At Sun, 7 Oct 2018 13:47:05 -0500 Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote:
> > Ideally, one should be able to choose a repository with a more up to date > version so you don't have to build. (such as sid) There could (will) be issues with dependencies... > > If I had the hardware to test, I'd go through the build and add the recipe > to the wiki, but alas...(anyone?) I expect a VM running an appropriate version of Debian or Ubuntu would work to build a viable .deb file or even a binary .tar.bz2 file, that could be dropped / unpacked into /usr/local/ or /opt/, etc. > > But note, you can install flatpak and use that version as well. > Assuming there aren't dependencies issues... > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Oct 7, 2018, at 1:04 PM, Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> wrote: > > > > At Sun, 7 Oct 2018 10:19:51 -0500 (CDT) randix <butterands...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> > >> thanks, unfortunately, also get the message, "error while installing" > > > > OK, it looks like *someone* needs to build a newer version of GnuCash under > > ChromeOS OR really under the version of Debian used by ChromeOS or possibly > > a > > version of Ubuntu that is binary compatible with the version of Debian used > > by > > ChromeOS. *I* *have* VMs running Ubuntu 14.04 and could probably create > > VMs > > running 16.04 or even 18.04, but I have no clue which (if any) are binary > > compatible with ChromeOS... I don't have the wherewithall to install > > Debian > > itself (I have dialup Internet so I cannot do any sort of network install > > -- I > > do have a local repo for Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, and 18.04 on a removable disk > > that I sneakernet to someplace to rsync it up to date from time to time). > > > > The *ideal* option would be to build from sources on the chromebook itself. > > I > > guess that would be possible, just a bit non-trivial. > > > > Is there any way to get a more detailed message than "error while > > installing"? > > Eg. which dependencies are missing, etc. It *could* be possible to hunt > > down > > additional (missing) packages and install them. Or something like that. > > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > >> > >> > > > > -- > > Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 > > Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services > > http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services > > hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services _______________________________________________ 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.