[moneydance] installing in Ubuntu 8.10

[gordonsmall User]

Thanks, Chuck.  I am learning a lot about Linus in the process.
Appreciate you taking the time to respond.

Gordon

On Sat, 2009-01-03 at 20:21 -0800, Chuck 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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