{"id":7173,"date":"2017-09-25T15:40:39","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7173"},"modified":"2019-04-04T15:10:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T15:10:30","slug":"gnucash-2-6-18-released-with-some-fixes-ubuntu-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/09\/gnucash-2-6-18-released-with-some-fixes-ubuntu-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"GnuCash 2.6.18 Released with Some Fixes (Ubuntu PPA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/gnucash-icon245.png\" alt=\"GnuCash\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6863\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Free accounting software GnuCash got a new update recently for its 2.6 stable series.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gnucash.org\/news.phtml\" target=\"_blank\">GnuCash 2.6.18<\/a> is primarily comprised of bug fixes, including 2 bugs that are six years old. They are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Calendar of upcoming SXes has various display issues.<\/li>\n<li>Interdependent report options fail to change state after using apply for a limited number of times.<\/li>\n<li>Set Invoice\/Bill items date correctly from imported CSV.<\/li>\n<li>unifying &#8220;Clear the entry.&#8221; tooltip on Loan Repayment Calculator.<\/li>\n<li>Persian currency symbol is doubled.<\/li>\n<li>Added Catalan Accounts for the New Account Assistant<\/li>\n<li>Fixed errors from loading init.py.<\/li>\n<li>Run the python bindings tests in a CMake build.<\/li>\n<li>Implement dist, distcheck, and uninstall targets for CMake build.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install GnuCash in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The <del>GetDeb repository<\/del> 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).<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> To add the repository, open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo sh -c 'echo \"deb http:\/\/archive.getdeb.net\/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc)-getdeb apps\" >> \/etc\/apt\/sources.list.d\/getdeb.list'<\/pre>\n<p>For Linux Mint 18.x, replace <code>$(lsb_release -sc)<\/code> in the code with <code>xenial<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/getdeb-repsoitory-600x92.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"92\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/getdeb-repsoitory-600x92.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/getdeb-repsoitory-450x69.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/getdeb-repsoitory.jpg 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then install the key so to trust the updates from the repository via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">wget -q -O - http:\/\/archive.getdeb.net\/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -<\/pre>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Once the new release is published in that repository, use <b>Software Updater<\/b> to upgrade it:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/update-gnucash-450x351.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade GnuCash\" width=\"450\" height=\"351\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/update-gnucash-450x351.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/update-gnucash-600x468.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/update-gnucash.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>or install GnuCash for the first time via either system package manager or run commands:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install gnucash<\/pre>\n<p><b>Uninstall:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove GnuCash financial-accounting software, either use system package manager or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove gnucash<\/pre>\n<p>To remove GetDeb repository, launch &#8220;Software &#038; Updates&#8221; utility and navigate to Other Software tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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: Calendar of upcoming SXes has various display issues. Interdependent report options fail to change state after using apply for a limited number of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[1228,949],"class_list":["post-7173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","category-news","tag-free-finance-software","tag-gnucash"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7173","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=7173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}