I have no idea.... If I install gnucash from the official repositories ie apt get install gnucash, would a database be included in that installation?
It seemed in order to do the build I needed a database backend. So I chose that one. Otherwise from just a general user I don’t use a database with gnucash however if there is a database running on the backend that I don’t specifically interact with then I’m not sure which to use. Certainly, the build instructions stated to choose one of the three, if there is a big issue with choosing the wrong one or the right one maybe that should be specified in those directions? So, should I convert it to xml? Again, I thank you guys for all the help, very much appreciated!!! Dennis Sent from my iPhone > On May 7, 2018, at 11:48 AM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > >> On May 7, 2018, at 7:50 AM, Dennis Powless <claven...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Ok, so I re-read the instruction from David.... >> >> I followed the directions from this page.... >> https://tutorialforlinux.com/2018/03/13/how-to-create-menu-launcher-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-lts/ >> >> And was able to get a menu item. >> >> I was able to run Gnucash 3.1!!!! >> >> It opened my file, seems to be working fine!!! >> >> Thank you ALL for the help!!! >> >> >> I used the MySQL database, not sure if that was right or not. No, idea >> what I used on the previous install. >> > > Unless you really know what you’re doing MySQL is not what you want. You can > easily convert it using File>Save As... to the default XML. Unless your > computer has a tendency to crash a lot this is the safest option; if it does > crash a lot SQLite3 combined with a good automatic backup system is safest. > MySQL and Postgresql are suitable only for folks with experience running, > administering, and especially backing up those servers. > > 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.
