Re: Switching from Windows to Mint

2018-02-11 Thread Rick Copple
On 02/11/2018 12:05 PM, Robin Chattopadhyay wrote: (I tried the distribution, but it doesn't have the sqlite/libdbi options installed. And the version is 2.6.12) I'm using 2.6.12 on an Lunbuntu (Unbuntu for all practical purposes) and recently installed sqlite to use it with that feature. I di

Re: Switching from Windows to Mint

2018-02-11 Thread Ronal B Morse
As someone who has been using Linux as my principal operating system on home and business PCs since 2004, I can say with certainty that Linux helps those who help themselves.  It'll be worth the effort, though. I don't use Mint, but the spousal unit does and on the rare occasions I've had to i

Re: Switching from Windows to Mint

2018-02-11 Thread Robin Chattopadhyay
Hello again! I appear to have solved my own issues. I had a number of dependencies missing in addition to what's listed in the wiki: * libdbd-sqlite3 * libofx-dev * libgoffice-0.8 * libgtk2.0-dev On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 12:05 PM, Robin Chattopadhyay wrote: > Hi all- > > I've been using GnuCash

Switching from Windows to Mint

2018-02-11 Thread Robin Chattopadhyay
Hi all- I've been using GnuCash for years on various versions of Windows, but I got a new computer and decided to make the leap to Linux. I'm using Mint 18.3 and I'm having trouble building from source. I've been following the steps in the wiki. (I tried the distribution, but it doesn't have the