[GNC] new v3.0 install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Dennis Powless
claven123 at gmail.com
Mon May 7 20:38:53 EDT 2018
Yes, I converted it. Only thing is, the old file was zipped and the converted one is not.
Dennis
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> On May 7, 2018, at 6:06 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>
> 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:
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>> 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:
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>>>
>>>
>>>> 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
>
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