Jeffery, I have the Gnucash flatpak "user" version installed. The gnucash flatpak wiki desktop shortcut (https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak) works for me on Ubuntu 21.10 after updating my file location (see below) The one step not mentioned is to right click the desktop shortcut and select "Allow launching" - this updates the desktop shortcut icon and if you don't do this it just opens in text editor.
Cheers David H. Desktop IconAssuming you want to create a desktop icon to open your second file test-2.gnucash from your Documents folder: [Desktop Entry]Type=ApplicationTerminal=falseExec=flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash Documents/test-2.gnucashName=GnuCash (flatpak) test-2Comment=Manage home and small business accountsIcon=~/.local/share/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/active/files/share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash-icon.ico On Tue, 29 Mar 2022 at 16:20, Jeff <beastmaster...@hotmail.com> wrote: > I have tried all of this. As per your information I did in fact find an > icon in: > > > /var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/active/files/share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash-icon.ico > > > The desktop link gives me an error of "No suitable backend was found for > /home/jeffrey/Desktop/Dad.desktop". I am using the XML save, > uncompressed. I have a great distrust of compressed data files. > > My .desktop file is: > > [Desktop Entry] > Type=Application > Terminal=false > Exec=flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash /media/jeffrey/'Mac > Drive'/Ledgers/Dad/Dad.gnucash > Name=GnuCash 4.9 FLATPAK Dad > Comment=Manage home and small business accounts > > Icon=/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/active/files/share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash-icon.ico > > And in case you are wondering 'Mac Drive' is an external USB drive that > I bought on clearance for half price, and I am not using a Mac > computer. I just never changed the drive name because I had trouble > with the initial install of the drive several years ago, pre-Ubuntu. > Turned out that I had a bad USB cable. It works flawlessly if I > manually click on Dad.gnucash in the file manager. > > This does not appear anywhere on my server. > > /home/jeffrey/.local/share/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/active/files/share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash-icon.ico. > > Permissions are set to run as executable for the desktop icon. Icon does > not show up, just the generic blank icon. If I hit "Okay" I end up with > a new, empty, set of books. If I manually open Dad.gnucash from the > link it opens the correct set of books but; wants to create scheduled > transactions going back to 2019. And I also simply installed GNC as a > Flatpak. It also creates backups on the desktop. > > For the life of me I cannot figure out what is going on. I can create > desktop icons for everything except Flatpak programs. > > I have to have a gremlin in my server, because I cannot even build a > working version of GNC from source (after uninstalling GNC). > > As of right now I only have one user on my server. > > -- > --JEffrey Black M.B.A. > > > On 3/26/22 6:55 AM, david whiting wrote: > > Hi Jeff, > > > > If you installed gnucash for a single user, then the icon file will be > > at the path I showed in the previous email (but you'll have to change > > the login name to yours): > > > > > /home/david/.local/share/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/active/files/share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash-icon.ico > > > > If you installed gnucash as a system application for all users, then > > you will find the icon file here: > > > > > /var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/active/files/share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash-icon.ico > > > > For the exec line, you might want to put the full path to the gnucash > file, e.g. > > > > Exec=flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash /home/jeff/Documents/test-2.gnucash > > > > So, with a *system* installation and assuming that your login is jeff, > > then the desktop file might look like this: > > > > [Desktop Entry] > > Type=Application > > Terminal=false > > Exec=flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash /home/jeff/Documents/test-2.gnucash > > Name=GnuCash 4.9 FLATPAK test-2 > > Comment=Manage home and small business accounts > > > Icon=/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/active/files/share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash-icon.ico > > > > (Note that the lines may be wrapped, if so, you'll need to unwrap them) > > > > Remember to right-click on the file on the desktop and choose "Allow > launching". > > > > David > > > > On Sat, 26 Mar 2022 at 08:25, Jeff <beastmaster...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> I tried this but I cannot locate the actual GNC icon file. I do have > >> one where I attempted, unsuccessfully, to build GNC 4.9 from source. > >> > >> I changed the path to the icon in the build directory. And gave the > >> exec the path to one of my .gnucash files but the desktop link still > >> refuses to work. > >> > >> > >> -- > >> --JEffrey Black M.B.A. > >> > >> > >> > >> On 3/25/22 3:45 AM, david whiting wrote: > >>> Hi Jeff, > >>> > >>> The following works for me, with gnucash installed for a user: > >>> > >>> 1. Create a desktop file (using a text editor) with the entry shown > below > >>> 2. On the Exec line, change Documents/test-2.gnucash to the path to > >>> your gnucash file > >>> 3. On the Name line, change this to whatever you want to call it, i.e. > >>> what you want to see on the desktop > >>> 4. Change the path for the icon to the correct location (perhaps > >>> changing /home/david to /home/jeff) > >>> 5. Save the file as whatever-you-want-to-call-it.desktop > >>> 6. Go to your desktop > >>> 7. Right-click on the file on the desktop and select "Allow launching" > >>> (this step is important) > >>> 8. Repeat this process for other files, changing the Exec line and > >>> Name lines accordingly > >>> > >>> > >>> [Desktop Entry] > >>> Type=Application > >>> Terminal=false > >>> Exec=flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash Documents/test-2.gnucash > >>> Name=GnuCash 4.9 FLATPAK test-2 > >>> Comment=Manage home and small business accounts > >>> > Icon=/home/david/.local/share/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/active/files/share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash-icon.ico > >>> > >>> > >>> David > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, 25 Mar 2022 at 07:38, Jeff <beastmaster...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>> I have never had a problem creating desktop icons for multiple books > for > >>>> GNC on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS prior to installing the FlatPak version for > GNC 4.9. > >>>> > >>>> Everything I have tried for the desktop icon has failed miserably on > the > >>>> Flatpak version of GNC 4.9. Is there someone who can guide me on > >>>> creating the desktop icons for this version on Ubuntu version 20.04 > >>>> LTS. I have multiple sets of books to maintain for family members. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> --JEffrey Black M.B.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. > >>> > > > > -- > --JEffrey Black M.B.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. > _______________________________________________ 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. 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