[GNC] How to install Gnucash 3.8 on Debian 10 "buster"?

[km22]

As a follow up I have been running Gnucash 3.8 from the Debian testing
repo for a few months now.  I recently tried to update but get these
results:

[Quote1]

$ sudo apt list --upgradable

...

gnucash-common/testing 1:3.10-1 all [upgradable from: 1:3.8b-1]
gnucash/testing 1:3.10-1 amd64 [upgradable from: 1:3.8b-1+b1]
...

[/Quote1]


[Quote2]

$ sudo apt install gnucash
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
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: libpython3.8 (>= 3.8.2) but it is not going to be
installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

[/Quote2]


Question: Is it normal for gnucash to change its Python version (here to
version 3.8) within a maintenance update (here to gnucash version 3.10)?

I ask because I am hesitant to update my python version for fear of
breaking my system - but just wanted to highlight whether this increase
in Python version is expected within the Gnucash version guidelines?

Thanks,
Ken


On 12/3/2020 10:48 pm, km22 wrote:
>
> As a follow up, what I did is the following to update to 3.8 on my
> Debian 10 system:
>
> 1) Created a file /etc/apt/apt.conf with the line:
> APT::Default-Release "buster";
>
> 2) Ran sudo apt update. Then ran apt -t testing install gnucash
>
> From the /var/log/apt/history.log file these were the packages that
> were installed/updated:
>
> Start-Date: 2020-03-10  00:14:47
> Commandline: apt -t testing install gnucash
> Requested-By: ken (1000)
> Install: libgwenhywfar79:amd64 (5.1.3-1, automatic), gcc-10-base:amd64
> (10-20200222-1, automatic), libhogweed5:amd64 (3.5.1+really3.5.1-2,
> automatic), libgcc-s1:amd64 (10-20200222-1, automatic),
> libnettle7:amd64 (3.5.1+really3.5.1-2, automatic), libffi7:amd64
> (3.3-3, automatic), libaqbanking44:amd64 (6.0.1-2, automatic),
> libgwengui-gtk3-0:amd64 (5.1.3-1, automatic)
> Upgrade: cryptsetup-initramfs:amd64 (2:2.1.0-5+deb10u2, 2:2.2.2-3),
> libgwenhywfar-data:amd64 (4.20.0-9, 5.1.3-1), cryptsetup-run:amd64
> (2:2.1.0-5+deb10u2, 2:2.2.2-3), p11-kit-modules:amd64 (0.23.15-2,
> 0.23.20-1), gnucash:amd64 (1:3.4-1+b10, 1:3.8b-1+b1),
> libboost-regex1.67.0:amd64 (1.67.0-13+deb10u1, 1.67.0-17),
> libaqbanking-data:amd64 (5.7.8-3, 6.0.1-2), libgnutls30:amd64
> (3.6.7-4+deb10u2, 3.6.12-2), libp11-kit0:amd64 (0.23.15-2, 0.23.20-1),
> gnucash-common:amd64 (1:3.4-1, 1:3.8b-1), libtasn1-6:amd64 (4.13-3,
> 4.16.0-2), libstdc++6:amd64 (8.3.0-6, 10-20200222-1), cryptsetup:amd64
> (2:2.1.0-5+deb10u2, 2:2.2.2-3), libxmlsec1:amd64 (1.2.27-2, 1.2.28-2)
> End-Date: 2020-03-10  00:15:13
>
> Question I have is why was it necessary for gnucash to install
> packages from the testing repo for packages such as cryptsetup
> (various) or gcc-10-base?  Are these really necessary for gnucash?  I
> want to maintain a system as close to the base Debian 10 as possible
> so curious to understand why these other packages were required?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
>
>
>
> On 8/3/2020 11:09 pm, km22 wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Can anyone advise a very simple and safe way of install gnucash 3.8
>> in Debian 10?
>>
>> I've read posts like this:
>> https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/107689/how-do-i-install-a-single-package-from-debian-testing-or-unstable-on-stable
>>
>> But I am very reluctant to start messing with things like pinning or
>> temporarily enabling testing repo entirely for fear of breaking my
>> system.
>>
>> Is there a simple way to install just gnucash 3.8 and dependencies as
>> a one-off without making riskier changes to my system?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2/3/2020 11:29 pm, km22 wrote:
>>> Hi Andrea,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the message.  Do you know whether there is a simple
>>> command line operation I can run to install Gnucash 3.8 from Debian
>>> 10 testing repo?
>>>
>>> I tried to google the solution but what I found seemed to suggest a
>>> lot of modifications to the sources file or introducing a pinning
>>> concept.  I only want to install this one package (and the necessary
>>> dependencies) from testing, ideally without messing with the /etc/
>>> files.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/3/2020 2:08 am, Andrea Borgia wrote:
>>>> Il 01/03/20 16:39, km22 ha scritto:
>>>>
>>>>> I recently moved from Windows 7 (due to end of life) to Debian 10.  I
>>>>> have gnucash 3.4 installed from the standard repo. However I think
>>>>> this
>>>>> version contains a bug as I cannot see any of the historical FX
>>>>> prices I
>>>>> stored in the Price Database. I think I need to move to a more recent
>>>>> version.  I saw this wiki article:
>>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Debian
>>>>> but no clues there on how to install the latest version 3.8. Can
>>>>> anyone
>>>>> here advise?
>>>>
>>>> Hi, Ken.
>>>>
>>>> If you're comfortable with using the "testing" distribution, then
>>>> GC 3.8 is already included, I am using it now.
>>>>
>>>> If you prefer to continue using the "stable" distribution of
>>>> Debian, then you could try the "flatpak" version of GC, available
>>>> here:
>>>> https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gnucash.GnuCash
>>>>
>>>> How to use Flatpak on Debian:
>>>> https://flatpak.org/setup/Debian/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Andrea.