[GNC] Version on Ubuntu 19.04

[Ronal B Morse]

That's the snap version.  It should be regarded as "experimental" as 
well as kinda old. Snap is a new idea that shows great promise, but 
right now it's a work in progress and it's not clear if or how snap 
installations of third-party software like Gnucash will be maintained 
(upgraded) or who, exactly, will be responsible.  I'd avoid it, for now.

You can install gnucash using Synaptic (if you have that installed) or 
from a terminal command prompt using the "apt" utility.  The apt command 
will be:

sudo apt install gnucash-common gnucash python3-gnucash gnucash-docs

It will ask you to enter your password. As of today it will install 
version 3.41.

If you're adventurous you can install version 3.5x by building it 
directly from the source code. There are excellent step by step 
instructions on the Gnucash Wiki Page and as much help as you'll ever 
need right here on this list.

Ron Morse

On 4/28/19 7:17 AM, Dennis Powless wrote:
> Just installed 19.04 and I see 2.6.21a in the ubuntu store.  However, it
> states the name as Gnucash-jz
> 
> D
> 
> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 7:27 PM Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> 
>> Someone in a thread a few months ago investigated Appimage, but put it on
>> hold since Geert was working on Flatpak. (there’s also a bug filed about
>> the various image formats)
>>
>> I sent an e-mail to the maintainer of the Snap some months ago about
>> updating it to 3.x and have never heard back.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>>
>>> On Apr 22, 2019, at 6:21 PM, Tommy Trussell <tommy.trussell at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 22, 2019 at 3:20 PM Adrien Monteleone <
>> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>>> I believe Geert has volunteered to maintain the Flatpak build. I don’t
>> think there is a Snap or Appimage.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the reminder! I searched and found Geert's message from
>> January 20 (this year) about the build system creating flatpaks but the
>> message says to not publicize the link (because it's not on a server that
>> can handle the bandwidth), so I won't reiterate it. (But I may test it!)
>>>
>>> In the default snap repository (snapcraft.io) there's a snap of GnuCash
>> labeled version 2.6.21a ... and following the trail back it's coming from
>> an individual's github repository. I presume it was a one-off experiment,
>> but unfortunately it's what's readily available if you search for GnuCash
>> snaps.
>>>
>>> Similarly, I see someone's github with an AppImage generation script for
>> GnuCash... but none yet listed on the AppImage "app store."
>>>
>>> I'm hopeful eventually one or more of the image formats will be packaged
>> "officially" and updates pushed out automatically. I am sure a lot of folks
>> would appreciate it.
>>
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