If you select and download all three files in one go then Dropbox zips them up. If you download them one at a time it keeps them as individual files and saves the effort of unzipping them.
Colin On Sat, 4 May 2019 at 22:23, Eric Coates <eric.coa...@sky.com> wrote: > > Colin, Ronal > > Thanks for taking the time to respond. > > It's possible/probable that I used the wrong files. In my Download > folder I had a directory gnucash_3.5 and a zipped file (which, to be > honest I didn't notice until Colin's note prompted a careful looking) I > never use the underscore convention (on files/directories I create - for > reasons that are so petty it's embarrassing to share them) so I assumed > that was the result of downloading Stephen's file and it is those files > I used. > > Idiot me person! A phrase popular in our family through my wife's use of it. > > I've just unzipped the zip file and compared the resulting files with > those in the gnucash_3.5 directory. The ones from the zip file all have > a modified date of "yesterday", those from the gnucash_3.5 directory > have a modified date of 16th April. As Stephen's note suggests that he > has just created the "correct" files I'm going to assume that I should > have used the files from the zipped file. > > But I'm going to do that tomorrow - it's getting late and I have a > (phone) date with my daughter now. I'll report back tomorrow. > > Best wishes > > Eric > > ====================================== > > On 04/05/2019 21:12, Colin Law wrote: > > 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.
