Gnucash 2.4.11

Can you give the output of:

uname -a; lsb_release -a

Thanks

williepabon@WP-WrkStation:~$ uname -a; lsb_release -a
Linux WP-WrkStation 3.0.0-26-generic #42~lucid1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 18:31:46 UTC 2012 i686 GNU/Linux
LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS
Release: 10.04
Codename: lucid
williepabon@WP-WrkStation:~$

Is this a new install? Why Lucid? Precise has 2.4.10 and is the latest stable release. It is also LTS, giving support til April 2017. Lucid is EOL in April 2013.

Is this a new install?

No. I was just expecting that I could upgrade my Finance S/W to the latest version (2.4.11) on my old 10.04 Lucid. Is that possible?
wp

Mmmh,
yes and no. It is possible to do, but this work is in parts delegated to the community.

It is called a Backport and can be filed like a bugreport, but must fullify the follwing guide:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBackports

But this would be elabourious work for you, as you can see when you give the guide a quick look(testing the package and all Ubuntu versions between Quantal and Lucid)

The versions available can be seen here:

http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=gnucash&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

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Andrew has pointed you in good will to a version upgrade. This is in most cases more in the sense of the user. Time saving! Also I am not so sure how stable a backport in the gnome environment of Lucid would be.

But, the answer in general is: Yes,it is possible.

Best

melchiaros

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Have you already searched for a ppa that may provide for lucid. When you can live with a package from a not official repositoriy that this might help you.

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas

Melchiaros:

Thanks for the useful and enlightening information. As you know, the official version GNUCash for my OS (10.04 Lucid) is 2.2.9. It is working fine, no complaints whatsoever. I was hoping that I could upgrade to the latest version without getting myself into a lot of technical activities. My expertise with Linux isn't enough for that stuff. I guess, I will wait until I upgrade my machine to 12.04 LTS. Thanks again.
wp

Thanks melchiaros, that solved my question.