[GNC] new v3.0 install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

[John Ralls]

Dennis,

The debian distributed GnuCash is compiled for SQL as well as XML, you just need to install the appropriate additional package(s), usually libdbi, libdbi-drivers, and mysql-client, pgsql-client, or sqlite3.

For building you need to have one SQL backend installed so that the tests work. SQLite3 requires the least futzing so if your need is only for passing the tests--or even just to get it to build if you don’t care about the tests--that’s the one to use.

Yes, you should convert your book to XML.

Regards,
John Ralls

> On May 7, 2018, at 10:19 AM, Dennis Powless <claven123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On May 7, 2018, at 11:48 AM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 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