[GNC] Upgrading GC under Ubuntu

[cicko]

In addition to all the other replies, I'd like to add that I would not
normally expect the user to compile the software and add all the development
dependencies.
For this reason, among others, I've added a feature request for the creation
of AppImage: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796019.

I'm trying to get familiar with the build process at Open Build Service on
Suse servers in order to build this. It should be easy but Murphy's law
works there, too. My progress has also been slowed down by the fact that I
managed to create a build for the RPM with the latest GnuCash release on OBS
and this satisfies the most urgent need. It should be just one more step in
order to get the AppImage from the successful RPM build, apparently.

If anyone has the desire, understanding, and/or some time, you are welcome
to look more into this. While OBS builds RPMs first, once they get compiled
into AppImage, all the dependencies are stored in there, so the end result
is distribution-agnostic.

Needless to say, having such a binary distribution would probably solve the
compilation and update problems for many Linux users.



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