[GNC] Could not read the contents of GnuCash: Error opening directory '[path name here]': Permission denied

[John Ralls]

gnucash-jz is apparently a Snap installation of GnuCash; “jz” is for Jacob Zimmerman, the maintainer. See https://github.com/jacobzimmermann/gnucash-jz-snap <https://github.com/jacobzimmermann/gnucash-jz-snap>.

Like Flatpak, Snap is a sandboxed runtime environment. It probably lacks access to the VeraCrypt drivers.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Nov 17, 2018, at 12:22 PM, Scott Ellsworth <scott at fastmail.us> wrote:
> 
> Hi David,
> 
> You probably haven't seen my last response yet. It's working fine now.
> But I'm curious why the Ubuntu Software Center has both "gnucash-jz" and
> "GnuCash." The second of these is the one that works.
> Be Well,
> 
> Scott
> <<<< Scott Ellsworth || 415-625-3019 >>>>
> 
> 
> ----- Original message -----
> From: David Cousens <davidcousens at bigpond.com>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Could not read the contents of GnuCash: Error opening directory '[path name here]': Permission deniedDate: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:13:23 -0600 (CST)
> 
> Scott
> 
> Is GnuCash installed from apt or the Software manager or is it a
> flatpak orsnap installation?. The latter have had some problems with having access
> tothe system from within the flatpak environment which you will
> find in therecent (August-November 18) archives.
> 
> If all else fails you could download and build v 3.3. The notes
> in the wikifor building on Linux are fairly complete at the moment.
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building_On_Linux. The main Linux notes wererewritten and tested on Linux Mint 19/Ubuntu 18.04. Once all the
> dependencies are installed it is generally fairly easy to build.
> There is ascript attached which will install the development tools and
> dependecies forV3.3.  gnucash-development-depndency-setup.sh
> <http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/file/t375329/gnucash-development-depndency-setup.sh>. You will have to enter your password to grant it sudo privileges and
> answer "y" or yes to any questions it throws up. I used it to
> setup to buildGnuCash on Linux Mint 19 yesterday and it worked like a charm.
> Much easierthan copying and pasting commands from the wiki.
> 
> David Cousens
> 
> 
> 
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