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'
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*I am just wasting my time here? .... or am I missing a step?
or ... are these instructions... no good? ....
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*the program runs in Java. I followed the instruction on fedorafaq.org
and installed java first.*
*www.moneydance.com
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*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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