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For GnuCash users who prefer the native .deb package format, here I made a new unofficial PPA for all current Ubuntu releases.
GnuCash is a popular personal and small-business financial-accounting software. It’s available in the Ubuntu system repositories, but always old.
I’ve written about how to install the most recent GnuCash 5.10 in Ubuntu in different ways. For those who prefer the .deb package, here’s a new PPA available for choice.
This simple tutorial shows how to install GnuCash, the personal and small-business financial-accounting software, in all current Ubuntu releases including Ubuntu 24.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 20.04
GnuCash is available in Ubuntu repository, but old. For the latest release, you may install it via either Flatpak package or an Ubuntu PPA.
At the moment of writing, the latest version is GnuCash 5.10, and the changes are available in this page.
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.
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
To remove GnuCash 3.4, run command in terminal:
sudo apt remove --autoremove gnucash
And remove the PPA via Software & Updates -> Other Software.
GnuCash, free and open-source accounting software, reached the 3.0 stable release series a few days ago.
GnuCash 3.0 now uses the Gtk+-3.0 toolkit and the WebKit2Gtk API. It also features:
There’s no PPA repository contains GnuCash 3.0 package or updated snap package at the moment of writing, other than building it from the source tarball:
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:
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
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.
Free accounting software GnuCash got a new update recently for its 2.6 stable series.
GnuCash 2.6.18 is primarily comprised of bug fixes, including 2 bugs that are six years old. They are:
The GetDeb repository contains the most recent GnuCash packages for Ubuntu 16.04, and Ubuntu 17.04, though the 2.6.18 is not available at the moment (Be patient, it will be available in a few days).
1. To add the repository, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc)-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
For Linux Mint 18.x, replace $(lsb_release -sc) in the code with xenial.
2. Then install the key so to trust the updates from the repository via command:
wget -q -O - http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
3. Once the new release is published in that repository, use Software Updater to upgrade it:
or install GnuCash for the first time via either system package manager or run commands:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gnucash
Uninstall:
To remove GnuCash financial-accounting software, either use system package manager or run command:
sudo apt-get remove --autoremove gnucash
To remove GetDeb repository, launch “Software & Updates” utility and navigate to Other Software tab.
GnuCash 2.6.17, the seventeenth maintenance release in the 2.6-stable series of the free financial-accounting software, was released 2 weeks ago. Now you can install it via GetDeb repository in Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, and Linux Mint 18.x.
GnuCash 2.6.17 fixed following bugs:
Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for “terminal” from app launcher. When it opens, run following commands one by one:
1. Add the GetDeb repository via command:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc)-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
For Linux Mint 18.x, run following command instead to add the repository:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu xenial-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
2. Upgrade GnuCash via Software Updater utility if you have a previous release installed:
Or install it via commands:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gnucash
Uninstall:
To remove GnuCash, either use your system package manager or run command:
sudo apt-get remove --autoremove gnucash
The GetDeb repository can be removed via Software & Updates utility under Other Software tab.
While Ubuntu repositories only provide old versions of GnuCash, here’s how to install the latest version of the financial-accounting software, GnuCash 2.6.16, Ubuntu 16.04, Linux Mint 18, and Ubuntu 17.04.
GnuCash is free small-business financial-accounting software designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible. It allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses.
The latest so far is GnuCash 2.6.16, features various bug-fixes and translation updates.
The GetDeb repository offers the binary packages for Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04, and their derivatives.
1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching “Terminal” from app launcher, when it opens, run command:
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc)-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'
Type in your password (no visual feedback) and hit Enter to add the repository.
For Linux Mint, please enable GetDeb App repository via Software Sources -> Additional repositories.
2. For those who have a previous release installed, launch Software Updater (Update Manager) and upgrade GnuCash after checking for updates:
or simply run commands to update and install the financial-accounting software:
sudo apt update sudo apt install gnucash
Uninstall:
The GetDeb repository can be removed via the Software & Updates utility under Other Software tab.
If you want to downgrade GnuCash to the stock version in Ubuntu repositories, install Synaptic Package Manager via Ubuntu Software, launch it and force install old version of gnucash.
The latest stable release of GnuCash, a personal and small-business financial-accounting software now is at version 2.6.x, announced on 29th Dec 2013.
New Features:
Preferences have been migrated from GConf to GSettings. This is a simpler and more robust backend which writes to the OS’s native prefs — defaults on OS X and the Registry on MSWindows — and allows us to remove several troublesome dependencies including GConf, ORBit, and DBus. The change includes a migration script that will run at Gnucash startup.
New date handling which allows GnuCash to use dates after March 2038.
Guile-2 compatibility: GnuCash now requires either Guile-1.8 or Guile-2.0 Documents outside of GnuCash, images of receipts for example, can now be linked to transactions, with the facility of opening them in the default application for the document type.
Cutsom Reports can now be saved without renaming the report, and modifications can overwrite an existing report.
The import assistant now finishes much more quickly after assigning contra-accounts.
GnuCash now requires Gtk+-2.24.0 and GLib-2.26.0. Most of the dependencies on obsolete libraries have been removed; only libgnomecanvas remains. Unfortunately the effort to rewrite the register code to use GtkTreeModel wasn’t completed in time, so GnuCash is not on the cusp of converting to Gtk3.
The Business Module has been substantially revamped, including support for Credit Notes and import of customers and vendors from a CSV file.
The Num field in the register display is now optionally per-split, so for example a check number can be entered for the checking account split and an invoice number for the expense account split.
GnuCash can now open locked books read-only so that more than one user can view a file. GnuCash still does not support multiple simultaneous writers.
By agreement of all authors, GnuCash is now licensed under the GNU General Public License Version 2 or later rather than simply Version 2. This allows derivative works to be licensed under the GPL Version 3 if the author of such a work so desires.
Bug fixes since 2.5.10:
Other Changes:
Source Code and Windows EXE file are available in sf download page.
For Ubuntu users, build GnuCash 2.6 from source or wait for Canonical updating the universe repository.
