GnuCash 2.6.15 released. Install GnuCash personal financial-accounting software on Ubuntu Linux Systems. GnuCash is designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible, GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports.
The GnuCash checkbook-style register with the ability to:
- Enter split transactions
- Mark a transaction as cleared or reconciled
- Autofill of entered transactions
- Display multiple accounts in a single register window
- Summary bar that displays all of the relevant account’s balance information
- Options to customize the appearance and the display style
GnuCash 2.6.15 is the latest release of personal financial-accounting software. It brings the following changes and fixes:
- Bug 115461 – Highlight need to select Account Type when adding new stock account.
- Bug 397135 – Hidden Accounts Show in ComboBox.
- Bug 633590 – Add a Reports Chapter to the Tutorial and Guide.
- Bug 743671 – Add glossary to Tutorial and Guide.
- Bug 755174 – Document using Lots to create investment capital gains transactions.
- Bug 770371 – Add note to documentation regarding Sort order options.
- Bug 775592 – General Rewrite of Guide Chapter on Multiple Currencies.
- Bug 775919 – Change Documentation of contributors.
- Update German Translation (Mechtilde Stehmann)
- Fix resolution of screenshots.
Install GnuCash on Ubuntu
Most linux distributions come bundled with a version of GnuCash, though it’s not always the most recent version and it may not have been installed by default.
Ubuntu users can install GnuCash through the Software Center or via Terminal commands. To install the latest version of GnuCash, run the following commands:
sudo apt-get update
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/gnucash/gnucash-2.6.15.tar.bz2
tar xvf gnucash-2.6.15.tar.bz2
cd gnucash-2.6.15
./configure
make
make install
Once installed, open GnuCash from Ubuntu Dash or Terminal.