[GNC] GNC Fails to load Data File

[Mattia Rizzolo]

Bruce,

it was actually also documented in the metadata of the Debian package:

    Suggests: libdbd-mysql, libdbd-pgsql, libdbd-sqlite3

in your case the last one.  That should have been visible in Synaptic.

On Mon, May 02, 2022 at 10:19:03AM -0600, Bruce Irving wrote:
> 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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