On 06/29/2018 12:43 AM, DaveC49 wrote: > Stephen, > > It is generally a good idea to remove the previous version before installing > a new one. Gnucash will generally overwrite any existing files of the same > name, but you may be left with unnecessary files in some cases. Going from > 3.1 to 3.2 should be OK as there are unlikey to be major changes in the file > structure, but between major version could be problematical There are > instructions on the Wiki in the build instructions for Ubuntu 16.04 for > doing uninstalls in a variety of circumstances including manually deleting > all the files which will be the same for 18.04. I'll put a note in there re > uninstalling previous versionsbefore the build instructions to make it > clearer. > > If you still have the 3.1 build directory: > open a shell and cd to the build directory then type > sudo make uninstall
Sadly, I aggressively removed it when bringing in 3.2 :-( So a learning experience that, hopefully, I can help others avoid. > > then do the install of V3.2 > > This uses a manifest created when Gnucash was installed to uninstall all of > the program files. It leaves user preference files untouched. > > David > > > > ----- > David Cousens > -- > Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > _______________________________________________ > 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.