[GNC] Gnucash 3 in the Debian / Ubuntu pipeline?

Tue Aug 21 18:30:22 EDT 2018

On 08/21/2018 03:11 PM, GWB wrote:
> As Bert pointed out, if you can use Debian unstable, the version is 3.2:
>
> <<
> Source Package: gnucash (1:3.2-1)
> from https://packages.debian.org/source/unstable/gnucash
>
> Ironically, I usually find Debian unstable to be, in fact, more stable
> than the "stable" version of some other distros.  But Debian will tell
> you otherwise:
>
> https://www.debian.org/releases/sid/
>
> Listen to Debian in this case, especially since it's your financial
> data.  So using the Ubuntu naming method, think of Sid Unstable as
> "Sid Vicious", and expect lots of crashes, core dumps, and other nasty
> things to occur when you're using gnucash.  They won't be caused by
> gnucash, but they will affect what you're trying to do.
>
> If you can navigate that and work around the instability, give it a
> try.  I'm OK with 2.6.whatever until Ubuntu 18 gets 3.
>
> Gordon

I have been running Ubuntu 18.04 for some time and have found it to be
fine for my business and personal use.

In addition, I downloaded 3.2 source when it was announced and compiled
it.  Some problems but nothing that hurt my data.  Currently I have
3.2-100 (a patch set) pulled down from github and that solves the data
entry problems I was experiencing.  If you are comfortable compiling the
code (isn't that hard once the dependencies are installed) then the
group here will help if you run into error conditions. 

--Steve
>
> On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 4:55 PM, GWB <gwb at 2realms.com> wrote:
>> I'm not sure how the version history works in Ubuntu or Debian, but I
>> installed GnuCash 2.6.7 from getdeb.org quite a while ago, and
>> "pinned" it (so that apt-get upgrade would not go to the version up)
>> to that version hoping that gnucash in Ubuntu 14 would catch up with
>> 2.6.7.  Ubuntu 14 ("Trusty Tahr") still only has 2.6.1, but 18.04
>> ("Bionic Beaver" really? who comes up with these names?) has indeed
>> included 2.16.19, as John recalled.  18.04 is my next upgrade.
>>
>> Every time I run "apt-get update" I am reminded that getdeb.org is
>> gone, and has been for some time.  Did getdeb.org have gnucash 3.0 at
>> some point before it went dark?
>>
>> I don't see either the Ubuntu or Debian package maintainers (perhaps
>> the same person or team in this case) moving too quickly to upgrade
>> gnucash in their package repos.  But maybe I'm wrong, which would be
>> nice.  But if you do find a repository with 3.x.x, I would pin it (or
>> "version lock") to a lower version in order not to get too far ahead
>> of the main repos for your linux distribution.
>>
>> Alas, 18.10 ("Cosmic Cuttlefish") lists:
>>
>> gnucash (1:2.6.19-1)
>>     [universe]personal and small-business financial-accounting software
>>
>> at https://packages.ubuntu.com/cosmic/gnome/
>>
>> Perhaps 19 ("Vomiting Vole") will have gnucash 3.  Until then, check
>> for other repos, look in unstable and testing to see if some
>> adventurous soul decided to be creative, and unless you absolutely
>> need some feature in the latest release, pin your version and don't
>> get too far ahead of the main repo for your distribution.
>>
>> Gordon
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 7:41 PM, Lincoln A Baxter <lab at lincolnbaxter.com> wrote:
>>> Just curious...  It has been almost a year since Gnucash was removed to
>>> Debian testing.
>>>
>>> It has (re)entered SID on 7/4, and there it sits...
>>>
>>> Who is responsible for working on the "excuses" for why is stays in
>>> SID: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gnucash, and has not migrated to
>>> Testing?
>>>
>>> Lincoln
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 2018-07-05 at 00:39 -0600, Bert Riding wrote:
>>>> I spoke too soon.  1:3.2-1 is now out in the unstable Debian repo.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 5 Jul 2018 12:52:51 +0800
>>>> Plutocrat <plutocrat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I've been troubled by the lack of Gnucash activity in Debian/Ubuntu
>>>>> repositories. I previously used getdeb, which went silent around
>>>>> September 2017. I tried contacting the owners, but no reply. There
>>>>> was also an attempt on Launchpad to provided more recent versions via
>>>>> a PPA, but that also went inactive a few years back. Again I tried to
>>>>> contact the owners, but no response. And the main repos are stuck on
>>>>> 2.6
>>>>>
>>>>> So for the last week or so I've been looking around, trying to figure
>>>>> out if I can start a PPA of my own, and looking for info on what are
>>>>> the necessary steps to fill it with .deb files. I was initially just
>>>>> looking to do 3.x on Ubuntu 18.04. Still haven't figured out exactly
>>>>> how this works.
>>>>>
>>>>> However I just came across this in my research. If I read it
>>>>> correctly, then it seems that 3.2 is being added to Debian Sid and
>>>>> so, eventually, to Ubuntu 18.10. Possibly it will be backported then
>>>>> to 18.04 and maybe even 16.x
>>>>> https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnucash/1:3.2-1
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's hoping.
>>>>>
>>>>> P.

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