Displaying Gnucash ~ Understanding the Package Process

[Andavane]

Whilst the current known bug with Unity and java is sorted (hopefully fixed by 12.04) I decided to use Gnucash as Moneydance had unstable issues with Ubuntu after the introduction of Unity. I wanted Gnucash in earlier years but at the time there was no Gnucash for Windows. Now it's there for Windows I thought things were sorted and I could share account data with friends, irrespective of which Operating System is used.

Everything loaded fine, and the behaviour was perfect. However when I drop into Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric, the grip bars will not adjust the panels so I can't see the info I want. The handles appear, I drag them over then WHOOSH as soon as I let go they jump back.

Now I understand that Gnucash likes to be updated, and that it should be updated. I even have the latest file called: gnucash_2.4.10-1_amd64.deb.
But how to proceed, and what it might do to the existing Gnucash files in /etc I am very unsure about going ahead.

Any advice much appreciated.

One way or another, some annoying thing keeps taking me back to Windows and I love Ubuntu.

Regards, John

PS: The ridiculously wide screenshot of what I currently see in ubuntu is attached.

[Andavane]

Oh dear, one week after posting this, and no suggestion or pointer.
My own searches suggest to me that an issue may be the databases each version (linux and windows) uses, although I can't see how this affects display.

Interestingly, I installed a more recent version of Gnucash in Ubuntu on another, much older machine and that has displayed fine. It's this dual-boot machine, the Lenovo Thinkpad, which is having the display/re-sizing problem, in Ubuntu only.

This Absolute Beginner forum is surely not the best platform for this type of issue.

If anyone knows a mor suitable place to air it, I'd be very grateful!

Regards,


John

[r-senior]

If you run this command on your .deb file, it will show you what files it installs:

dpkg -c <deb-name>

That might give you some clues about whether it overwrites anything in /etc/ I'd be surprised if it did. I think it stores all your local configuration in ~/.gnucash.

[Jose Catre-Vandis]

Might be 64 bit issues, works fine on 32 bit install of 11.10 here (with W7 also 32 bit, dualboot). This on 64 bit capable machine.

[Andavane]

Might be 64 bit issues, works fine on 32 bit install of 11.10 here (with W7 also 32 bit, dualboot). This on 64 bit capable machine.

If you run this command on your .deb file, it will show you what files it installs:

dpkg -c <deb-name>

That might give you some clues about whether it overwrites anything in /etc/ I'd be surprised if it did. I think it stores all your local configuration in ~/.gnucash.

This is returned:

andavane@andavane-think:~$ dpkg -c <gnucash>
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
andavane@andavane-think:~$ dpkg -c gnucash
dpkg-deb: error: failed to read archive `gnucash': No such file or directory
andavane@andavane-think:~$

I instaled it from synaptic, so not saure how to 'run the command on the command on deb file' when it's in synaptic.

If you run this command on your .deb file, it will show you what files it installs:

dpkg -c <deb-name>

That might give you some clues about whether it overwrites anything in /etc/ I'd be surprised if it did. I think it stores all your local configuration in ~/.gnucash.

Might be 64 bit issues, works fine on 32 bit install of 11.10 here (with W7 also 32 bit, dualboot). This on 64 bit capable machine.

Indeed. the old laptop which displayed fine was 32-bit. This Thinkpad is 64-bit.

regards

john

[r-senior]

Don't you have a .deb file that you downloaded from somewhere? This is what I was thinking:

dpkg -c gnucash_2.4.10-1_amd64.deb

It will show you the files that would be overwritten if you were to install it from the .deb file.

It would be an odd design if it overwrote any of your data on upgrade. Do you have specific reasons for believing it will?

[Andavane]

Don't you have a .deb file that you downloaded from somewhere? This is what I was thinking:

dpkg -c gnucash_2.4.10-1_amd64.deb

It will show you the files that would be overwritten if you were to install it from the .deb file.

It would be an odd design if it overwrote any of your data on upgrade. Do you have specific reasons for believing it will?

Doh! Silly me what was I thinking.
Yes that's it indeed, in downloads, and it returns this:

andavane@andavane-think:~$ cd Downloads
andavane@andavane-think:~/Downloads$ dpkg -c gnucash_2.4.10-1_amd64.deb
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 279344 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-qof.so.1.0.4
-rw-r--r-- root/root 78256 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-core-utils.so.0.0.0
-rw-r--r-- root/root 32408 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-module.so.0.0.0
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1245224 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-engine.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 31368 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-backend-xml.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 60288 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-backend-dbi.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 34864 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-calculation.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 6064 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-tax-us.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 259456 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-app-utils.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 983616 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-gnome-utils.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 87056 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-html.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 93968 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-gnome-search.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 32144 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-report-system.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 6064 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-standard-reports.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 6064 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-utility-reports.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 10176 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-locale-reports-us.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 133272 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-report-gnome.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 10432 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-stylesheets.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 76224 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-register-core.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 176680 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-register-gnome.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 181192 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-ledger-core.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 89808 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-generic-import.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 60168 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-qif.so.0.0.0
-rw-r--r-- root/root 94584 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-qif-import.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 35640 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-ofx.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 145552 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-aqbanking.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 27352 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-log-replay.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 69408 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-csv.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 6064 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-business-core.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 6056 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-business-utils.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 45448 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-dialog-tax-table.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 282160 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-business-gnome.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 48480 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-bi_import.so
-rw-r--r-- root/root 302560 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-backend-xml-utils.so.0.0.0
-rw-r--r-- root/root 233304 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-backend-sql.so.0.0.0
-rw-r--r-- root/root 603992 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-gnome.so.0.0.0
-rw-r--r-- root/root 79128 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-business-ledger.so.0.0.0
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/overrides/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 757 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/overrides/gnucash-env
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 781 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/overrides/gnucash-make-guids
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 100 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/overrides/guile
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/bin/
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 40224 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/bin/gnucash
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 2733 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/bin/gnc-fq-check
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 12616 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/bin/gnc-fq-helper
-rwxr-xr-x root/root 5964 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/bin/gnc-fq-dump
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/share/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/share/applications/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 2452 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/share/applications/gnucash.desktop
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/share/pixmaps/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 4534 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/share/pixmaps/gnucash-icon-32x32.xpm
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/share/doc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/share/doc/gnucash/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 34474 2012-02-06 00:24 ./usr/share/doc/gnucash/NEWS.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1713 2012-02-06 00:24 ./usr/share/doc/gnucash/TODO
-rw-r--r-- root/root 2669 2012-02-06 00:24 ./usr/share/doc/gnucash/README.german.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 3804 2012-02-06 00:24 ./usr/share/doc/gnucash/README.HBCI.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 4890 2012-02-06 00:24 ./usr/share/doc/gnucash/README.OFX.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 2464 2012-02-12 11:55 ./usr/share/doc/gnucash/changelog.Debian.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 635 2011-09-23 19:35 ./usr/share/doc/gnucash/README.Debian
-rw-r--r-- root/root 2421 2012-01-24 16:30 ./usr/share/doc/gnucash/copyright
-rw-r--r-- root/root 385 2012-01-24 16:30 ./usr/share/doc/gnucash/NEWS.Debian.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 8313 2012-02-06 00:24 ./usr/share/doc/gnucash/AUTHORS.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 6249 2012-02-06 00:24 ./usr/share/doc/gnucash/README.gz
-rw-r--r-- root/root 5665 2012-02-06 00:24 ./usr/share/doc/gnucash/README.francais.gz
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/share/man/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/share/man/man1/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 1233 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/share/man/man1/gnucash.1.gz
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/share/menu/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 325 2012-01-24 16:30 ./usr/share/menu/gnucash
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./etc/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./etc/gnucash/
-rw-r--r-- root/root 82 2012-02-12 11:54 ./etc/gnucash/config
-rw-r--r-- root/root 2431 2012-02-12 11:54 ./etc/gnucash/environment
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./etc/gconf/
drwxr-xr-x root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-qof.so.1 -> libgnc-qof.so.1.0.4
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-qof.so -> libgnc-qof.so.1.0.4
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-core-utils.so.0 -> libgnc-core-utils.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-core-utils.so -> libgnc-core-utils.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-module.so.0 -> libgnc-module.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-module.so -> libgnc-module.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-qif.so.0 -> libgncmod-qif.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/gnucash/libgncmod-qif.so -> libgncmod-qif.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-backend-xml-utils.so.0 -> libgnc-backend-xml-utils.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-backend-xml-utils.so -> libgnc-backend-xml-utils.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-backend-sql.so.0 -> libgnc-backend-sql.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-backend-sql.so -> libgnc-backend-sql.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-gnome.so.0 -> libgnc-gnome.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-gnome.so -> libgnc-gnome.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-business-ledger.so.0 -> libgnc-business-ledger.so.0.0.0
lrwxrwxrwx root/root 0 2012-02-12 11:54 ./usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-business-ledger.so -> libgnc-business-ledger.so.0.0.0
andavane@andavane-think:~/Downloads$

As a matter of interest I went to that older 32-bit machine, and used their gnucash program and it all worked and resized properly.

Looking forward to your diagnosis.

Regards

John