upgrading GNUcash on Ubuntu

[Adrien Monteleone]

Steve,

You can try adding the GetDeb repo. They have 2.6.12 for 14.04, which is the same version in the Xenial standard repo. So if you upgraded the OS to Xenial, that’s as far as you’d get upgrade wise with Gnucash. (thought GetDeb for Xenial backports 2.6.17) - see here: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Ubuntu#GnuCash_.40_GetDeb

You could also compile it yourself. The current version is 2.6.19. I did just successfully compile it, twice, but I had some issues with the Dash and Unity Launchers. You might have better luck. I used to build regularly on Lucid and Precise without incident so I suspect there was likely something wacky about my particular environment. (I was building a system for someone else and due to time constraints decided to stick with the Distro package, otherwise, I’d still be fiddling with it to make it work) Check out the wiki for build instructions: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building

If you run into any snags, just ask, someone here will help out.
 
Regards,
Adrien

> On Feb 28, 2018, at 5:47 PM, Steve Cohen <stevecoh2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Been using gnucash for more than 6 months and I was wondering if there's
> an upgrade.  I'm using Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS and they only support gnucash
> 1:2.6.1-2.  The GNUcash website recommends going with what the
> distribution provides, but I wonder if there are new features I'd be
> interested in in the latest version.
> 
> Has anyone done the Gnucash upgrade this way?  Is there info anywhere
> about doing it?  I'm technical enough to pull it off.  Is it worth it?
> Are there release notes I might look at that would tell me whether I
> even want to do it?
> 
> Thanks
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