[GNC] computer with Linux

[davidcousens49 at gmail.com]

James,

I presume you downloaded Linux Mint 20.3. Did you choose the Cinnamon desktop or
one of the pther options? 

There are several options on Linux Mint to get GnuCash installed. The version
supplied by the Software Manager is 2.2.9 which is well out of date with the
current version 4.11. If you haven't found it yet, the Software Manager is
started from the Menu icon in the lower LH corner of the desktop. It has an icon
which is a lime green circle filed with an array of dots in a rounded square
icon. Typing GnuCash in the Search bar will bring up the instalation for both
the version in the repository and the Flathub version. This is also the version
of GNuCash installed when you use the "sudo apt install gnucash" terminal
command. If you do use the terminal command it is usualy a good idea to run
"sudo apt update" and "sudo apt upgrade" as a matter of course. This will ensure
the  apt cache is up to date on your computer before you do the install.

There is also an option to install a Flathub version of GNuCash in the software
manager and that will install the current version 4.11. Flathub is a sandbox
system which sometimes requires appropriate permissions to access the system
resource but should run without any problem. If you do have problems come back
to the mailing list. AFAIK the Flathub version is the same as the download of
the Flathub version from the GnuCashsite.



The final option is to build GnuCash from the source code if you are familiar
with building software on computers and like to stay up with the latest version
at all times. There are instructions on the Gnucash wiki 
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building_On_Linux


Davis Cousens
On Sun, 2022-07-31 at 18:27 +0000, James Baxter via gnucash-user wrote:
> I have a 15 year old laptop computer. it has Linux Mint. i just down load it
> about 3 weeks ago.I am looking to down load Gnucash, as i am not able to. I
> have been through all the items to do with Gnucash, as i don't see a think on
> the type of computers.
> thanks
> 
> My Name is James Baxter. my email address is kangaroo52 at yahoo.com
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