Personal and small-business financial-accounting software GnuCash 4.0 was released a few days ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04.

GnuCash 4.0 comes with updated dependency libraries, system requirements (Ubuntu 18.04, MacOS 10.13, Windows 8.1), code improvements, and many new features:

• command line interface for Windows.
• Two menu items are added to the View menu when a Bill, Invoice, or Voucher tab has focus
• A new Transaction Association dialog.
• Allow Associations to be added to invoices.
• The OFX file importer can now import more than one file at a time.
• Support for UK VAT and Australian GST added to the Income-GST report.
• New invalid maps dialog in the Import Map Editor.
• Enable adding notes to budgets.
• Support for AQBanking Version 6.
• And much more other changes, see news page for details.

How to Install GnuCash 4.0 in Ubuntu:

The latest flatpak package has been made into Flathub repository for Ubuntu 18.04 and higher.

1. Setup flatpak.

If you’re first time installing a flatpak package, you may first run following commands to get start.

1.) Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to install flatpak framework:

sudo apt install flatpak

Type your password (no visual feedback) for sudo prompts and hit Enter.

2.) Add flathub repository via command:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

2. Install GnuCash flatpak package.

Then you can install the flatpak package by running command:

flatpak install flathub org.gnucash.GnuCash

If an old version of the flatpak package was installed, update it via command:

flatpak update org.gnucash.GnuCash

Uninstall:

To uninstall the GnuCash package installed via flatpak, run command:

flatpak uninstall org.gnucash.GnuCash

Free accounting software GnuCash 3.4 was released a few days ago with tons of bug-fixes and improvements. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10.

According to the release note, GnuCash 3.4 redesigned gnc-uri-utils, cleaned up more report code, improved toolbar buttons, text options widget, and fixed a large number of bugs.

How to Install GnuCash 3.4 in Ubuntu 18.04:

While GnuCash flatpak package is still at version 3.2, you can install the latest 3.4 release via an unofficial PPA for Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 18.10.

1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut key. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sicklylife/gnucash

Type user password (no asterisks feedback) for sudo prompts and hit Enter.

2. Then either upgrade GnuCash via Software Updater, or install it via command:

sudo apt install gnucash

Uninstall:

To remove GnuCash 3.4, run command in terminal:

sudo apt remove --autoremove gnucash

And remove the PPA via Software & Updates -> Other Software.

The nineteenth maintenance release of GnuCash 2.6 stable series was announced 2 days ago. Here’s how to install it in all current Ubuntu releases.

Bugs fixed in GnuCash 2.6.19:

• Disabling OFX, AqBanking or python-bindings support cripples the dist build target
• FTBFS with libdbi 0.9.0-5 on Debian: DBI error
• Set Invoice/Bill items date correctly from imported CSV
• A better way to handle MySQL’s 0000-00-00 invalid date indicator.
• Fix python build and test errors on Mac.
• Add translator hint comments to C and glade files.
• Improve type of bank accounts in SKR03
• Stop testing GObject’s handling of invalid parameters

How to Install GnuCash 2.6.19 via Snap in Ubuntu:

For Ubuntu 16.04 and higher, GnuCash now is available as Snap package (run in sandbox).

Simply search for and install it from Ubuntu Software (need login with Ubuntu One account).

Or open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to install the snap:

snap install gnucash-jz

The snapped package co-exists with traditional application. To remove it, run command:

sudo snap remove gnucash-jz

How to Install GnuCash 2.6.19 via PPA in Ubuntu:

For those who prefer traditional packages, you can install GnuCash 2.6.19 from the unofficial PPA, since the getdeb repository has not been updated for a period of time.

1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T and run command to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/gnucash

Input your password (no visual feedback) when it prompts. Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, and Ubuntu 18.04 are supported.

2. Then upgrade the software from an existing release via Software Updater:

or simply run commands one by one in terminal:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install gnucash

Uninstall:

To remove the financial-accounting software, open terminal and run command:

sudo apt-get remove --autoremove gnucash

And remove the PPA via Software & Updates utility under ‘Other Software’ tab.