[GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

[Chris Green]

On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 03:34:10PM +0100, Chris Green wrote:
> I am running GnuCash 3.8 Build ID: 3.8b+(2019-12-29) on [x]ubuntu 20.04.
> 
> I have started keeping a small PCC accounts with this but decided I
> wanted to move to storing the data in sqlite rather than the default
> XML.
> 
> It doesn't seem to be possible, if I click on SaveAs in the File menu
> the only Data Format I'm offered is XML.
> 
> Is this because sqlite storage is a compile time option that hasn't
> been included in the Ubuntu build, or is there something else I need
> to do?
> 
Ah!  I've just seen that sqlite is only supported from version 4.2 and
I'm on version 3.8, so that explains it!  

Does anyone have any experience of getting GnuCash >4.2 working on
[x]Ubuntu?  Is it easy to compile/build? (I do have a fair amount of
experience, I used to build my own Linux kernels etc.)

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Chris Green