read about the upgrades and fixes here http://www.gnucash.org/
Before we start
Build Gnucash dependencies
Open a terminal window and type/copy the following and hit enter after every command.
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sudo apt-get build-dep gnucash
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sudo apt-get install guile-g-wrap
If you do not have checkinstall get it.
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sudo apt-get install checkinstall
Make a directory to work in and cd into it.
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mkdir gnucash
cd gnucash
Download gnucash-2.0.5.tar.gz from Sourceforge.net
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=192&package_id=202
Download or move the tar file to the Gnucash directory we created.
Right click on the tar file and choose extract here.
Go back to terminal to change directory
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cd gnucash-2.0.5
Configure the software
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./configure
These next 2 commands take a while, watch a movie and do not close the terminal
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make
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sudo checkinstall
After you type the sudo checkinstall command the terminal will show
The package documentation directory ./doc-pak does not exist.
Should I create a default set of package docs? [y]: Choose Y
Preparing package documentation...OK
Please write a description for the package.
End your description with an empty line or EOF.
>>
Enter "Gnucash-2.0.5 and hit enter 2X"
This Menu will pop up - leave the default values alone – hit enter
*****************************************
**** Debian package creation selected ***
*****************************************
This package will be built according to these values:
0 - Maintainer: [ root@family-desktop ]
1 - Summary: [ Gnucash-2.0.5 ]
2 - Name: [ gnucash ]
3 - Version: [ 2.0.5 ]
4 - Release: [ 1 ]
5 - License: [ GPL ]
6 - Group: [ checkinstall ]
7 - Architecture: [ i386 ]
8 - Source location: [ gnucash-2.0.5 ]
9 - Alternate source location: [ ]
10 - Requires: [ ]
Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue:
Watch another movie or get some dinner, this also takes a while and don't close the terminal.
When finished this message will be displayed in the terminal window.
Done. The new package has been installed and saved to
/home/family/gnucash/gnucash-2.0.5/gnucash_2.0.5-1_i386.deb
You can remove it from your system anytime using:
dpkg -r gnucash
Note: by using checkinstall it is also in synaptic and can be removed from there.
Open Mint Config > Desktop > Menu Layout > office - deselect and reselect the Gnucash icon and close.
Open your office menu and open Gnucash-2.0.5
Happy Bookeeping
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