{"id":7372,"date":"2017-12-18T15:43:04","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T15:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7372"},"modified":"2017-12-18T15:43:04","modified_gmt":"2017-12-18T15:43:04","slug":"gnucash-2-6-19-released-how-to-install-it-in-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/12\/gnucash-2-6-19-released-how-to-install-it-in-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"GnuCash 2.6.19 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu"},"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>The nineteenth maintenance release of GnuCash 2.6 stable series was announced 2 days ago. Here&#8217;s how to install it in all current Ubuntu releases.<\/p>\n<p>Bugs fixed in GnuCash 2.6.19:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Disabling OFX, AqBanking or python-bindings support cripples the dist build target<\/li>\n<li>FTBFS with libdbi 0.9.0-5 on Debian: DBI error<\/li>\n<li>Set Invoice\/Bill items date correctly from imported CSV<\/li>\n<li>A better way to handle MySQL&#8217;s 0000-00-00 invalid date indicator.<\/li>\n<li>Fix python build and test errors on Mac.<\/li>\n<li>Add translator hint comments to C and glade files.<\/li>\n<li>Improve type of bank accounts in SKR03<\/li>\n<li>Stop testing GObject&#8217;s handling of invalid parameters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install GnuCash 2.6.19 via Snap in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>For Ubuntu 16.04 and higher, GnuCash now is available as <a href=\"https:\/\/snapcraft.io\/\" target=\"_blank\">Snap<\/a> package (run in sandbox).<\/p>\n<p>Simply search for and install it from Ubuntu Software (need login with Ubuntu One account).<\/p>\n<p>Or open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run command to install the snap:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">snap install gnucash-jz<\/pre>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gnucash-snap-600x82.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"82\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gnucash-snap-600x82.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gnucash-snap-450x61.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gnucash-snap.jpg 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The snapped package co-exists with traditional application. To remove it, run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo snap remove gnucash-jz<\/pre>\n<h4>How to Install GnuCash 2.6.19 via PPA in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>For those who prefer traditional packages, you can install GnuCash 2.6.19 from the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~ubuntuhandbook1\/+archive\/ubuntu\/gnucash\" target=\"_blank\">unofficial PPA<\/a>, since the getdeb repository has not been updated for a period of time.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T and run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1\/gnucash<\/pre>\n<p><i>Input your password (no visual feedback) when it prompts. <b>Ubuntu 16.04<\/b>, <b>Ubuntu 17.04<\/b>, <b>Ubuntu 17.10<\/b>, and <b>Ubuntu 18.04<\/b> are supported.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gnucash-unofficial-ppa-600x80.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"80\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gnucash-unofficial-ppa-600x80.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gnucash-unofficial-ppa-450x60.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/gnucash-unofficial-ppa.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> Then upgrade the software from an existing release via Software Updater:<\/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 simply run commands one by one in terminal:<\/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 the financial-accounting software, open terminal and run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove gnucash<\/pre>\n<p>And remove the PPA via <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> utility under &#8216;Other Software&#8217; tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nineteenth maintenance release of GnuCash 2.6 stable series was announced 2 days ago. Here&#8217;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 [&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":[950,949],"class_list":["post-7372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","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\/7372","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=7372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}