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| | == GnuCash Sources == | | == GnuCash Sources == |
| − | ===Stable Releases===
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| − | '''Note:''' The latest released version is '''{{Version}}'''.
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| − | The latest stable release of the GnuCash source code as zipped tar archives are available for download from:
| + | GnuCash source code is available to the general public from our [https://github.com/gnucash/Gnucash git mirror repository], see [[Git]] for information on how to clone the repository or fork it on GitHub. |
| − | * [https://www.gnucash.org/index.phtml Gnucash Website] Linux source link;
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| − | * [https://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml Gnucash website Download] page, bzip2 compressed tarball link;
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| − | * [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/?source=directory SourceForge GnuCash] page.
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| − | These links all point to the SourceForge Download page and will download a zipped (compressed) tarball containing the sources for gnucash with a name of the form <em>'''gnucash-<major>.<minor>-<packing>.tar.<bz2> '''</em>, e.g. <em>'''gnucash-{{Version}}.tar.bz2'''</em>.
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| − | All available stable releases are available from [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/?source=navbar | SourceForge] by selecting <em>'''gnucash(stable)'''</em> from the Files tab then selecting the version you require. The page has downloads for Windows, Mac-OSX, and bzip2 and gz zipped sources. For Linux select the source code <em>'''gnucash-{{Version}}.tar.bz2'''</em> or <em>'''gnucash-{{Version}}.tar.gz'''</em> file depending upon which zip your distribution uses. You will find appropriate sha256sum values, which you can use to check the download integrity as described below, either listed at the bottom of the page for each <version> or in a README file downloadable from the page.
| + | We also distribute tarballs of releases at [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files SourceForge] and [https://github.com/gnucash/Gnucash/releases Github]. |
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| − | You should save this file to a suitable location, e.g. Downloads directory in your home directory (/home/<user>/Downloads or $HOME/Downloads if the environment variable HOME is defined. Here <user> is your username on your system).
| + | We have [[Building|generic instructions for building]] as well as more detailed instructions for particular platforms like [[Building_on_Windows|Microsoft Windows]], [[MacOS/Quartz|macOS]] and [[Building_On_Linux|Linux]]. |
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| − | You should then extract the source code from the zipped archive to a suitable directory under your home directory where you will build gnucash, e.g. something like /home/<user>/Applications. The extracted top level source file usually has the same name as the archive.
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| − | In a shell, enter the following commands to download and check the tarball substituting {{Version}} for the current or a previous value for <version> (in some cases you may need to add a packing e.g. "-1" to the version):
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| − | <SyntaxHighlight lang="sh">
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| − | export VERSION=<version> # One place to adjust the version;
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| − | export TARBALL=gnucash-$VERSION.tar.bz2 # if you still have no bzip2 use ".gz" instead of ".bz2";
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| − | export URL=https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/gnucash%20%28stable%29/$VERSION # ;
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| − | cd ~/Downloads # "~" short for "$HOME" = "/home/<user>";
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| − | wget $URL/$TARBALL # Download the tarball;
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| − | sha256sum $TARBALL # Integrity check: Compare the output with the sha256sum from the URL;
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| − | tar -xjvf $TARBALL -C ~/Applications # extract the tarball below your personal Applications directory;
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| − | </SyntaxHighlight>.
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| − | === Unstable Releases ===
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| − | Unstable releases rae also available from the [https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/?source=navbar | SourceForge] page by selecting '''gnucash(unstable)''' option from the Files tab and then selecting the release you require from that page. Substitue '''unstable''' for '''stable''' in the export defining URL to use the above commands to download unstable releases.
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| − | === Developers Source Code===
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| − | The current developer's source code is available from the GitHub repository.
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| − | See the instructions for using using[[Git]] with GnuCash on GitHub:
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| − | * information on the branches available from the repository and their uses;
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| − | * how to develop code for new features and bugfixes; and
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| − | * how to submit patches to the source code in the repository.
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| − | <em>'''Do not attempt to use tarballs from GitHub.'''</em>
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| − | To clone the repository, in a shell enter
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| − | cd ~/Applications # or other suitable directory under your home directory where you build applications
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| − | export BRANCH=maint # Define the branch to download. maint for bugfixes to stable branch. master for new features
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| − | export VERSION=3.1 # Specify the version of the current maint branch being downloaded (for naming the downloaded directory only)
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| − | export URL=https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash.git # Specify the URL for the GitHub repository
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| − | git clone -b $BRANCH $URL gnucash-$VERSION # clone the specified branch from the repository into the directory ~/Applications/gnucash-$VERSION e.g. gnucash-3.1
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| − | </SyntaxHighlight>
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| − | The VERSION variable has been used only to name the directory in a manner consistent with the downloaded tarballs and the [[Building | build]] instructions .
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| − | For a list of the build dependencies for your distribution consult:
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| − | * the [[Dependencies]] wiki page;
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| − | * [https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/master/README.dependencies README.dependencies]; or
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| − | * the README.dependencies file in your cloned directory.
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| − | For notes on compiling/building GnuCash consult:
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| − | * the [[Building]] wiki page;
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| − | * [https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/master/README.git README.git] file; or
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| − | * the README file in your downloaded directory.
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| − | For notes on working on the source code:
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| − | * [https://github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/blob/master/HACKING HACKING]; or
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| − | * the HACKING file in your downloaded directory.
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