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

[Stephen M. Butler]

On 1/10/19 7:07 PM, DaveW wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 07:31:54 +0000
> Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 at 06:37, DaveW <wasserland44 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>>                 1. The commands work equally for 18.04 and 18.10?
>>>  
>> Yes, I believe so, they may not all be necessary on 18.04 but they
>> won't do any harm.
>>
>>
>>>                 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?
>>>  
>> As said in the instructions, remove the old one first and run
>> sudo apt autoremove
>> How to remove the flatpak version I am not sure.
>>
>>
>>>                 3. At the end of the above command process, will the
>>>                 3.4-0-1 launch or do I have to do something?
>>>  
>> It should just go.  The first time, run it from the command line in a
>> terminal
>> gnucash
>> then you will see if there are any errors. It should also be
>> accessible via the normal GUI methods.
>>
>> Colin
> Thank you Colin and Stephen,
>
> 3.4 is up and running following your instructions and comments.  I am
> very happy :-).
>
>
> FYI:-
>
> These following comments are for feedback only.  And my intrigue of
> course.
>
>
> 	I uninstalled the flatpak version via the Software Centre
> 	(Ubuntu 18.04) quite easily.  
>
> 	Strangely, the Software Centre shows that I have 1:2.6.19-1
> 	installed.
>
> 	Synaptic shows: "Installed Version = 3.4-0-1 | Latest Version
> 	1:2.6.19-1"  There is an ! mark in the checkbox and it is
> 	greyed out.
>
> 	The Software Updater offers an available update for Gnucash to
> 	1:2.6.19-1 but the checkbox is blanked.  Obviously your "Hold"
> 	command at work.
>
> Much of the discussion in the other emails under this thread-line is
> beyond my level of understanding. But, perhaps destined to resolve and
> normalise future presentation and updating process?
>
> Dave W
>
>
Thanks Dave.  We are working to get a better release process worked out
and make it available to non Ubuntu debian systems.

--Steve

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