{"id":10387,"date":"2020-07-01T14:21:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T14:21:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=10387"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:09:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T13:09:22","slug":"install-gnucash-4-0-ubuntu-20-04-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2020\/07\/install-gnucash-4-0-ubuntu-20-04-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install GnuCash (5.14 Updated) in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This simple tutorial shows how to install GnuCash, the personal and small-business financial-accounting software, in all current Ubuntu releases including Ubuntu 25.04\/25.10, Ubuntu 24.04, Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 20.04<\/b><\/p>\n

GnuCash is available in Ubuntu repository, but old. For the latest release, you may install it via either Flatpak package or an Ubuntu PPA.<\/p>\n

At the moment of writing, the latest version is GnuCash 5.14, and the changes are available in this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Method 1: Install GnuCash from Ubuntu repository<\/h3>\n

The package in system repository is old, but supported by Ubuntu Team<\/strong>, and available in all supported CPU architecture types, including x86_64, Arm 64\/hf, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x.<\/p>\n

To install the package, simply press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. Then, run command:<\/p>\n

sudo apt install gnucash<\/pre>\n
Run sudo apt update<\/code> if package not found, and type user password (no asterisk feedback) for sudo authentication.<\/i><\/p>\n
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Method 2: Install latest GnuCash via Flatpak package<\/h3>\n
For the latest version, so far GnuCash 5.14, the official website refers to the Flatpak package<\/a>. It can be installed in most Linux, though runs in sandbox!<\/b> And, it supports both X86_64 and Arm 64 CPU architecture types.<\/p>\n
1.) Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to install flatpak framework:<\/p>\n
sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n
Type your password (no visual feedback) for sudo prompts and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n
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2.) Then install the latest GnuCash as Flatpak package, by running command:<\/p>\n
flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/org.gnucash.GnuCash.flatpakref<\/pre>\n
NOTE: First time installing a Flatpak app, may also install hundreds MB of runtime libraries. And, you may need to log out and back in<\/b> to make the app icon visible.<\/p>\n
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Method 3: Install GnuCash 5.13 via Ubuntu PPA<\/h3>\n
Want the latest version but hate running app in sandbox? The classic GNUCash packaging team PPA<\/a> has been revived with Ubuntu 20.04, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 24.04, and Ubuntu 25.04 support on X86_64 and ARM64 platforms.<\/p>\n
NOTE: The PPA now is NOT affiliated with Ubuntu or Gnucash developer team! Meaning community maintained and unofficial!<\/b><\/p>\n
1. First, press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open terminal. When terminal opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnucash\/ppa<\/pre>\n
Type user password (no asterisk feedback) when it asks and hit Enter to continue<\/i><\/p>\n
NOTE for Ubuntu 20.04, the PPA also contains updated libgwenhywfar<\/code> library that’s required by Gnucash 5.10+. It however may conflict with other app packages depend on the stock version of libgwenhywfar<\/code> library from system repository.<\/p>\n
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2. If you’re following this tutorial in Linux Mint 21\/22, then you have to manually refresh system package cache after adding PPA, which’s done automatically in Ubuntu.<\/p>\n
sudo apt update<\/pre>\n
3. Finally, install the financial-accounting software by running command:<\/p>\n
sudo apt install gnucash<\/pre>\n
Tips:<\/b> for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with Ubuntu Pro enabled, you may run the command below instead to specify the software source in apt command:<\/p>\n
sudo apt install -t \"o=LP-PPA-gnucash\" gnucash<\/pre>\n
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After installation, search for and launch the software from either applications menu or the overview screen depends on your desktop environment.<\/p>\n
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Uninstall GnuCash<\/h3>\n
Depends on how you installed the software package, remove it by running either command below.<\/p>\n
For the package installed via apt<\/code> command in ‘Method 1’ and ‘Method 3’, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to remove it:<\/p>\n
sudo apt remove --autoremove gnucash<\/pre>\n
Also, remove the Ubuntu PPA from your system by running command:<\/p>\n
sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:gnucash\/ppa<\/pre>\n
For the software installed via Flatpak package, run the command below instead to remove it:<\/p>\n
flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.gnucash.GnuCash<\/pre>\n
Also run flatpak uninstall --unused<\/code> to remove useless leftovers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This simple tutorial shows how to install GnuCash, the personal and small-business financial-accounting software, in all current Ubuntu releases including Ubuntu 25.04\/25.10, 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44445,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[950,949],"class_list":["post-10387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-free-accounting-software","tag-gnucash"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}