Create a desktop file on the desktop. To do this, open a text editor, e.g. gedit, and paste the following into a file and save it on your desktop with the name gnucash-maint.desktop (example file attached):
=== gnucash-maint.desktop === [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Terminal=false Exec=/home/jeff/Documents/gnucash/build/bin/gnucash Name=GnuCash (maint) Comment=Manage home and small business accounts Icon=/home/jeff/Documents/gnucash/build/share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash-icon.ico === End of gnucash-maint.desktop === Note that: 1) I am guessing your username and am assuming that you have used the paths in the bash script. Change the Exec and Icon lines accordingly if your username is different. 2) I am assuming here you want to run it from the build folder. If you run make install after building it, you will find it in /home/jeff/opt/gnucash/bin/gnucash and can use that path instead in the Exec and Icon lines (assuming your home is /home/jeff) Once you have saved the file on your desktop, right click it and select "Allow launching". You should now see the GnuCash icon with the name "GnuCash (maint)" and should be able to use it to launch gnucash. Going forward, if you want to keep up with the maintenance release, and ultimately the next release, you can just git pull in the source folder and build it again. David On Sun, 3 Oct 2021 at 05:25, Jeff <beastmaster...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > On 9/29/21 6:48 AM, Jon Schewe wrote: > > If you install from flatpak you will get the current version. However > > note that there is currently a bug with 4.7 that prevents it from > > opening, so you may want to wait on that. > > > > sudo apt install flatpak > > sudo flatpak install org.gnucash.GnuCash > > > > flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash > > > > On Wed, 2021-09-29 at 01:10 -0500, Jeff wrote: > >> Short of building from source, is there a link anywhere for upgrading > >> from 4.2 to the next compatible stable version on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS? The > >> Debian list is too far behind since I run multiple O.S.'s. I tried the > >> suggested PPA, I think it was sicklylife something or other for 4.3. > >> Totally screwed up a test set of books that I use just to test new > >> versions before I turn it loose on my multiple sets of books for > >> family. It would be nice to run the same working versions on my Ubuntu > >> Server (Micro$soft bricked my main server and had to replace it, so I am > >> migrating everything I can to Ubuntu) and my dual boot laptop. > >> > >> I have tried several times to build from source but; I am too old school > >> on my programming language list (i.e. Cobol, Pascal, forth) to get a > >> build to work. Every time I have tried it spits out in a foreign > >> language some error list and fails to build. My bad. > >> > >> You would think that someone who wrote over 100,000 lines of C++ code to > >> handle up to 2 billion inventory items for a POS and parts ordering > >> system at best cost could easily handle this, but the languages you use > >> are all too new to me. > >> > >> I would settle for a copy of "Building the Newest Version of GNC for > >> Dummies Course" book. > >> > > . > > So how do I get this to launch from a desktop icon like I had 4.2 > doing? On Ubuntu. The desktop link still does 4.2 but the command line > you listed does 4.8. > > > -- > --JEffrey Black M.B.A. > > _______________________________________________ > 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. -- David Whiting
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