[moneydance] installing in Ubuntu 8.10

[Andy Pastuszak]

I think this may be a good time to learn how to make a deb package.
I've never done it before.  An RPM would be cool too.

Does Moneydance work with OpenJVM, or do you have to install the Sun one?

Andy


On 03/01/2009, Chuck <chuckf410 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I just looked on my install here and the binary is located at
> '/usr/local/bin/Moneydance' so if you run that from the command line you
> should be good. I also have a menu item that is under Applications -> Other
> -> Moneydance that was automatically created when I ran the installer (if I
> recall correctly). You may need to log out and back in for it to show up.
>
> Your package manager will not show Moneydance installed as it is not a .deb
> file.
>
> OT Linux tips:
>
> One easy way to find a binary file that is in the path is to use the 'which'
> command. In this case I ran 'which Moneydance' and it located the file.
>
> I think Ken mentioned the 'locate' command and that it is updated nightly.
> If you need a qicker update run the 'updatedb' command using 'sudo updatedb'
> from the command line.
>
> One last important note, Linux is case sensitive. So running 'moneydance'
> will not work, you must run 'Moneydance'. (The same goes for searching for
> the file until you get into the command line switches)
>
>  Chuck
>
>
> "It is sometimes a mistake to climb;
> it is always a mistake never even to make the attempt"
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: gordonsmall User <gordonsmall at bellsouth.net>
>> To: moneydance-info at moneydance.com
>> Sent: Saturday, January 3, 2009 10:47:38 PM
>> Subject: [moneydance] installing in Ubuntu 8.10
>>
>> I downloaded the Linux version of Moneydance via Firefox, and then
>> double clicked the file in the download manager, which seemed to extract
>> the file.  However, I could not find a file where the program is now
>> located.  My saved downloads go to my desktop by default, but it is not
>> there, or any other file or directory that I can find.  When I search
>> for Moneydance, it says no such file found.  I downloaded both Java
>> versions with the same results. My package manager says I have "java-
>> common" installed.
>>
>> Can somebody give me more specific information on how to get Moneydance
>> installed on this operating system?
>>
>
>
>
>
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