[GNC] GNC Fails to load Data File

[Bruce Irving]

Thank you Derek.
I'm not sure what I installed but a search for dbi dbd and I selected what
looked possible.  Now it works and I am happy.
Bruce

On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 7:16 AM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> Most likely you're using the SQL backend, and it sounds like you might not
> have the right SQL Drivers installed on Debian.  If you're using SQLite,
> then make sure you have the dbi dbd sqlite driver installed.
>
> -derek
>
> On Sat, April 30, 2022 8:56 am, Bruce Irving wrote:
> > David H.:  Thank you.  I'll try that when I get back to the office
> Monday.
> > I had tried a Reinstall from Synaptic but that didn't help.  I've tried
> > several times to compiling but always hit some snag that my inexperience
> > couldn't overcome.  While flatpaks have improved, it still has still a
> few
> > annoying idiosyncrasies.  If this doesn't work, I'll probably return to
> > flatpak.
> >
> > David Cousins:  The first time, I did navigate to the data file and
> double
> > clicked it as was my usual method of opening it.  When that didn't work,
> I
> > stated gnucash and used file/open.  Both ways gave the same error.
> >
> > I do appreciate your suggestions.
> >
> > Bruce
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 2:54 PM David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Bruce,
> >>
> >> Did you have a previous Debian install of gnucash - maybe try
> >> uninstalling and re-installing the debian version - perhaps following
> >> the
> >> uninstall instructions at
> >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Uninstall_Gnucash_Linux ...  You could
> >> also
> >> see if restarting solves anything.
> >>
> >> Why would you go back from probably the latest version available in
> >> Flatpak
> >> (4.10) to a version that's almost 18 months old (4.4) and 6 major
> >> releases
> >> ago with a lot of bug fixes and enhancements in between ?  Personally I
> >> would have stuck with the Flatpak version which obviously worked.  If
> >> the
> >> Flatpak sandboxing is causing an issue for you perhaps you should
> >> consider
> >> compiling it yourself ?
> >>
> >> Cheers David H.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 at 04:52, Bruce Irving <idlegion39 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I have been using Flatpak for GNC when I discovered that a version is
> >> in
> >> > the Debian which I installed. and removed the flatpak files.  when I
> >> went
> >> > to open my data file either by double clicking the data files or Open
> >> from
> >> > GNC: No suitable backend was found for ... (See attached)
> >> > This is Version: 4.4
> >> > Build ID: 4.4+(2020-12-28)
> >> >
> >> > The file did open in latest flatpak
> >> >
> >> > Bruce
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