[GNC] Debian Files for GnuCash 3.4-x

[Stephen M. Butler]

On 2/7/19 1:12 PM, David Carlson wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 11:09 AM Steve Cohen <stevecoh2 at gmail.com
> <mailto:stevecoh2 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Thank you for this!
>     On 1/28/19 1:55 PM, Stephen M. Butler wrote:
>     > Here are the three debian files for 3.4 (as released):
>     > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fV_fURy6c77e7gf6S41lTacM7dFyy7VD
>     >
>     > And here are the three for 3.4-45:
>     > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1v-AWCWxbETqsXsmQ7jYX8wurL6HKASBF
>     >
>     >
>
>
> Refresh my memory please.   I believe these are complete packages
> (tarballs?) containing everything needed to build your own version of
> GnuCash.  One set is to build version 3.4, the current stable release,
> and the other is to build version 3.4.5, the current development
> release which will eventually be replaced by the next stable release
> 4.0?.  I am guessing that there are three of each of them because they
> are directed toward different current releases of Debian.  I have not
> downloaded them yet.
>
There are three .deb files in each area.  Using short names -- without
the version #s:

  gnucash.deb

  gnucash-common.deb

  python3-gnucash.deb

All three are installable packages.  You need to install all three. 
sudo apt install ./*_3.4_*.deb for the 3.4 version and ./*_3.4-45_*.deb
for the 3.4-45.  I wouldn't install the last one as there is a bug with
the dates around the end-of-the-year.

Remember to specify the path to that debian files or apt will look
online for the packages instead (and not find them).


> Maybe, (and this is where I get really fuzzy) each might also work in
> certain releases derived from those Debian releases such as Ubuntu.


Should work on any distro that will accept a *.deb package file.  Not
the operative word here is "should".

>
> Further, I am not sure whether they will work in all distros or all of
> the commonly used desktops.  Since I am just smart enough to shoot
> myself in the foot, I will try one in VirtualBox and keep the data
> files isolated by air gaps with USB keys.


Sounds like a plan.  Please report back

>
> I plan to re-read the instructions in
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building but I may still be missing
> critical steps, since this is my first try.  It will take a couple of
> tries with whichever distro I decide to use before I even get that
> running well enough to try building GnuCash, so it may take a week or
> two to see results.  I am currently leaning toward Debian 9.7 Stretch
> or Debian testing Buster.  The latter may not even need this building
> process.  If this all works out I have an old Dell tower that could
> become my GnuCash machine.
>
> Before I start, is this a viable plan?


Don't bother trying to build from source.  I've already done that to
generate the *.deb files for you.


Note:  these were built on a Ubuntu 18.04 platform but using dpkg to be
distro independent.  Is it really distro independent?  Well, only time
and user base will tell us for sure.

>
> David Carlson


--Steve


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