[GNC] Deb 3.4.0.1 not working for me in ubuntu 18.04

[DaveW]

On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 09:48:41 -0800
"Stephen M. Butler" <kg7je at arrl.net> wrote:

> On 1/7/19 9:11 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> >> On Jan 7, 2019, at 5:41 PM, DaveW <wasserland44 at gmail.com> wrote: 
> >>
> >> Thank you Stephen and Colin,
> >>
> >> I am going around and around.  I am a little confused as to
> >> whether the instructions in the above thread apply to 18.04 or
> >> 18.10?? Nevertheless, I followed the commands line by line,
> >> (Although I note that when it gets to the: "libboost-locale1.65.1
> >> libboost-regex1.65.1" line it say it does not recognise the
> >> command.)  
> 

> Those should be part of:
> 
> /sudo apt install ........... /Looks like the line wrapping didn't
> convey the true meaning of what to do there.
> 
> Let me try to cleanup the commands (just 5 lines all beging with
> "sudo ")-- just in case line wrapping happens:
> 
> 
> sudo apt remove gnucash
> 
> sudo apt autoremove
> 
> sudo dpkg -i Downloads/gnucash_3.4-0-1_amd64.deb
> 
> sudo apt install  libboost-filesystem1.65.1  libboost-date-time1.65.1
> libboost-locale1.65.1  libboost-regex1.65.1
> 
> sudo apt-mark hold gnucash
> 
> //

Thank you.  I should have nutted out the wrapping issue myself.  Grrr.

	Please let me clarify:

		1. The commands work equally for 18.04 and 18.10?

		2. I currently have Gnucash 3.2 loaded and working.  It
		is a dl.flathub.org version.  Is that an issue?  Do I
		remove it first or does the apt remove take care of
		that?

		3. At the end of the above command process, will the
		3.4-0-1 launch or do I have to do something?


> 
> >> However, I always land up where I started.  I should note here that
> >> Synaptic sees the 3.4 version but it's greyed out and there is an !
> >> mark.  
> > 18.04, I’ve tested them on 18.10, but there is a larger dependency
> > mess.
> >
> >  
> >> Here's some additional information which may point to my dilemma:-
> >>
> >> I have available in my Software Centre 2 versions of Gnucash: 
> >> 	1. ver 1.2.6.19-1.
> >> 	2. ver Version: 3.2 Build ID: 3.2+ (2018-06-24).  I notice
> >> that the source is dl.flathub.org.  Futhermore, I discover, in my
> >> 	frenzy, that Synaptic does not see this version - even
> >> though it is installed?  So I guess "flathub" is outside the Ubuntu
> >> 	relm? It seems to work okay, although I have not thoroughly
> >> 	tested it.
> >> I discover that I can install each of the above versions and they
> >> can run independently.  
> > Flatpaks are installed via a separate system. See here:
> > https://flatpak.org/setup/Ubuntu/
> >
> > You can then search for and install via flathub.org, or cli with
> > ‘flatpak install’
> >
> > If I recall correctly, one of the devs now officially maintains the
> > flatpak of GnuCash. Unfortunately, flathub.org does not say which
> > version is available, though I’d suspect the cli search feature to
> > report it correctly.
> >
> >  
> >> All of that said, I simply want to install the latest version and
> >> keep the system and myself happy.  
> > For that I’ve always built from source, but that was before the
> > flatpak and now this .deb file were available.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Adrien
> >  
> >> Dave W  
> 
> 
> I am trying to get a better deb via Launchpad were we can put up a ppa
> for folks to point to.  Probably name it "gnucash-daily", although I
> don't see it changing daily but as commits are made to the maint
> branch.
> 
> However, I am having problems with one of the tools (pbuilder-dest)
> and have a query out in the Ubuntu Forums for input.  Nothing back
> when I checked a minute ago.  I suspect I'm going to have to read the
> code (shell script) for pbuild-dest and the debootstrap script it
> invokes (also shell script).  The later complains that gpgv can't be
> found -- but I can invoke it just fine.  I am comfortable in ksh and
> hope that transfers well to bsh.
> 
> Wish I had better news and was making progress to get something really
> useful.  My research indicates the check-install is not up to the task
> of dealing with multiple O/S version. 
> 
> >> -- 
> >> Stephen M Butler, PMP, PSM
> >> Stephen.M.Butler51 at gmail.com
> >> kg7je at arrl.net
> >> 253-350-0166
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