[GNC] GnuCash Software Update

[David Cousens]

Don,

The main concern with upgrading are that changes in the file formats and
sometimes file locations occur with the major version changes. It is
generally not possible to go from 2.6.3 to the current version 4.2 directly.
The recommended approach is usually to upgrade initially to one of the V3
versions first. The major version up grades usually have a procedure inbuilt
to make any datafile adjustments from the previous major versions which are
invoked the first time you run the upgraded version. From 2.6 to v3.x the
location of some of the user preference files was also changed. These
changes with the major upgrades are detailed in
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Location.  there is also
information on the file locatinos in
https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/basics-migrate-settings.html.
Once you have upgraded and opened yout data file.  You will also find
information in the archives of this mailing list if you look up upgrade 2.6
to 3.  If you have any custom reports you may need to ensure they are copied
from the v2.6 locations to the V3.x locations as these did change.

Once you have the upgrade to 3 completed run  the Action->Check and Repair
to check out the datafile and repair any problems. 

The upgrade from a 3.x version to 4.2 version is done in a similar manner to
the above.  If you check posts in the archives around and witihin the first
few weeks after the new version release dates you will generally find any
posts covering problems and fixes.  

V3.11 is available from the downloads page
https://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml as is 4.2 after you have completed
the 3.11 upgrade.

The windows installer generally does an unload of any previous version 
before installing the upgraded version.

Good luck



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