[GNC] How to Upgrade from GNU 4.11 to latest version (5.21)

[Kalpesh Patel]

Some odd reasons I think additional step after step 4 and before step 5 is warranted -- install GnuCash 5.0,  open the file and run "Check & Repair All" with 5.0, and then go to 5.12.

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From: R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> 
Sent: Monday, September 22, 2025 12:09 PM
To: CJN.... ... <cjn_international at hotmail.com>
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org; gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] How to Upgrade from GNU 4.11 to latest version (5.21)

Greetings.

The recommended way to update major versions (that is, version 4.<something> to version 5.<something> -- specifically for you, 4.11 to
5.12 -- I assume you typo'd when you wrote 5.21 - a version that does not yet exist) is as follows:

1) Just to be safe, make a backup copy of your data file.
2) Run the Check & Repair All under Actions
3) Update to (Download and install) the lastest 4.x version (not sure what that is)
4) Run the Check & Repair All again
5) Update to (download & install) GnuCash 5.12
6) Run the Check & Repair All again.

If memory serves, there have been some substantial changes in how matching transactions work; you can either work through it, or read the various release notes.

For your information, a new version of GnuCash is posted every quarter.

Best wishes!

On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 7:27 AM CJN.... ... <cjn_international at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> 22 September 2025
>
> Hi Help Support Team
>
> I have been using GNU 4.11 since early 2022.
>
> But I notice a newer Version than the 4.11 installed on my laptop in 2022.
> Can you advise exactly how I could Upgrade by installing update to 
> 5.21 version to my current laptop, without losing any data?
>
> As I am also planning to upgrade my Laptop in next couple of months, 
> any advice on the process of installing and transferring GNU package & 
> data to a new machine also welcomed
>
> And as I am definitely not a geek type computer expert, nor 
> accountant, I've slowly found my way round the accounting package to 
> keep my records in order.
> Great for managing my very simple income & expenses data.
> Now trying to find my way into the Help network - hope I'm submitting 
> this in correct process 🙂.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Chris
>
> cjn_international at hotmail.com<mailto:cjn_international at hotmail.com>
>
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