Hi Richard, On Ubuntu all my Flatpak files including saved reports etc are in home/.var/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/data/gnucash - see attached screenshot. If you have Gnucash open and click Help >> About it displays all relevant folder locations as clickable links. Click on the first entry (GNC_DATA_HOME) to go straight to where it expects to find your files in Files explorer.
My understanding is that you can have both the Distribution and Flatpak versions installed without issue so you could conceivably open both Gnucash versions, being careful not to make any changes in either, and click the GNC_DATA_HOME link in each which will open the folder in Files and then you could just copy the relevant files from the usual Distribution folder to the Flatpak version folder? I usually just keep my actual data file in the documents folder on Ubuntu - /home/<user name>/Documents/GnuCash/Data Cheers David H. On Wed, 8 Jul 2026 at 05:50, J. Richard Herbert <[email protected]> wrote: > It appears that updating from 5.13 to 5.16 using flatpak to get around a > glitch in 5.13 that was still in the openSUSE Tumbleweed repository has > its draw backs even though I have gone to .config and .local to put in > my previous files. My stylesheets, reports and custom checks are not there. > > Is it possible for my to retrieve these somehow or do I need to get > those going from scratch? I will do which ever gets me there. > > Thanks in advance > > Richard > > On 7/7/26 06:13, J. Richard Herbert wrote: > > Thanks David. > > > > Are there any problems with pulling in previous .local and .config > > files from 5.13 into 5.16? > > > > Thanks > > > > Richard > > > > On 7/6/26 22:21, David Cousens wrote: > >> Richard, > >> > >> the user configuration data is stored in > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Configuration_Locations. Try the diagrams > >> about half way down the page for an easier to understand locations . > >> > >> The flatpak locations are also given on that page. > >> > >> David C > >> n Mon, 2026-07-06 at 22:06 -0400, J. Richard Herbert wrote: > >>> Hi David, > >>> > >>> Thanks, that worked and I have a function 5.16, *but* I lost my style > >>> sheets, cheques/invoices/statements configurations, and reports. I > >>> have > >>> back-ups with borgbackup and can bring those back. Where am I looking > >>> for all of those in my back-up? > >>> > >>> Thanks again > >>> > >>> Richard > >>> > >>> On 7/6/26 20:41, David H wrote: > >>>> If the version of Gnucash provided by your distribution is outdated > >>>> you can use the flatpak version which is what I use on Linux as it > >>>> is > >>>> updated with every new release, details at > >>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak > >>>> > >>>> Or build it yourself on Linux, details at > >>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Building > >>>> > >>>> Cheers David H. > >>>> > >>>> On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 at 08:36, J. Richard Herbert <[email protected]> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> Gnucash in Opensuse Tumbleweed src-oss is still 5.13 with the > >>>> inability > >>>> to pay invoices due to Gnucash crashing. The recommendation I > >>>> received > >>>> was (and thank you): > >>>> > >>>> "I suspect this is a known issue introduced in 5.13. To > >>>> confirm you > >>>> may revert to 5.12 or update to a more recent version." > >>>> > >>>> I asked where I could get 5.12 for openSUSE Tumbleweed. I have > >>>> not > >>>> seen > >>>> a response (I might have missed it). I checked out Gnucash > >>>> downloads and > >>>> there is no downloadable version for openSUSE Tumbleweed. I > >>>> need to > >>>> finish off books for 2025-26 and file. > >>>> > >>>> Where can I get an older (5.12) or newer (5.15) version of > >>>> Gnucash > >>>> with > >>>> dependancies for openSUSE Tumbleweed? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks in advance, > >>>> > >>>> Richard > >>>> > >>>> Richard G. Herbert > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> gnucash-user mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >>> ----- > >>> 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 > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >
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