When I go to https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnucash/files/ the green button says on it "Download latest version gnucash-2.6.29-tar.bz2(13.6MB)". But I am using LInux. Does it change dependent on which OS one is using?
Colin On 14 March 2018 at 20:52, Dave H <hell...@gmail.com> wrote: > So do I 😁 > > On 15 Mar. 2018 6:49 am, "David Carlson" <david.carlson....@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> So now I am the one that is confused, I got the windows installer when I >> followed that sequence. >> >> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 3:45 PM, David Carlson < >> david.carlson....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > The green button may have been broken for a while in the last couple of >> > days, but it worked for me when I first selected to download the windows >> > version from the gnucash webpage then use the green button to download >> the >> > setup file a few seconds ago. >> > >> > On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 3:31 PM, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> >> On 14 March 2018 at 20:05, David Carlson <david.carlson....@gmail.com> >> >> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Perhaps Mike has not seen the Source Forge webpage before. Just start >> >>> from >> >>> the <https://www.gnucash.org/> website. Then select Download GnuCash. >> >>> Select the version for your operating system. If it is Windows you >> get >> >>> taken to the Source Forge download page. That shows a fancy list of >> >>> folders with icons on the right that suggest popularity. About half >> way >> >>> down is the gnucash (stable) folder with a large number of downloads >> on >> >>> the >> >>> right. Click that or just click the large green button near the top >> of >> >>> the >> >>> page. Then make sure that you remember where you tell it to place the >> >>> file. >> >>> >> >> >> >> The confusion arises, I suspect, from the fact that the obvious thing >> to >> >> do is click the large green button which says Download Latest Version, >> >> which downloads the source tarball not the installer. I imagine that >> for >> >> 99% of visitors that is not what they want. >> >> >> >> Colin >> >> >> >> >> >>> >> >>> David C >> >>> >> >>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 2:41 PM, Mike Schliebe <mschli...@verizon.net >> > >> >>> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> > I downloaded it from Filehippo.com. I can't see how to download from >> >>> > SourceForge.net. That site is terribly confusing. I looked at >> >>> download.com >> >>> > from Cnet but they showed an older version of the program. I don't >> know >> >>> > what the sha256 is but here is a copy of the info in the "About" >> >>> section of >> >>> > the help menu: >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> > On 3/13/2018 4:00 PM, John Ralls wrote: >> >>> > >> >>> >> >> >>> >> On Mar 13, 2018, at 1:45 PM, Adrien Monteleone < >> >>> >>> adrien.montele...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> Mike, >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> Be careful. It is generally not safe to download software from >> >>> >>> unofficial sources. >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> SourceForge.net is the official source as Dave noted. >> >>> >>> >> >>> >>> What other site did you download it from? >> >>> >>> >> >>> >> We also put official binaries on the releases page of our Github >> repo. >> >>> >> >> >>> >> That said, confirming that the sha256 of what you downloaded >> matches >> >>> the >> >>> >> the one published in the release announcement regardless of where >> you >> >>> >> downloaded it from should be being careful enough. >> >>> >> >> >>> >> Regards, >> >>> >> John Ralls >> >>> >> >> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> >>> >> 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. >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. 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