[GNC] Install Gnucash on Debian

[Andrew Clark]

I'm pretty sure I installed 3.3 from the unstable Debian repo:
https://packages.debian.org/sid/gnucash

You will need to do some hunting of you wish to just install a single
package from unstable, but it is possible.


On Thu., 6 Dec. 2018, 10:10 Stephen M. Butler <kg7je at arrl.net wrote:

> On 12/5/18 2:20 PM, Mike stagl wrote:
> > I realized I had installed GnuCash on my Debian system using apt-get and
> a repository.  The latest version for which this works is 2.6.15.
> >
> > How do I install GnuCash 3.3 or higher on my Debian system? I'm hoping
> the answer isn't to build my own with cmake... I've never done that before
> and am a little intimidated by the process and checking dependancies.
> >
> > Is it possible to download the Ubuntu .deb? Would that work, in theory?
> >
> > Thanks to all the contributors,
> >
> > Mike
> > _
>
> I am not aware of a .deb version to install.  It wasn't that hard to go
> through the build page and compile my own.  There were a couple of
> hickups along the way but the folks here were great about helping.
>
> Start with this page and work down section by section:
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building_On_Linux
>
> Be sure to follow the referenced pages to get the build tools and
> dependency list.  I copied them line by line and ran in a terminal
> environment.  I haven't taken the time to build a shell script to load
> them all.
>
> holler on the list if  you run into problems.  I'm using a patched 3.3
> on Ubuntu 18.04.
>
> --Steve
>
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