[GNC] new v3.0 install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

[John Ralls]

> On May 7, 2018, at 7:50 AM, Dennis Powless <claven123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ok, so I re-read the instruction from David....
> 
> I followed the directions from this page....
> https://tutorialforlinux.com/2018/03/13/how-to-create-menu-launcher-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-lts/
> 
> And was able to get a menu item.
> 
> I was able to run Gnucash 3.1!!!!
> 
> It opened my file, seems to be working fine!!!
> 
> Thank you ALL for the help!!!
> 
> 
> I used the MySQL database, not sure if that was right or not.  No, idea
> what I used on the previous install.
> 

Unless you really know what you’re doing MySQL is not what you want. You can easily convert it using File>Save As... to the default XML. Unless your computer has a tendency to crash a lot this is the safest option; if it does crash a lot SQLite3 combined with a good automatic backup system is safest. MySQL and Postgresql are suitable only for folks with experience running, administering,  and especially backing up those servers.

Regards,
John Ralls