>
> >     >> Assuming I try to install GC using Snap, would I need to
> >     uninstall GC
> >     >> 2.6.17 first?
> >     >>
> >     >> Does anyone have experience with Snap?
> >     >>
> >     >> Regards,
> >     >>
> >     >> Les
> >     >>
> >     >>
> >     >>
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