[GNC] longtime user suddenly unable to open gnucash

[Sherlock]

Jacob,

You would only use the environment variables if you wanted to override 
the default locations.  See 
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations

Regards,

Sherlock


On 8/15/25 2:42 PM, Jacob Wegelin wrote:
> 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