Based on this discussion I decided to try the flatpak on a Ubuntu Disco 19.04 system. (The work system with my critical GnuCash data is Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 LTS.) I haven't done any testing with real data, but I found it easy to install. Apparently the flatpak found a GnuCash test data file somewhere on my system.
1) I didn't need sudo to install gnucash; flatpak ran just fine as a normal user. I'm not sure if I will run into a limitation. I tried changing a few preferences and they seemed to persist across several launches. The version that just installed reports as "Version: 3.6 Build ID: 3.6+(2019-06-29)" 2) When I installed, I got an error message "F: An error was encountered searching remote ‘GnuCash_Dev’ for ‘gnucash’: Unable to load summary from remote GnuCash_Dev: GPG signatures found, but none are in trusted keyring." I'm not sure where it's expecting a GnuCash_Dev: GPG key. It didn't STOP me from installing, just complained. 3) I got some sort of ldconfig error after launching the first few times. (see below) 4) The ldconfig error disappeared after I deleted the old test data file that was on my system and I took GnuCash through a new account creation. The new file opens without any messages on the console. Here are the commands I used and the terminal output: user@host:~$ flatpak list Description Application Version Branch Arch Origin Installation GNOME Application Plat… …ome.Platform 3.28 x86_64 flathub system user@host:~$ flatpak install gnucash Looking for matches… F: An error was encountered searching remote ‘GnuCash_Dev’ for ‘gnucash’: Unable to load summary from remote GnuCash_Dev: GPG signatures found, but none are in trusted keyring Found similar ref(s) for ‘gnucash’ in remote ‘flathub’ (system). Use this remote? [Y/n]: Found ref ‘app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable’ in remote ‘flathub’ (system). Use this ref? [Y/n]: Required runtime for org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable (runtime/org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.32) found in remote flathub Do you want to install it? [Y/n]: org.gnucash.GnuCash permissions: ipc network wayland x11 file access [1] dbus access [2] [1] home, xdg-run/dconf, ~/.config/dconf:ro [2] ca.desrt.dconf ID Arch Branch Remote Download 1. [✓] org.gnome.Platform x86_64 3.32 flathub 317.1 MB / 373.2 MB 2. [✓] org.gnome.Platform.Locale x86_64 3.32 flathub 17.4 kB / 319.9 MB 3. [✓] org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Yaru x86_64 3.22 flathub 146.5 kB / 145.2 kB 4. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.VAAPI.Intel x86_64 18.08 flathub 1.8 MB / 1.8 MB 5. [✓] org.freedesktop.Platform.html5-codecs x86_64 18.08 flathub 3.2 MB / 3.3 MB 6. [✓] org.gnucash.GnuCash x86_64 stable flathub 26.9 MB / 27.0 MB 7. [✓] org.gnucash.GnuCash.Locale x86_64 stable flathub 4.4 kB / 7.4 MB Installation complete. user@host:~$ flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash ldconfig: /app/lib/libguile-2.2.so.1.3.0-gdb.scm is not an ELF file - it has the wrong magic bytes at the start. [the app seemed to launch and quit just fine] user@host:~$ ----- > 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.