[GNC] Linux still at 4.5

[Guille Lopez]

Hi Stephen,

The preferences are not stored in the folders mentioned before but in 
gconf, as also covered by the section GSettings of 
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations.

Migrating these is probably not as straight-forward as the reports, 
therefore it is probably quicker to set everything to you liking again. 
(Maybe open both Gnucash SW at the same time and make sure that the 
preferences are identical?)

Regards,

Guille

On 25/07/2021 13:49, Stephen C. Camidge wrote:
> It sort of worked.
>
> I find my 4.5 data stored at either (I have files in both?)
> /home/steve/.local/share/gnucash/
> or
> /home/steve/.local/share/GnuCash/
>
> The flatpack data is stored at
> /home/steve/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/
>
> My reports now appear, and the open tabs are there (but accross the top of the screen instead of at the side), so I am not sure is all the preferences migrated.
>
> But this helps.
>
> Thank you!
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 25, 2021, at 6:53 AM, Guille Lopez wrote:
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>> The problem you are seeing is caused by the fact that the normal distro
>> installation of GnuCash stores all the user data (e.g. custom reports)
>> typically under $HOME/.local/share/gnucash (or similar), and the flatpak
>> installation saves (and tries to find) the information under
>> $HOME/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data (More info here:
>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations)
>>
>> If you want to have the same environment when using the flatpak version,
>> you need to copy that information to the expected folder.
>>
>> In order to prevent any kind of data loss, I would do the following:
>>
>> 0) Backup your Gnucash file!!
>>
>> 1) Backup your $HOME/.local/share/gnucash (check first that for your
>> distro, the gnucash is using that location).
>>
>> 2) If you have already done some work from the flatpak version, backup
>> also $HOME/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data.
>>
>> 3) Copy the contents from $HOME/.local/share/gnucash into
>> $HOME/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data.
>>
>> 4) Try to open gnucash flatpak a try to open your saved reports. (They
>> should be there).
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Guille
>>
>> On 25/07/2021 11:49, Stephen C. Camidge wrote:
>>> I should add that there is also a gnucash-xbt 4.6-1 available, but I have not tried it. Not sure why there is another build.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Jul 25, 2021, at 5:46 AM, Stephen C. Camidge wrote:
>>>> I am running Linux Manjaro and see that the aux distribution only gives version 4.5 of Gnucash. There is a flatpack version of 4.6, but if I install it, I do not have my saved reports and only the default preference.
>>>>
>>>> Where are the preferences stored? I would like to make them match what I have when using the aux version?
>>>>
>>>> I am a newbie on Linux so need clear instructions.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
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