On 5/5/19 5:06 AM, Eric Coates wrote: > Good Morning > > Short report: > > It's now all working and, for those who have been following a > different thread to do with European share prices not appearing in the > Price Editor window, European share prices are now appearing in the > Price Editor window - John (Ralls) was right, the problem is solved > with 3.5. > > Slightly longer report: > > I was the main reason why it didn't work last night, I was using a > version of Stephen's files that I downloaded prior to my upgrading to > 19.04 (which, I assume, were for 18.04) and not the more recent ones. > I saw Stephen's note of this morning, downloaded the new versions and > ran all three of the commands and - everything worked. So now I can go > and spend some money! > > Only peripherally related: On the Google drive that Stephen used > there's a not-exactly-clear feature. Clicking on Stephen's link brings > up a screen with two boxes (marked Disco and Trusty), exactly where > you click in those boxes determines what happens, if you click on the > folder icon (which changes to the common symbol for download) you get > a zipped file containing all three of the necessary files, clicking on > the text takes you to another page from which you can download files > individually. And if you click on the Trusty-... one, you will get both 3.4 and 3.5. Work your way down until you just see files and not folders!! > > As always, my thanks to everybody for their time and help. > > Take care > > Eric > > ===================================== > > > > On 05/05/2019 08:40, Colin Law wrote: >> 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 >>>>> seehttps://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. >
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