You could also just install the standard packaged gnucash documentation ‘sudo apt-get install gnucash-docs’

Sadly I don’t have the time ATM to do this and post the steps.

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On the opening screen rather then setting up new account I checked the tutorial option. Message said docs were probably not installed. What say you as I see docs in the file structure. I guess your install does not really make a pkg and then install the pkg. I guess there is also a utility for installing GnuCash into the menu structure under Applications …

Sorry to bother you will the relatively simple installation questions, but this is my first entry into the Ubuntu Linux world….I have been a Freebsd type for years and we do things somewhat differently and we certainly have a different file system structure. We figure this all out in time.

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Dick

once you run configure you need to do make and then make install see above.

To launch gnucash you then run
/opt/gnucash/bin/gnucash