Fedora and Moneydance install Question

Terry R. Grier terry at tigerstaffing.net
Mon Nov 29 22:44:47 UTC 2004


* These are the instructions on how to install moneydance.  there are no 
YUMs for it.
I need/want this program to work with Fedora 3.
I have followed this to the letter.  and the files are in the folder.
But at the comand line when I type moneydance I get 'bash: moneydance: 
command not found'
*

*I am just wasting my time here?  .... or am I missing a step?
or ... are these instructions... no good? ....
*

*the program runs in Java.  I followed the instruction on fedorafaq.org 
and installed java first.*

*www.moneydance.com
*

*If this will not work... what program to people use for personal 
finances?  I truly enjoyed using this program.
T

*

   Once you have downloaded the appropriate package, untar the file into 
a directory on your system like so:

  %> gunzip moneydance_*.tar.gz
  %> tar xf moneydance_*.tar -C /usr/local

This will create the /usr/local/moneydance directory. We use /usr/local 
as an example, Moneydance can be installed in any location.

** /Please skip this step if you are not installing the "Other" package. 
/ If you downloaded the "Other" package above, you will need to create a 
symbolic link named "jre" in the /usr/local/moneydance directory that 
points to the location of Java on your system. For example, if your java 
executable is at /usr/j2se/bin/java then you should create the link like 
so:

  %> cd /usr/local/moneydance
  %> ln -s /usr/j2se jre



** You can now run Moneydance by executing the 'moneydance' script in 
the new directory.

  %> /usr/local/moneydance/moneydance

To make starting Moneydance from the command line easier, you can create 
a symbolic link in your path that points to the moneydance startup script:

  %> cd /usr/local/bin
  %> ln -s /usr/local/moneydance/moneydance moneydance

For your convenience we have provided a moneydance.xpm file that can be 
used with a desktop icon for launching Moneydance from a GUI such as KDE 
or GNOME.




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