Yes, I converted it. Only thing is, the old file was zipped and the converted one is not.
Dennis Sent from my iPhone > On May 7, 2018, at 6:06 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > Dennis, > > The debian distributed GnuCash is compiled for SQL as well as XML, you just > need to install the appropriate additional package(s), usually libdbi, > libdbi-drivers, and mysql-client, pgsql-client, or sqlite3. > > For building you need to have one SQL backend installed so that the tests > work. SQLite3 requires the least futzing so if your need is only for passing > the tests--or even just to get it to build if you don’t care about the > tests--that’s the one to use. > > Yes, you should convert your book to XML. > > Regards, > John Ralls > >> On May 7, 2018, at 10:19 AM, Dennis Powless <claven...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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.
