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Lawrence

25 May, 2009 03:44 AM

I believe I may have followed the instructions to install Moneydance under Ubuntu Linux 9.04 (or not - I'm new to this linux stuff)

I find an application called moneydance under a pulldown menu Applications:Other:Moneydance. Nothing happens when I try to run it.

I find a file called moneydance under /usr/local/moneydance. Also nothing happens when I pick this file and pick "run".

Am I doing something wrong?

1. 1 Posted by Ben Spencer on 25 May, 2009 01:59 PM

   

   Hi Lawrence

   I am assuming, though I may be incorrect in this assumption, that the version of Moneydance you downloaded was "Linux installer (x86 processor, includes Java) "

   The problem might be related to the version of java installed. I haven't yet tested that install package on 9.04. I run Moneydance on ubuntu 9.04 and I did a manual installation of java. I uses the latest version of Suns java from the ubuntu repositories.

   Open Synaptic Package Manager from the System->Administration menu. Search for "sun-java6-jre". Right click on the package when you find it and select "Mark For Installation" then click the apply button at the top.

   Let me know if that fixes the problem. If it does not I'll investigate further.

   Sincerely

   Ben Spencer

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2. 2 Posted by Tony Pirog on 25 May, 2009 03:55 PM

   

   If you installed it, the executable is under Applications/Systems Tools.

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3. 3 Posted by lawrence on 25 May, 2009 08:24 PM

   

   "Open Synaptic Package Manager from the System->Administration menu. Search for "sun-java6-jre". Right click on the package when you find it and select "Mark For Installation" then click the apply button at the top."

   That was it! I first installed "Linux installer (x86 processor, includes Java)" but apparently Java didn't jive. Once I installed Java separately Moneydance works OK! Thanks

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