Thanks for the info. Any answer to my other question about release notes, so that I might get a better sense of whether the new features/bug fixes are worth the effort?
Steve On 02/28/2018 10:49 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > Steve, > > You can try adding the GetDeb repo. They have 2.6.12 for 14.04, which is the > same version in the Xenial standard repo. So if you upgraded the OS to > Xenial, that’s as far as you’d get upgrade wise with Gnucash. (thought GetDeb > for Xenial backports 2.6.17) - see here: > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Ubuntu#GnuCash_.40_GetDeb > > You could also compile it yourself. The current version is 2.6.19. I did just > successfully compile it, twice, but I had some issues with the Dash and Unity > Launchers. You might have better luck. I used to build regularly on Lucid and > Precise without incident so I suspect there was likely something wacky about > my particular environment. (I was building a system for someone else and due > to time constraints decided to stick with the Distro package, otherwise, I’d > still be fiddling with it to make it work) Check out the wiki for build > instructions: https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building > > If you run into any snags, just ask, someone here will help out. > > Regards, > Adrien > >> On Feb 28, 2018, at 5:47 PM, Steve Cohen <stevec...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Been using gnucash for more than 6 months and I was wondering if there's >> an upgrade. I'm using Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS and they only support gnucash >> 1:2.6.1-2. The GNUcash website recommends going with what the >> distribution provides, but I wonder if there are new features I'd be >> interested in in the latest version. >> >> Has anyone done the Gnucash upgrade this way? Is there info anywhere >> about doing it? I'm technical enough to pull it off. Is it worth it? >> Are there release notes I might look at that would tell me whether I >> even want to do it? >> >> Thanks >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
