Tutorial doesn't work after adding gnucash

Bug #62880 reported by Johnathon
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GnuCash
Fix Released
Medium
gnucash (Debian)
Fix Released
Unknown
gnucash (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: gnucash

You install gnucash through add/remove programs. Then, you open gnucash, go through some setup options, then gnucash opens up and you're prompted to import, create, or view tutorial. User selects view tutorial and nothing happens. No error, no help, nothing. It seems like it would be better to have the option of installing the gnucash-docs package when installing, or install it by default with the gnucash program. Otherwise, the user has no idea why the tutorial doesn't load and writes off the program as bad.

Tags: upgrade
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In , James A. Treacy (treacy) wrote : Re: Bug#194545: gnucash: no help files are visible

On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 10:45:00AM -0400, Zooko wrote:
> Package: gnucash
> Version: 1.8.3-2
> Severity: normal
>
> When I look at the tutorial/help files under the "help" menu, I see the
> message "Not found\nThe specified URL could not be loaded.". The
> application printed to std{out,err}:
>
Do you have gnucash-docs installed? If so, what is your locale set to?

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James (Jay) Treacy
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In , Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn (zooko) wrote :

> Do you have gnucash-docs installed? If so, what is your locale set to?

Ahem. That was the problem! Thanks!

Maybe the message could be changed to "You need to install gnucash-docs to see
this file."?

Regards,

Zooko

http://zooko.com/
         ^-- under re-construction: some new stuff, some broken links

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In , James A. Treacy (treacy) wrote :

severity 194545 wishlist
retitle 194545 A dialog should open saying to install gnucash-docs when not found
stop

On Sat, May 24, 2003 at 04:41:56PM -0400, Zooko wrote:
>
> > Do you have gnucash-docs installed? If so, what is your locale set to?
>
> Ahem. That was the problem! Thanks!
>
> Maybe the message could be changed to "You need to install gnucash-docs to see
> this file."?
>
I brought this up with upstream. They said it would require a bit of
work and no one has stepped forward to implement it.

I will change the bug to wishlist.

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James (Jay) Treacy
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In , Neil Williams (linux-codehelp) wrote : found 194545 in 2.0.1-2, bug 194545 is forwarded to http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=355501

# Automatically generated email from bts, devscripts version 2.9.21
found 194545 2.0.1-2
forwarded 194545 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=355501

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In , Neil Williams (linux-codehelp) wrote : A dialog should open saying to install gnucash-docs when not found

This still occurs in gnucash 2.0.1-2, the newest version in the archive
but now there is no feedback at all, not even to the terminal.

Forwarding this upstream . . .

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Johnathon (outdooricon) wrote :

Binary package hint: gnucash

You install gnucash through add/remove programs. Then, you open gnucash, go through some setup options, then gnucash opens up and you're prompted to import, create, or view tutorial. User selects view tutorial and nothing happens. No error, no help, nothing. It seems like it would be better to have the option of installing the gnucash-docs package when installing, or install it by default with the gnucash program. Otherwise, the user has no idea why the tutorial doesn't load and writes off the program as bad.

Changed in gnucash:
status: Unknown → Needs Info
Changed in gnucash:
status: Unknown → Confirmed
Changed in gnucash:
status: Needs Info → Fix Released
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Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote :

gnucash should Recommend gnucash-docs and Recommended packages should be installed by default by gnome-app-install and other graphical package installation tools like synpatic (see bug #8896).

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In , Bts-link-upstream (bts-link-upstream) wrote : [bts-link] source package gnucash

#
# bts-link upstream status pull for source package gnucash
# see http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2006/05/msg00001.html
#

user <email address hidden>

# remote status report for #194545
# * http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=355501
# * remote status changed: NEW -> RESOLVED
# * remote resolution changed: (?) -> FIXED
# * closed upstream
tags 194545 + fixed-upstream
usertags 194545 - status-NEW
usertags 194545 + status-RESOLVED resolution-FIXED

thanks

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In , Thomas Bushnell, BSG (tb) wrote : Bug#194545: fixed in gnucash 2.0.5-1

Source: gnucash
Source-Version: 2.0.5-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
gnucash, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

gnucash-common_2.0.5-1_all.deb
  to pool/main/g/gnucash/gnucash-common_2.0.5-1_all.deb
gnucash_2.0.5-1.diff.gz
  to pool/main/g/gnucash/gnucash_2.0.5-1.diff.gz
gnucash_2.0.5-1.dsc
  to pool/main/g/gnucash/gnucash_2.0.5-1.dsc
gnucash_2.0.5-1_i386.deb
  to pool/main/g/gnucash/gnucash_2.0.5-1_i386.deb
gnucash_2.0.5.orig.tar.gz
  to pool/main/g/gnucash/gnucash_2.0.5.orig.tar.gz

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to <email address hidden>,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Thomas Bushnell, BSG <email address hidden> (supplier of updated gnucash package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
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Format: 1.7
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:24:24 -0800
Source: gnucash
Binary: gnucash-common gnucash
Architecture: source i386 all
Version: 2.0.5-1
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Thomas Bushnell, BSG <email address hidden>
Changed-By: Thomas Bushnell, BSG <email address hidden>
Description:
 gnucash - A personal finance tracking program
 gnucash-common - A personal finance tracking program
Closes: 194545 242441 368139 386923 411942 411985
Changes:
 gnucash (2.0.5-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * New upstream release. (Closes: #194545, #242441, #386923, #368139,
     #411942, #411985)
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Changed in gnucash:
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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William Grant (wgrant) wrote :

Fixed in 2.0.5, which will probably have to wait for Feisty+1.

Changed in gnucash:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit) wrote :
Changed in gnucash:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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William Grant (wgrant) wrote :

Built successfully.

Changed in gnucash:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Changed in gnucash:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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