Re: [GNC] Gnc 4.1 Make Fail - MX-LINUX (Debian Buster)

One of the things I like about MX Linux is the MX Applications updater/installer: it is relatively simple to pick and choose between standard Buster, backports and Flatpak versions, all in one place. The most recent Gnucash is available there as a Flatpak. From then on, all updates are handled by

Re: [GNC] Surprised to like dark mode on Linux

Thank you Richard, I had a look at that. The one color I have problems with is the text labeling an empty field's contents: typically, the labels Num, Action and Notes. The default I see now with Arc-Dark is light grey text on a light blue background, which is low contrast. I don't see where I

[GNC] Surprised to like dark mode on Linux

I'd given up on 'dark mode' registers in Gnucash some time ago. It was difficult to read and I resigned myself to setting 'Use Gnucash built in color theme' in Preferences>Register. Otherwise I use the Arc Dark theme system-wide in Debian Bullseye. But I was pleasantly surprised to discover that

Re: [GNC] Backup to encrypted 7zip file

FYI, I have successfully used EncFS and Cryptomator to store encrypted Gnucash data on a Dropbox-like sync service. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To

Re: [GNC] Why do Imported Transactions NEED to be Matched?

I have imported thousands of entries in CSV format--years of transactions--and found it helpful to split the original CSV into multiple parts (in my case, by year), saving the gnucash file after each import. For the very first import of a new bank account, I use a CSV with only three months of

Re: [GNC] Manuals for GnuCash

And if you buy it from Packt you can download it in a useful range of formats, DRM free https://www.packtpub.com/hardware-and-creative/gnucash-24-small-business-accounting-beginners-guide It was on offer in ebook much less recently. -- Sent from:

Re: [GNC] Manuals for GnuCash

As I noted recently on this list, I still find the Ramachandran book useful, even with the latest version of Gnucash. I like it, and found it useful. It is quite helpful about how to do ordinary everyday business things using Gnucash. It has tips, and some good advice. For example, he says it is

[GNC] Flatpak settings folder

On Debian 10 I am testing the latest flatpak installation. It works, but I don't see my saved reports now. I was previously syncing the directory *~/.local/share/gnucash* between installations by putting an alias there that pointed to a dropbox-like folder that was synced between machines and

Re: [GNC] Difficulty in migrating Gnucash to second computer

You can show the 'file path' of a Gnucash file, that is the location on your hard drive directory structure, if it is one of the 'recently opened' ones listed under the main File menu. First, in View menu, make sure you have selected to show the Status Bar (this bar appears right at the bottom,

Re: [GNC] Multiple GnuCash Rev Installations

Greg: you can search for your own, and other people's, old messages on the Nabble web site of the Gnucash mailing list. For example this message thread is posted on this page, where you will find a search box. There are ways to filter out just your own messages, too, there.

Re: [GNC] v3.8

Postscript: I was missing the Help and Concepts Guide, which I solved as follows: It took me several attempts, following instructions I found in INSTALL, READ ME and elsewhere. In the end, I believe this is the part of what I did which actually worked: 1. Download gnucash-docs from

Re: [GNC] v3.8

Thanks for the explanation, David. I think I may have been a bit over-zealous in my sudo use at the first stages of the procedure; that is perhaps what caused the permissions issue when I did not 'sudo' later on. I also run Gnucash inside Debian Buster virtual machines on both my Mac and Windows

Re: [GNC] v3.8

I eventually succeeded in building and installing Gnucash v3.8 on Debian Buster I installed to /usr/local because David had success with that. Not sure what I did to make it work, but it could have been any of the following: - used 'sudo' before cmake, make and make install commands; otherwise

Re: [GNC] v3.8

I'm attempting to build v 3.8 on Debian (Linux) Buster, using the instructions on 'Building on Linux' and--as far as I can understand--a side page on installing dependencies. I've run into an error on execution of the 'make' command that I do not understand. Can anyone please suggest a remedy?:

Re: [GNC] v3.8

Finbar, I think the Gnucash developers do their due diligence in testing but some things don't appear until a wider group start to use the new version. If you depend on Gnucash, and you are using MacOS, I suggest you clone your drive with SuperDuper! or similar software before installing a new

Re: [GNC] v3.8

If I build it myself on Debian Buster--using instructions in the Gnucash Wiki, 'Build for Linux'--will it solve the dependency issues for me? -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list

Re: [GNC] v3.8

I may have posted too soon without testing the debian packages for v3.8. Installation from the v3.8 .deb files I gave the URL for failed for me on Debian Buster when installing using apt (and individually using gdebi, with similar dependency issues). I uninstalled v3.7 first. Here is a transcript

Re: [GNC] v3.8

Someone helpfully placed .deb packages for Gnucash 3.8 here (today): http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gnucash/ There are old postings on the mail list that explain how to use these. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html

Re: [GNC] HTML Chart exports are blank on MacOS/Windows browsers

Concerning PDF output, I am using Print then 'Print to File' with PDF chosen (not Postscript or SVG). I find I have to tinker with Page Setup and the Gnucash onscreen window size/shape to create a graph that fits nicely on a single page PDF (this is an Expenses bar chart). I normally run Gnucash

Re: [GNC] HTML Chart exports are blank on MacOS/Windows browsers

Christopher: Thanks, I confirm your method of making a Firefox webpage creates an HTML version that works across platforms, at least from Linux to MacOS. This could be useful if you really want HTML, but Firefox stores the javascript code in a folder that is 772 kB, compared to about 8 kB for the

Re: [GNC] Unexpected currency change in a report

Bug report filed here https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=797537 -- 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

Re: [GNC] HTML Chart exports are blank on MacOS/Windows browsers

Let me try again to post the MacOS-specific code in the HTML chart report, which references the specific installation path of Gnucash on MacOS: Because of punctuation this was not visible in my previous post. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html

Re: [GNC] HTML Chart exports are blank on MacOS/Windows browsers

I think the user needs to know: 1. that the HTML Chart is platform specific 2. that the chart will only display if GnuCash is installed 3. that because of the above, the file is not suitable for 'archival' storage of the chart and that PDF would be better suited to that purpose. I found the

Re: [GNC] HTML Chart exports are blank on MacOS/Windows browsers

OK, thanks, I understand the problem now. As confirmation, when I open the Mac-generated HTML report on Linux and look at the code I find this line: That file path explicitly refers to a Mac-specific location for Gnucash and its contents. It clearly won't work on Linux. -- Sent from:

Re: [GNC] HTML Chart exports are blank on MacOS/Windows browsers

Thank you for testing. Because I sync my GnuCash prefs folder, I can open the same chart report in the same GnuCash file from Saved Configurations within GnuCash on MacOS, Linux and Windows. The chart (an expenses bar chart) displays properly within Gnucash on all three platforms. The HTML chart

[GNC] HTML Chart exports are blank on MacOS/Windows browsers

HTML exports of charts (reports) can open and display satisfactorily in any browser on Linux, but they are blank on MacOS or Windows. On a MacOS or Windows browser, the chart area is blank (white). Any accompanying text table underneath the chart displays as expected, below the blank area.

Re: [GNC] Unexpected currency change in a report

Thanks. I will file a bug report. The report in question is 'Profit & Loss'. I could see in the text of the Saved Reports code that my various instances of this appeared to refer to the same template they were built on: based on template "8758ba23984c40dea5527f5f0ca2779e" -- Sent from:

[GNC] Unexpected currency change in a report

Unexpected currency change in a report between two copies of Gnucash on different machines Conclusion If you keep books in multiple currencies, make reports in multiple currencies, and also sync your preferences folder (and hence your saved reports) between machines, then you should probably

Re: [GNC] Importing a CSV with transactions in another currency

In the end I could not import either CSV or OFX/QFX from one currency to another in Gnucash. I have since given up the goal of a single 'worldwide' Gnucash file, choosing instead to run two (in my case) national files, one based in each currency. That way, OFX imports work well, and scheduling,

[GNC] Gnucash 2.4 Ramachandran book still useful with Gnucash v3.7

I have "Gnucash 2.4 Small Business Accounting: Beginner's Guide" by Ashok Ramachandran, and I just wanted to let other new Gnucash users know that--for me at least--this book is still very helpful in learning to use the more advanced features of the program, even with Gnucash v3.7. If you follow

Re: [GNC] Smoother register scrolling?

Forgot to say this is on Debian Buster (10) and Gnucash 3.7. -- 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

[GNC] Smoother register scrolling?

In a register window, every click of my mouse scrollwheel jumps an integral number of transactions on the screen. I don't know if it is just me, but I find with this effect that it is almost impossible for me to tell whether I am scrolling up or down. I need to refer to the 'handle' on the side

Re: [GNC] Importing a CSV with transactions in another currency

Thanks to Yoman and David. This seems to be a difficult problem to fix. Just to clarify the need for this: if you trade and/or live in two different countries, you need to be able to report worldwide income/expenses in both currencies. Ideally, to do this, the user could: - import CSV in either

Re: [GNC] [GNC-dev] Announcement: GnuCash 3.7 Released

I successfully used these Disco .deb files to install Gnucash 3.7 into Debian Stable (Buster), after first uninstalling previous versions of the three files. I followed Stephen's original instructions. Thank you! -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html

Re: [GNC] Import CSV Multi-currency

Just checking: am I correct in expecting Gnucash 3.5 to have the same problem with multiple-currency CSV data as Gnucash 3.4? The origina bug report is here: https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796955 -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html

Re: [GNC] GnC 3.5 for Disco - installed on Debian testing (Buster)

I successfully used the Disco .deb files to install GnuCash-3.5 into Debian Testing (Buster) using the instructions in Stephen's first post above: > sudo apt remove gnucash gnucash-common python3-gnucash > sudo apt autoremove > sudo apt install ./*3.5*.deb Thanks for this work! -- Sent

Re: [GNC] Debian Files for GnuCash 3.4-x

I would prefer to wait until my distribution updates to 3.5 (have had problems trying to build from source in the past). Debian testing is already on 3.4, so it is hopefully just a matter of time. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html

Re: [GNC] Debian Files for GnuCash 3.4-x

And if I uninstall old gnucash first (as described in an older message above) then try to install the three items separately, I get the same errors about libboost and libpython dependencies. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html

Re: [GNC] Debian Files for GnuCash 3.4-x

Are the Debian 3.5 packages available now? The link above is for the 3.4 package. -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription

Re: [GNC] Does CSV importer work with foreign currencies?

With the current CSV Importer interface, it is not immediately clear to me what exchange rate would be used for the conversion of an individual imported transaction to the base currency. My first assumption would be that the imported values are simply numbers and assume the currency of the

Re: [GNC] Does CSV importer work with foreign currencies?

I have added my report to the bug report about the single line CSV issue (above). Converting my CSV files to a two-line format is probably more than I can do, but I will look at it. My workaround for now is to pre-convert the currency to my base currency in a spreadsheet program, adding an extra

[GNC] Does CSV importer work with foreign currencies?

Is it me, or does the CSV importer fail to import a foreign-currency transaction file to a foreign-currency bank account with the exchange-rate conversion properly respected? Multiple currency accounting works for manual entries, but imports from CSVs show the same (ie unconverted) number on

Re: [GNC] debian seems be missing file in amd64 gnucash package

I am running Gnucash 3.3 on Debian Buster (testing). My 'notes to self': *Installing recent version on Debian:* According to ... https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Debian ... try to find latest amd64 'deb' version in Debian Archive at this URL: http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gnucash/

[GNC] Symlinking synced prefs folder: what could possibly go wrong?

I can now use Gnucash reports on my Linux machine that I made on my Mac, because I symlinked each machine's prefs folder (the whole thing) to a common folder on pCloud Sync (a sync service like Dropbox). What could possibly go wrong? :-) The Gnucash file itself is also syncing (by the same