[GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 198, Issue 17

[Stephen M. Butler]

On 9/9/19 6:40 PM, Elmar wrote:
> Thanks - I did exactly that (downloaded all 3 packages) but I got no joy:
>
> ets at Shinobi-L ~/Downloads $ sudo apt install ./*3.7*.deb
> [sudo] password for ets:
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Note, selecting 'gnucash' instead of './gnucash_3.7-0_amd64.deb'
> Note, selecting 'gnucash-common' instead of
> './gnucash-common_3.7-0_all.deb'
> Note, selecting 'python3-gnucash' instead of
> './python3-gnucash_3.7-0_amd64.deb'
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
>
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  gnucash : Depends: libboost-date-time1.67.0 but it is not installable
>            Depends: libboost-filesystem1.67.0 but it is not installable
>            Depends: libboost-locale1.67.0 but it is not installable
>            Depends: libboost-regex1.67.0 (>= 1.67.0-10) but it is not
> installable
>            Depends: libboost-system1.67.0 but it is not installable
>            Depends: libicu63 (>= 63.1-1~) but it is not installable
>            Depends: libofx7 (>= 1:0.9.14) but 1:0.9.12-1 is to be
> installed
>  python3-gnucash : Depends: python3 (>= 3.7~) but 3.6.7-1~18.04 is to
> be installed
> E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
> ets at Shinobi-L ~/Downloads $
>
> - Elmar


I suspect you have a pre-Disco version of Linux (Ubuntu or related
derivative).  As far as I can tell, these *.deb files will not work on
Ubuntu 18.04/18.10 or related distros.

>
> On 9/9/19 9:06 PM, gnucash-user-request at gnucash.org wrote:
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2019 15:32:06 -0500
>> From: Adrien Monteleone<adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net>
>> To: Gnucash Users<gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>> Subject: Re: [GNC] upgrade to 3.7?
>> Message-ID:<EA35023F-D2DB-4195-A15C-B774B277E330 at lusfiber.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=us-ascii
>>
>> Elmar,
>>
>> That package was for building from source.
>>
>> If you want .deb files to install, one user is graciously packing
>> them and making them publicly available via Dropbox found in this
>> thread:
>>
>> https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2019-September/086840.html
>>
>>
>> Follow the instructions in the thread.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
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