[GNC] Chromebooks

Sun Oct 7 11:14:28 EDT 2018

Here is a 2.6.19.  Maybe this will work...

https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/gnucash

Jim Passmore
jim at passmore4.com

On Sun, Oct 7, 2018, 11:05 AM <butterandsalt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not good news.
>
> I was able to successfully install the 2.6.15 version of gnucash, but it
> is not compatible with my existing files; says it needs to be 2.6.19 or
> higher.
>
> I tried the other amd64 options, no go. i tried the Ubuntu amd64 option,
> but also got an installation error.
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 9:18 AM <butterandsalt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Jim.  The 3.3 ones don't work, i get installation error.  but the
>> first 2.6 i tried says installation in progress although it's going really,
>> really slow.  fingers and toes crossed.  thanks much.  you're on my xmas
>> list if this works :)
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 8:44 AM Jim Passmore <jim at passmore4.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Looks like Croutini installs a Debian container by default, so if you
>>> search debian.org for gnucash and sid (the cutting edge, unstable
>>> Debian release) you find gnucash 3.3 [1], or you can find version 2.6 in
>>> the stable branch [2].  Near the bottom of those pages are links to
>>> download pages, so click the amd64 link, and pick your closest download
>>> location.  I would just go for broke on the first try and use the 3.3 link
>>> to see what happens.  After you get the deb file, go back to your
>>> instructions.
>>>
>>> Also, if it doesn't work you might try one of the earlier releases.  If
>>> you don't want to go all the way back to 2.6, try Ubuntu packages (closely
>>> derived from Debian) such as this v. 3.2. [3].
>>>
>>> Hope you find one that works!
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> [1] https://packages.debian.org/sid/gnome/gnucash
>>> [2] https://packages.debian.org/stretch/gnucash
>>> [3] https://packages.ubuntu.com/cosmic/gnucash
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> *Jim Passmore*
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 8:24 AM Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> You have downloaded the source files, to build the software from source
>>>> is
>>>> not a trivial task.  Do you definitely need 3.3?  If not then try
>>>> selecting
>>>> the Distribution Version and see what that gives you.
>>>>
>>>> Colin
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 7 Oct 2018 at 12:40, randix <butterandsalt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Ok, so I downloaded an app that decompresses on a chromebook the
>>>> tar.bz
>>>> > file
>>>> > I downloaded, but there's a long list of files and none of them end in
>>>> > ".deb" which I understand is the Linux installation file, so
>>>> obviously (?)
>>>> > I
>>>> > downloaded the wrong one... can you point me to what I should have
>>>> > downloaded?
>>>> >
>>>> > ---------------
>>>> > Archive successfully extracted
>>>> > Click on a file to download it.
>>>> >
>>>> > gnucash-3.3.tar.bz2
>>>> > gnucash-3.3
>>>> > bindings
>>>> > python
>>>> > CMakeLists.txt
>>>> > borrowed
>>>> > goffice
>>>> > guile-json
>>>> > gwengui-gtk3
>>>> > jenny
>>>> > libc
>>>> > CMakeLists.txt
>>>> > README
>>>> > cmake
>>>> > CMakeLists.txt
>>>> > cmake_uninstall.cmake.in
>>>> > README_CMAKE.txt
>>>> > common
>>>> > cmake_modules
>>>> > debug
>>>> > test-core
>>>> > base-typemaps.i
>>>> > CMakeLists.txt
>>>> > config.h.cmake.in
>>>> > gnc-test-env.pl
>>>> > guile-mappings.h
>>>> > platform.h
>>>> > swig-runtime.h
>>>> > data
>>>> > accounts
>>>> > checks
>>>> > pixmaps
>>>> > CMakeLists.txt
>>>> > doc
>>>> > examples
>>>> > build-aix.txt
>>>> > build-solaris.txt
>>>> > CMakeLists.txt
>>>> > gnc-fq-dump.1
>>>> > gnc-fq-helper.1
>>>> > gnucash.1
>>>> > gnucash.1.in
>>>> > gtk-3.0.css
>>>> > guile-hackers.txt
>>>> > misc-notes.txt
>>>> > projects.html
>>>> > README-ca.win32-bin.txt
>>>> > README-de.win32-bin.txt
>>>> > README.francais
>>>> > README-fr.win32-bin.txt
>>>> > README.german
>>>> > README.HBCI
>>>> > README-it.win32-bin.txt
>>>> > README-lv.win32-bin.txt
>>>> > README-nl.win32-bin.txt
>>>> > README.OFX
>>>> > README.translator.txt
>>>> > README.win32-bin.txt
>>>> > README-zh_CN.win32-bin.txt
>>>> > README-zh_TW.win32-bin.txt
>>>> > tip_of_the_day.list.c
>>>> > TRANSLATION_HOWTO
>>>> > gnucash
>>>> > gnome
>>>> > gnome-search
>>>> > gnome-utils
>>>> > gschemas
>>>> > gtkbuilder
>>>> > html
>>>> > import-export
>>>> > python
>>>> > register
>>>> > report
>>>> > ui
>>>> > CMakeLists.txt
>>>> > environment.in
>>>> > generate-gnc-script
>>>> > gnucash-310.css
>>>> > gnucash-320.css
>>>> > gnucash-bin.c
>>>> > gnucash-fallback-310.css
>>>> > gnucash-gresources.xml
>>>> > gnucash.rc.in
>>>> > gnucash-valgrind.in
>>>> > libgnucash
>>>> > app-utils
>>>> > backend
>>>> > core-utils
>>>> > doc
>>>> > engine
>>>> > gnc-module
>>>> > quotes
>>>> > scm
>>>> > tax
>>>> > CMakeLists.txt
>>>> > po
>>>> > glossary
>>>> > ar.po
>>>> > as.po
>>>> > az.po
>>>> > bg.po
>>>> > brx.po
>>>> > ca.po
>>>> > ChangeLog
>>>> > CMakeLists.txt
>>>> > cs.po
>>>> > da.po
>>>> > de.po
>>>> > doi.po
>>>> > el.po
>>>> > en_GB.po
>>>> > es_NI.po
>>>> > es.po
>>>> > eu.po
>>>> > fa.po
>>>> > fi.po
>>>> > fr.po
>>>> > gnucash.pot
>>>> > gnucash-pot.cmake
>>>> > gu.po
>>>> > he.po
>>>> > hi.po
>>>> > hu.po
>>>> > it.po
>>>> > ja.po
>>>> > kn.po
>>>> > kok at latin.po
>>>> > kok.po
>>>> > ko.po
>>>> > ks.po
>>>> > lt.po
>>>> > lv.po
>>>> > mai.po
>>>> > Makevars
>>>> > mni at bengali.po
>>>> > mni.po
>>>> > mr.po
>>>> > nb.po
>>>> > ne.po
>>>> > nl.po
>>>> > pl.po
>>>> > POTFILES.in
>>>> > POTFILES.skip
>>>> > pt_BR.po
>>>> > pt.po
>>>> > README
>>>> > ro.po
>>>> > ru.po
>>>> > rw.po
>>>> > sk.po
>>>> > sr.po
>>>> > sv.po
>>>> > ta.po
>>>> > te.po
>>>> > tr.po
>>>> > uk.po
>>>> > ur.po
>>>> > vi.po
>>>> > zh_CN.po
>>>> > zh_TW.po
>>>> > test-templates
>>>> > CMakeLists.txt
>>>> > Makefile.decl
>>>> > util
>>>> > CMakeLists.txt
>>>> > elegant-sort.pl
>>>> > gnc-vcs-info
>>>> > guile.c
>>>> > AUTHORS
>>>> > ChangeLog
>>>> > ChangeLog.1999
>>>> > ChangeLog.2000
>>>> > ChangeLog.2001
>>>> > ChangeLog.2002
>>>> > ChangeLog.2003
>>>> > ChangeLog.2004
>>>> > ChangeLog.2005
>>>> > ChangeLog.2006
>>>> > ChangeLog.2007
>>>> > ChangeLog.2008
>>>> > ChangeLog.2009
>>>> > ChangeLog.2010
>>>> > ChangeLog.2011
>>>> > ChangeLog.2012
>>>> > ChangeLog.2013
>>>> > ChangeLog.2014
>>>> > ChangeLog.2015
>>>> > ChangeLog.2016
>>>> > ChangeLog.2017
>>>> > CMakeLists.txt
>>>> > DOCUMENTERS
>>>> > HACKING
>>>> > LICENSE
>>>> > NEWS
>>>> > README
>>>> > README.dependencies
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >
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