[GNC] new v3.0 install Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

[John Ralls]

Turn on “compress files” in the general tab of Preferences.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On May 7, 2018, at 5:38 PM, Dennis Powless <claven123 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yes, I converted it.  Only thing is, the old file was zipped and the converted one is not.  
> 
> Dennis
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> 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:
>>> 
>>> 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
>>