[GNC] GnuCash Update Path from 2.6.21 to Current (Windows 10)

R Losey rlosey at gmail.com
Mon Dec 30 17:35:49 EST 2024


In one of the major updates, the Check & Repair was fixed and it is now
blinding fast. If you blink, you'll miss it (really, it's that fast).

If I remember correctly, one of the developers said it was incorrectly
making far more passes through the system that it needed to.


On Mon, Dec 30, 2024 at 4:32 PM Greg Feneis <mfeneis at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks everyone.  It seems like my upgrade journey was successful.
>
> The only odd thing is that after I installed 5.10, I started gnucash and
> it loaded my file OK.  Then I tried to run Check & Repair all.  The command
> is accepted from the Menu, but I see no activity in the lower left of the
> window like I usually see when I run check & repair.  Other than that.
> Everything went so easy.
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> Kind regards,
>
> Greg Feneis
>
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> On Mon, Dec 9, 2024 at 9:44 AM R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
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>> On Sun, Dec 8, 2024 at 2:14 PM Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:
>>
>>> At Sun, 8 Dec 2024 10:35:09 -0800 Greg Feneis <mfeneis at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Hi Folks,
>>> >
>>> > 2.6.21 has served my simple business accounting needs for many years,
>>> but
>>> > I've had to change computers and it's probably a good time to get
>>> current
>>> > on GnuCash.
>>> >
>>> > Could someone remind me how to get from 2.6.21 to current?  Since it's
>>> a
>>> > new computer, perhaps I should start by installing 2.6.21 so that the
>>> next
>>> > thing I install inspires an update?
>>>
>>> Yes, you need to install each major version in turn. Install 2.6.21,
>>> open your
>>> books and make sure everything is as it should be. Make a backup copy,
>>> then
>>> install the last of the 3. series. Open your data files, make sure
>>> everthing
>>> is ok, then save the file (this will update the data to 3.whatever). Make
>>> another backup copy. Then install the last of the 4. series and open the
>>> file
>>> you saved from version 3. Make sure everything is ok, then save it again
>>> and
>>> make another backup. Now install the current 5. version. Open the just
>>> saved
>>> version and check for problems. Then save it,  You should now be up to
>>> date.
>>>
>>
>>
>> The above is a good summary, except I think it is  recommended to also
>> run the "Check & Repair All" after each major version update. (That item is
>> found in the Actions->Check & Repair" menu)
>>
>>
>> --
>> _________________________________
>> Richard Losey
>> rlosey at gmail.com
>> Micah 6:8
>>
>

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Micah 6:8


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