[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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