Thank you Derek. I'm not sure what I installed but a search for dbi dbd and I selected what looked possible. Now it works and I am happy. Bruce
On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 7:16 AM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > Most likely you're using the SQL backend, and it sounds like you might not > have the right SQL Drivers installed on Debian. If you're using SQLite, > then make sure you have the dbi dbd sqlite driver installed. > > -derek > > On Sat, April 30, 2022 8:56 am, Bruce Irving wrote: > > David H.: Thank you. I'll try that when I get back to the office > Monday. > > I had tried a Reinstall from Synaptic but that didn't help. I've tried > > several times to compiling but always hit some snag that my inexperience > > couldn't overcome. While flatpaks have improved, it still has still a > few > > annoying idiosyncrasies. If this doesn't work, I'll probably return to > > flatpak. > > > > David Cousins: The first time, I did navigate to the data file and > double > > clicked it as was my usual method of opening it. When that didn't work, > I > > stated gnucash and used file/open. Both ways gave the same error. > > > > I do appreciate your suggestions. > > > > Bruce > > > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 2:54 PM David H <hell...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Bruce, > >> > >> Did you have a previous Debian install of gnucash - maybe try > >> uninstalling and re-installing the debian version - perhaps following > >> the > >> uninstall instructions at > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Uninstall_Gnucash_Linux ... You could > >> also > >> see if restarting solves anything. > >> > >> Why would you go back from probably the latest version available in > >> Flatpak > >> (4.10) to a version that's almost 18 months old (4.4) and 6 major > >> releases > >> ago with a lot of bug fixes and enhancements in between ? Personally I > >> would have stuck with the Flatpak version which obviously worked. If > >> the > >> Flatpak sandboxing is causing an issue for you perhaps you should > >> consider > >> compiling it yourself ? > >> > >> Cheers David H. > >> > >> > >> On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 at 04:52, Bruce Irving <idlegio...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> > I have been using Flatpak for GNC when I discovered that a version is > >> in > >> > the Debian which I installed. and removed the flatpak files. when I > >> went > >> > to open my data file either by double clicking the data files or Open > >> from > >> > GNC: No suitable backend was found for ... (See attached) > >> > This is Version: 4.4 > >> > Build ID: 4.4+(2020-12-28) > >> > > >> > The file did open in latest flatpak > >> > > >> > Bruce > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > 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. > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > > > > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > _______________________________________________ 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.
