[GNC] longtime user suddenly unable to open gnucash

[Jacob Wegelin]

Sherlock, thank you. But I do not find any of these environment variables on my macbook pro:

> echo $USER_DATA_HOME $GNC_DATA_HOME $GTK_DATA_HOME $USER_CONFIG_HOME $GNC_CONFIG_HOME $GTK_CONFIG_HOME $DOT_GNUCASH_DIR

>

If it is a configuration issue and not my own data file, is there a way
I could freshly uninstall and reinstall GnuCash? Would that be the way
to do it?

Jacob Wegelin

On 2025-08-11 Mon 13:12, Sherlock wrote:
> Jacob,
>
> I suspect there may be a configuration issue.
>
> A quick check is to rename the GNC_CONFIG_HOME directory and the try 
> launching GnuCash:
>
> mv ~/Library/Application\ Support/Gnucash ~/Library/Application\ 
> Support/Gnucash.sav
>
>
> If GnuCash able to launch successfully, you can try restoring a backup of the 
> GNC_CONFIG_HOME directory saved before you experienced the issue.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Sherlock
>
>
> On 8/11/25 11:48 AM, Jacob Wegelin wrote:
>> At
>> 
>> https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ii1dswyfptx5gvz9bx6sl/gnucash1.zip? 
>> rlkey=a7f1y4v91ebztkurwspuiwegw&st=hfkg9pzz&dl=0
>> 
>> are 2 files:
>> gnucash.trace
>> the stderr from the command line.
>> 
>> Thank you again
>> 
>> Jacob Wegelin
>
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