Did you make sure there were no other similar files already in the folder you downloaded to and that you downloaded the correct files?
Colin On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 19:26, Eric Coates <eric.coa...@sky.com> wrote: > > Stephan > > Although I???m about to relate some problems I???ve had with your GnuCash > 3.5 on Ubuntu 19.04 before I do I want to say that I appreciate your > efforts (and those of your ???hand holders???!) on providing tools to the > community. Sincerely, thank you. > > My situation is that I upgraded to 19.04 just two or three weeks ago and > I don???t think I???ve done anything of such significance as to screw up the > system. I was running GnuCash 3.4 (the default in 19.04) but hit > problems (discussed elsewhere). Your solution seemed to be a gift from > heaven. > > The first two Terminal commands (which with the third, I think, need to > be run in the Downloads/gnucash_3.5 folder) ran with no problems but the > third gave the following output: > > /eric@Magus-4:~/Downloads/gnucash_3.5$ sudo apt install ./*3.5*.deb/ > > /[sudo] password for eric: / > > /Reading package lists... Done/ > > /Building dependency tree / > > /Reading state information... Done/ > > /Note, selecting 'gnucash' instead of './gnucash_3.5_amd64.deb'/ > > /Note, selecting 'gnucash-common' instead of './gnucash-common_3.5_all.deb'/ > > /Note, selecting 'python3-gnucash' instead of > './python3-gnucash_3.5_amd64.deb'/ > > /Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have/ > > /requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable/ > > /distribution that some required packages have not yet been created/ > > /or been moved out of Incoming./ > > /The following information may help to resolve the situation:/ > > > /The following packages have unmet dependencies./ > > /gnucash : Depends: libicu60 (>= 60.1-1~) but it is not installable/ > > /Depends: libpython3.6 (>= 3.6.5) but it is not installable/ > > /Recommends: gnucash-docs but it is not going to be installed/ > > /Recommends: pythone3-gnucash but it is not installable/ > > /python3-gnucash : Depends: libpython3.6 (>= 3.6.5) but it is not > installable/ > > /Depends: python3 (< 3.7) but 3.7.3-1 is to be installed/ > > /E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages./ > > /eric@Magus-4:~/Downloads/gnucash_3.5$ / > > > Although my wife would probably disagree, I???m reasonably good at > following instructions but those error messages left me somewhat > baffled. I???ve done some investigations using Synaptic with the following > results: > > ?????? There appears to be no libicu60 available, but libicu63 (version > 63.1-6) is installed > > ?????? There appears to be no libpython3.6 available, but libpython3.7 > (version 3.7.3-2) is installed > > ?????? gnucash-docs is installed (as version 3.4-1) > > ?????? A search for libpythone3-gnucash (and libpython3-gnucash) give no > results > > ?????? python3 (at version 3.7.3-1) is installed > > ?????? Selecting ???Custom Filters??? and the ???Broken??? category shows no > entries > > To my untutored eyes, it looks as if my system is too ???advanced??? - but > what do I know. > > Can you indicate how I may proceed - without my GnuCash I can???t spend > any money! > > Best wishes > > Eric > > PS: This document was constructed in LibreOffice, experience suggests > that the formatting and some characters might get messed up. If so, > apologies in advance. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
