[GNC] new v3.0 install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

[Dennis Powless]

I have no idea.... 

If I install gnucash from the official repositories ie apt get install gnucash, would a database be included in that installation?

It seemed in order to do the build I needed a database backend. So I chose that one.  

Otherwise from just a general user I don’t use a database with gnucash however if there is a database running on the backend that I don’t specifically interact with then I’m not sure which to use. 

Certainly, the build instructions stated to choose one of the three, if there is a big issue with choosing the wrong one or the right one maybe that should be specified in those directions?

So, should I convert it to xml?

Again, I thank you guys for all the help, very much appreciated!!!

Dennis

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> On May 7, 2018, at 11:48 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
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>> On May 7, 2018, at 7:50 AM, Dennis Powless <claven123 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> 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/
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>> And was able to get a menu item.
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>> I was able to run Gnucash 3.1!!!!
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>> It opened my file, seems to be working fine!!!
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>> 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.
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> 
> 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.
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> Regards,
> John Ralls