[GNC] Old-New user with an upgrade problem

[Adrien Monteleone]

Are you certain you're running Buster?

On a whim I decided to spin up a VM for it. While watching the install, 
I noticed it installed python3.7. I'll verify when it is finished.

Did you by chance attempt to upgrade from an earlier release? (Stretch, 
Jessie?)

Regards,
Adrien

On 8/21/20 8:33 PM, John Angelico wrote:
> Thanks for the hints, Adrien, but when I tried to upgrade that, I got a
> similar error:
> 
> ---
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   python3-gnucash : Depends: python3 (>= 3.7~) but 3.5.3-1 is to be installed
> E: Broken packages
> ---
> I don't have to worry about migrating an old set of accounts as the
> previous work was experimental and that entity has moved on.
> 
> So I would be starting fresh with a new set of accounts.
> 
> Sadly, I'm not much of a geek in *nix, I'm more of a dangerous user - I
> know enough to get me into trouble :-) so these dependencies have me
> flummoxed
> 
> Regards,
> John
> 
> On Sat, 22 Aug 2020 at 00:18, Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> 
>> I believe
>>
>>     python3-gnucash
>>
>> is what you need.
>>
>> I have an installation of Mint 20 with GnuCash 3.8 from its repos and
>> that is the corresponding package which got installed.
>>
>> Be certain to read over the Wiki FAQ about upgrading. Always have a data
>> file backup, and run Actions > Check & Repair > Check & Repair All when
>> first opening your file in the new version.
>>
>> Also note the current GnuCash version is 4.1. If you want to get fully
>> up to date, you could build from source (instructions on the Wiki) or
>> use the Flatpak. You'll need to step through upgrading to a 3.x version
>> first though. Don't jump straight from 2.6.15 --> 4.1.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>>
>> On 8/21/20 1:36 AM, John Angelico wrote:
>>> Hi all.
>>>
>>> I previously used GC 2.6.15 (more than 2 years ago) on an earlier Debian
>>> (Jessie).
>>>
>>> I'm now on Debian/buster and wish to resume, so checked out what I
>>> could install, and found v3.4 available in my Debian packages.
>>>
>>> But this won't install due to a dependency error with python-gnucash as
>> per
>>> this:
>>> ---
>>> 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:
>>>    python-gnucash : Depends: gnucash (= 1:2.6.15-1) but 1:3.4-1+b10 is to
>> be
>>> installed
>>> E: Broken packages
>>> ---
>>> The next thing I tried was to upgrade the package on its own:
>>> ---
>>> $ sudo apt upgrade python-gnucash
>>> Reading package lists... Done
>>> Building dependency tree
>>> Reading state information... Done
>>> python-gnucash is already the newest version (1:2.6.15-1).
>>> python-gnucash set to manually installed.
>>> ---
>>> Still no success.
>>>
>>> How can I either:
>>> a) upgrade python-gnucash to the correct level
>>> or
>>> b) find a way to fix up the dependency in GC 3.4
>>> please?
>>>
>>
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