Hello. I am looking for a linux derivative of quickbooks or quicken, it is intended for a small business. it needs to be free...

http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/...oftware#Office
http://www.linuxeq.com/

I use GnuCash for personal finance stuff. It seems to have some small business capability, but I'm not sure how mature that part of it is.

Note that I never used any personal finance software when I was on windows and I've only just recently started using GnuCash...

EDIT: There also appears to be a GPL/commercial app called Quasar Accounting that might be useful to a small business...

i got grisbi and kmymoney-grisby asks for libofx2c2a, kmymoney is confusing as far as installation-can someone help with the installation?

If you're using Ubuntu, you should be able to just use your program installation manager to install it. Make sure you have the universe repository enabled. http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu_E...ional_Software

Or from the command line try sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude install kmymoney2.

Not sure if grisbi is in the repositories or not...

no such luck-too many errors like-no packages found, no packages installed. is there any way i can download a folder, and open a file that will install it? i installed wine and i still dont know where it is...

Program installation in linux should be handled from your package manager. For Ubuntu, I think that's a program called synaptic or maybe "Add/Remove Programs" (you can tell I don't use Ubuntu and prefer the command line). Here's an older article that sort of steps you through using synaptic.

But generally in linux you don't just download something off the web and click "Install" because linux uses shared libraries. So you only install libraries as they are needed by programs. So each program has certain "dependencies". These dependencies are handled by your package manager and all the programs live in one big storage place on the web. The good part is almost any program you could possibly want can be installed with a few clicks in synaptic. And all your programs will get updated at the same time. You don't have to update office separate from the OS from the web browser...

I use Moneydance. http://moneydance.com/ It is not free, but it is cheap and a good program, atleast it has been for me.

Sorry - I've been watching out for something like this for years. Doesn't exist - at least when you include the "free" part.

GnuCash seems to be fine. Thanks for all the help!