[GNC] Snap Package Manager

Les lelliott5 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 17 07:26:17 EDT 2018


Thanks Colin.  Sheer genius!  How could I have overlooked the obvious? 

Installed without a hitch. 

Regards,

Les


On 04/17/2018 05:05 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> $ 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
> <mailto: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>
>     > <mailto: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> <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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