I was able to use the remove feature in Ubuntu Software..... however after I ran that, I did the whereis gnucash and this is the output.
dennis@dennis-XPS-8500:~$ whereis gnucash gnucash: /etc/gnucash /usr/include/gnucash /usr/share/gnucash I then did sudo apt-get remove gnucash repeated whereis gnucash with same output. I don't have anything /gnucash in the lib directory Here is the output of the lib directory dennis@dennis-XPS-8500:/lib$ ls apparmor klibc-k3La8MUnuzHQ0_kG8hokcGAC0PA.so recovery-mode brltty ld-linux.so.2 resolvconf cpp ld-lsb.so.1 systemd crda ld-lsb.so.2 sysvinit firmware ld-lsb.so.3 terminfo hdparm linux-sound-base udev i386-linux-gnu lsb ufw ifupdown modprobe.d x86_64-linux-gnu init modules xtables Output of the ls on i386-linux-gnu dennis@dennis-XPS-8500:/lib/i386-linux-gnu$ ls ld-2.23.so libc-2.23.so libdl-2.23.so libnsl-2.23.so libnss_files-2.23.so libnss_nisplus.so.2 libresolv.so.2 libutil-2.23.so ld-linux.so.2 libcidn-2.23.so libdl.so.2 libnsl.so.1 libnss_files.so.2 libnss_nis.so.2 librt-2.23.so libutil.so.1 libanl-2.23.so libcidn.so.1 libgcc_s.so.1 libnss_compat-2.23.so libnss_hesiod-2.23.so libpcprofile.so librt.so.1 libz.so.1 libanl.so.1 libcrypt-2.23.so libm-2.23.so libnss_compat.so.2 libnss_hesiod.so.2 libpthread-2.23.so libSegFault.so libz.so.1.2.8 libBrokenLocale-2.23.so libcrypt.so.1 libmemusage.so libnss_dns-2.23.so libnss_nis-2.23.so libpthread.so.0 libthread_db-1.0.so libBrokenLocale.so.1 libc.so.6 libm.so.6 libnss_dns.so.2 libnss_nisplus-2.23.so libresolv-2.23.so libthread_db.so.1 I tried the dpkg optrion also dennis@dennis-XPS-8500:~$ sudo dpkg -r gnucash dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove gnucash, only the config files of which are on the system; use --purge to remove them too Thanks for the help. BTW, I can't find gnucash in unity. Dennis On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 10:56 AM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: > > > > On May 9, 2018, at 3:19 PM, DaveC49 <davidcous...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > > > Dennis > > > > It is probbaly a good idea to uninstall the previous build of 2.6.x > before > > upgrading. With the changes between 2.6 and 3.1 there may have been > changes > > in the libraries/library names such that some older libraries may not > > necessarilybe overwritten. > > > > How to remove it will depend upon how you installed it and in which > location > > you installed it. If you built it from sources and you have retained the > > source directory, try changing to the top level source directory or a > build > > directory if there is one in a terminal and then type > > > > make uninstall > > > > if it was installed under your home directory > > > > or sudo make uninstall > > > > if it was installed to a system directory like /usr/local or/opt. > > > > If you didn't retain the source directory and/or build directory then > things > > get a bit harder. One strategy would be to download the sources for that > > version again. Follow the instructions for buidling that version apart > from > > the "make install" or "sudo make install" at the end. This will recreate > a > > manifest file. Then issue the "make install" or "sudo make install" in > the > > top level source directory (if you built them with a build directory then > > issue the command in that build directory.) Both Cmake and autotools > can be > > used on the later 2.6.x versions. > > > > You can tell where Gnucash is installed using > > whereis gnucash > > in a shell to list the locations that gnucash was installed to. If the > first > > part of the path is /usr/local or /opt or another system location ( that > is > > one not under the /home/dennis tree) then you will need to use sudo as a > > prefix to make uninstall. I am not sure if whereis locates installs under > > your home directory however. > > > > > > If you installed using apt then > > > > sudo apt-get remove gnucash > > should do the job. > > > > If you installed from a debian package you downloaded > > > > sudo dpkg -r gnucash > > > > should also remove it > > > > There are instructions on the > > > > The BuildUbuntu16.04 wiki page has a section for Uninstalling Gnucash as > > above. It also has a link and a link to another which has instructions > for > > manually removing Gnucash. I need to add more to that page but the manual > > removal instructions there do work. Note you need to use sudo before any > > commands if installed in a system location. > > > > I would try the instructions above first however as manually deleting > things > > from system directories > > can be hazardous to your system. > > You can clear enough to get a clean build by deleting > <prefix>/<lib>/gnucash, where <prefix> is the root of the installation--the > parent of bin/, etc/, <lib>/, and share/. <lib> is whatever your system > calls its library directory: In the old days it was just lib/, but some > systems use lib64/ and some use lib/x86_64-gnu-linux or something similar. > For example, if you’re installing into $HOME/.local and lib isn’t mangled > on your system, > rm -rf $HOME/.local/lib/gnucash > will delete all of the loadable modules and precompiled guile modules so > they don’t interfere with the build. > > Regards, > John Ralls > _______________________________________________ > 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. 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