Thanks Adrien. Is Flatpak the only way to get 4.x onto a Debian system?
I have cleared out my 2.6.12 version (a local build which apt did not see at all) by hand, after uninstalling 3.4 from the repo. I then reinstalled 3.4 using apt but it won't start. I see my cursor indicating something waiting but nothing appears on screen. The Task manager doesn't show any activity either. When I start from a terminal (still can't find the path to the executable, though) this is what I see: --- ~$ gnucash (gnucash:1345): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:51:42.047: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:5597:11: Not using units is deprecated. Assuming 'px'. (gnucash:1345): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:51:42.047: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:5597:14: '0' is not a valid color name (gnucash:1345): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:51:42.048: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:5831:14: '202020' is not a valid color name (gnucash:1345): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:51:42.048: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:5846:20: Junk at end of value for border-width (gnucash:1345): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:51:42.048: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:5871:20: Junk at end of value for border-width (gnucash:1345): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:51:42.048: Theme parsing error: gtk.css:5898:20: Junk at end of value for border-width ** gnc.gui:ERROR:/build/gnucash-9jHHoN/gnucash-3.4/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-main-window.c:3676:gnc_main_window_setup_window: assertion failed: (filename) Aborted --- Do I have an incomplete install? Regards, John Angelico On Tue, 25 Aug 2020 at 06:46, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Just for info, > > Flatpak is a way to install software without dealing with dependency > issues. > > Rather than try to use versions (perhaps incompatible ones) of > dependencies already on your system or in the repos, a Flatpak contains > everything needed to run the chosen app. > > In addition, Flatpak apps run in a sandbox so as not to affect other > parts of the system. > > The advantages includes avoiding dependency hell, along with being able > to run software more current than a stagnant and frozen repo. (which can > be years old) > > The disadvantage is a bit of bloat for that app since it contains all > the dependencies, as well as a few issues with communicating outside the > sandbox which can affect databases and printing. (still possible, just > not out-of-the-box easy) > > Best of luck with whatever route you choose. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 8/22/20 9:38 PM, John Angelico wrote: > > > I don't know much about Flatpack. It seems to be a development > environment > > but I''ll see how much extra load it may put onto my creaking old system > :-) > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Best regards John A _______________________________________________ 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.