Hi Papa Oz! First of all: I'd recommend updating to a more current version both of GnuCash (latest 4.x is 4.14 from 2023-03-25) and Finance::Quote (latest is 1.54 from 2022-12-26). GnuCash 5.0 still has some issues.
The developers decided to publish the stable GnuCash Linux versions as flatpak, not as deb packages. So in order to get the cutting edge version without building from source code, you have to install flatpak. I'm on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, only limited experience with other Linux flavors (switched from OpenSUSE sometime in the last century or millennium), but the following instructions should work more or less: $ sudo apt install flatpak The latest GnuCash 4.x flatpak on code.gnucash.org is 4.13 from 2023-03-18, can be downloaded here: https://code.gnucash.org/builds/flatpak/maint/gnucash-maint-C4.13-164-g207b105b9c-D4.13-7-g96300db7.flatpakref Can be installed with: $ cd ~/Downloads/GnuCash/ # Change to location of your flatpak file $ flatpak install gnucash-maint-C4.13-164-g207b105b9c-D4.13-7-g96300db7.flatpakref # sudo not needed And started with: $ flatpak run org.gnucash.Gnucash There you go. Each flatpak package includes it's own current Finance::Quote. To get the gnucash starter icon in your environment, you may need to install the Linux mint 21 cinnamon flatplak plugin: $ sudo apt install flatpak-plugin-cinnamon On my system there are two flatpak GnuCash versions installed, which reside peacefully next door to each other: $ flatpak list --app Name Application ID Version Zweig Ursprung Installation GnuCash org.gnucash.GnuCash 4.13-164-g207b105b9c+ maint-C4.13-164-g207b105b9c-D4.13-7-g96300db7 gnucash1-origin system GnuCash org.gnucash.GnuCash 5.0-65-ge87865209e+ stable-C5.0-65-ge87865209e-D5.0 gnucash3-origin system To start a specific version, you need to add the --branch option, e. g.: $ flatpak run --branch=maint-C4.13-164-g207b105b9c-D4.13-7-g96300db7 org.gnucash.GnuCash I hope this helps for now. I also did the whole building process from source code, which is a lot more complicated and time consuming. But this also can be done as an experienced Linux user. Cheers, Carsten Am 14.04.23 um 03:26 schrieb Papa Oz:
I am trying to run gnucash 4.8 under Mint 21 xfce. The help menu item gives the following: Version: 4.8 Build ID: 4.8a+(2021-09-28) Finance::Quote: 1.51 gnucash does not save preferences. I run it from the terminal so I can see any messages. Upon starting I see: Found Finance::Quote version 1.51. I can enter transactions. They are updated in the data file. When I try to update the preferences, immediately upon clicking "preferences" (after "edit") I receive this message: "sys:1: Warning: g_hash_table_foreach: assertion 'hash_table != NULL' failed" I have conducted the following test. Before running gnucash I run cd;ls -lR >file1 After exiting gnucash I run cd;ls -lR >file2 Then I run meld ~/file1 ~/file2 It shows a couple of added logs and a backup, and the data file has been updated. There are no other changes anywhere in my home subtree except the file*. Specifically not in .config/gnucash nor .local/share/gnucash. Can anyone tell me how to fix this or point me to a more modern gnucash .deb file that will install and run properly on Mint 21? _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- 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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