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GnuCash runs under Windows, MacOS, and many flavors of Linux/Unix. Installation is generally quite easy; instructions specific to different supported operating systems are given below.  
 
GnuCash runs under Windows, MacOS, and many flavors of Linux/Unix. Installation is generally quite easy; instructions specific to different supported operating systems are given below.  
  
If you need to use a version of GnuCash more up to date than the version available from your operating system or distribution's repositories and software sources, you can build GnuCash from source code. Links to instructions for building from the sources are provided on the appropriate OS/distribution installation pages. If specific instructions are not yet available for your system, you may consider adapting available instructions from a similar OS/distribution.  
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If you need to use a version of GnuCash more up to date than the version available from your operating system or distribution's repositories and software sources, you can [[Building|build GnuCash from source code]]. Links to instructions for building from the sources are provided on the appropriate OS/distribution installation pages. If specific instructions are not yet available for your system, you may consider adapting available instructions from a similar OS/distribution.  
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== Linux ==
 
== Linux ==
You can check distributions for available versions of GnuCash by
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Linux users usually use their distribution's software management to install GnuCash and its dependencies.
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You can check distributions for ''available'' versions of GnuCash by
 
* [https://repology.org/project/gnucash/versions repology.org] or
 
* [https://repology.org/project/gnucash/versions repology.org] or
 
*''distrowatch.com''
 
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**an [https://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=gnucash&relation=greaterequal&pkgver={{FallbackVersion}}&distrorange=InLatest#pkgsearch almost recent] or also
 
**an [https://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=gnucash&relation=greaterequal&pkgver={{FallbackVersion}}&distrorange=InLatest#pkgsearch almost recent] or also
 
**[https://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=gnucash&relation=greater&pkgver={{FallbackMainVersion}}&distrorange=InLatest#pkgsearch older] GnuCash version.
 
**[https://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=gnucash&relation=greater&pkgver={{FallbackMainVersion}}&distrorange=InLatest#pkgsearch older] GnuCash version.
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;Tip:Depending on their update policy there can be a separate repository <tt>Backports</tt> or similar with a more recent version.
  
Notes on specific [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution distribution] families:
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;Specific [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distribution distribution] families:
* [[Debian]]
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: [[Debian]]
** [[Ubuntu]] (and derivatives)
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:: [[Ubuntu]] (and derivatives)
* [[Gentoo]]
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: [[Gentoo]]
* [[Mandriva]]
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: [[Mandriva]]
* [[RedHat]] based: Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, …
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: [[RedHat]] based: Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, …
* open[[SuSE]]
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: open[[SuSE]]
* [[Slackware]]
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: [[Slackware]]
 
 
Distribution agnostic ''recent (stable and test) versions'' of GnuCash can now be installed, too:
 
  
* [[Flatpak]]
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;Distribution agnostic: ''recent (both stable and test) versions'' of GnuCash can now be installed, too:
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:* [[Flatpak]]
  
 
== Windows ==
 
== Windows ==
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* [[FreeBSD]]
 
* [[FreeBSD]]
 
* [[Solaris]]
 
* [[Solaris]]
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Revision as of 21:24, 28 March 2021

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GnuCash runs under Windows, MacOS, and many flavors of Linux/Unix. Installation is generally quite easy; instructions specific to different supported operating systems are given below.

If you need to use a version of GnuCash more up to date than the version available from your operating system or distribution's repositories and software sources, you can build GnuCash from source code. Links to instructions for building from the sources are provided on the appropriate OS/distribution installation pages. If specific instructions are not yet available for your system, you may consider adapting available instructions from a similar OS/distribution.

Linux

Linux users usually use their distribution's software management to install GnuCash and its dependencies.

You can check distributions for available versions of GnuCash by

Tip
Depending on their update policy there can be a separate repository Backports or similar with a more recent version.
Specific distribution families
Debian
Ubuntu (and derivatives)
Gentoo
Mandriva
RedHat based: Fedora, RHEL, CentOS, …
openSuSE
Slackware
Distribution agnostic
recent (both stable and test) versions of GnuCash can now be installed, too:

Windows

Download the binary installer package from sourceforge.net or Github. There are also recent nightly builds of maint and master are on code.gnucash.org. See Microsoft Windows for more information.

MacOS

Download the binary package from sourceforge.net or Github. Once you have downloaded the disk image, double click to open it, and then drag the app icon into your Applications folder (or anywhere else on your system that you choose). If you plan to use online features, drag the "Install Online Quotes" icon as well. Once you have copied them to your system, you can close the disk image. To run Gnucash, double click the icon on your system.

Other Operating Systems