Turn on “compress files” in the general tab of Preferences. Regards, John Ralls
> On May 7, 2018, at 5:38 PM, Dennis Powless <claven...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, I converted it. Only thing is, the old file was zipped and the > converted one is not. > > Dennis > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On May 7, 2018, at 6:06 PM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >> >> Dennis, >> >> The debian distributed GnuCash is compiled for SQL as well as XML, you just >> need to install the appropriate additional package(s), usually libdbi, >> libdbi-drivers, and mysql-client, pgsql-client, or sqlite3. >> >> For building you need to have one SQL backend installed so that the tests >> work. SQLite3 requires the least futzing so if your need is only for passing >> the tests--or even just to get it to build if you don’t care about the >> tests--that’s the one to use. >> >> Yes, you should convert your book to XML. >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >>> On May 7, 2018, at 10:19 AM, Dennis Powless <claven...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I have no idea.... >>> >>> If I install gnucash from the official repositories ie apt get install >>> gnucash, would a database be included in that installation? >>> >>> It seemed in order to do the build I needed a database backend. So I chose >>> that one. >>> >>> Otherwise from just a general user I don’t use a database with gnucash >>> however if there is a database running on the backend that I don’t >>> specifically interact with then I’m not sure which to use. >>> >>> Certainly, the build instructions stated to choose one of the three, if >>> there is a big issue with choosing the wrong one or the right one maybe >>> that should be specified in those directions? >>> >>> So, should I convert it to xml? >>> >>> Again, I thank you guys for all the help, very much appreciated!!! >>> >>> Dennis >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On May 7, 2018, at 11:48 AM, John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On May 7, 2018, at 7:50 AM, Dennis Powless <claven...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Ok, so I re-read the instruction from David.... >>>>> >>>>> I followed the directions from this page.... >>>>> https://tutorialforlinux.com/2018/03/13/how-to-create-menu-launcher-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-lts/ >>>>> >>>>> And was able to get a menu item. >>>>> >>>>> I was able to run Gnucash 3.1!!!! >>>>> >>>>> It opened my file, seems to be working fine!!! >>>>> >>>>> Thank you ALL for the help!!! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I used the MySQL database, not sure if that was right or not. No, idea >>>>> what I used on the previous install. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Unless you really know what you’re doing MySQL is not what you want. You >>>> can easily convert it using File>Save As... to the default XML. Unless >>>> your computer has a tendency to crash a lot this is the safest option; if >>>> it does crash a lot SQLite3 combined with a good automatic backup system >>>> is safest. MySQL and Postgresql are suitable only for folks with >>>> experience running, administering, and especially backing up those >>>> servers. >>>> >>>> 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.
