[GNC] Version on Ubuntu 19.04

[Ronal B Morse]

Apologies for the multiple post. I have no idea what happened.

RBM


On 4/28/19 8:46 AM, Ronal B Morse wrote:
> 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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