[GNC] porting Gnucash from W10 to Linux Mint

[Brad Morrison]

Hi Sam/GNUCash users, 

What version of Linux Mint are you using? The current version is 22.1 -
https://www.linuxmint.com/download_all.php 

I would agree with David that the Flatpak version of GNUCash is the best
way to use GnuCash on Linux Mint -
https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnucash.GnuCash  

While I would not recommend downgrading versions of GNC, if that is
really what you want to do, here is the FAQ section of the GNC Wiki -
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Using_Different_Versions.2C_Up_And_Downgrade


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On 2025-01-23 03:00, David Cousens wrote:

> Sam,
> 
> If you install the Flathub version from the Linux Mint Software
> Manager, it should be GnuCash V5.10 at least on Linux Mint V22. The non
> Flatpack version is GnuCash V5.5.
> 
> On earlier Linux MInt versions you will be limited to earlier versions
> of GnuCash in most cases.
> 
> If you are confident with building software it is not hard to build
> GnuCash (https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building_On_Linux) once you have
> all the necessary dependencies installed otherwise I would stick with
> the Flathub version. See https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak for
> installation details and issues.
> 
> David Cousens
> 
> On Tue, 2025-01-21 at 16:49 -0500, Sam Fredo via gnucash-user wrote: 
> 
>> i'm trying to move away from Microsoft so I've settled on Linux Mint.
>> 
>> I've been using Gnucash for several years now and it is absolutely
>> the best.
>> 
>> I have tried to move the .gnucash file to the Linux Mint version but
>> the 
>> file won't open. I receive a message that the Mint version is to old
>> and 
>> the windows file has unsupported features.
>> 
>> Windows version is 5.10
>> 
>> Mint version is 3.8
>> 
>> I tried to download the latest version of Gnucash using the Software 
>> Manager but it appears that 3.8 is the current version.
>> 
>> I also looked at installing Gnucash from the Flatpack. I'm new to
>> this 
>> so I'm hesitent to try this.
>> 
>> i've tried Export/Import but that doesn't seem to work.
>> 
>> So my question is, how (what is the best/easiest way) do it move my 
>> Gnucash data from W10 Gnucash version 5.10 to Mint Gnucash version
>> 3.8?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> Sam
>> 
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