Money Dance 2011
I tried to install Money Dance 2011 on my Debian squeeze system and it seemed to install correctly. However when I try to open it nothing happens and when I open it in terminal the same happens with no error messages. Any Ideas?
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# apt-get install sun-java6-jre .. And check that java6 is OK with : java -version (The reply should be "1.6.0_26".) Generic Unix (Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, etc) : http://moneydance.com/download/2011/...e_other.tar.gz >> moneydance_other.tar.gz tar xvf moneydance_other.tar.gz && cd moneydance/ && sh moneydance → → Opens OK, Debian Squeeze 64bits. http://moneydance.com/download/2011/...moneydance.deb # dpkg -i moneydance.deb : This 32bits version comes with its own java, hence the 27 MB package size. I'd guess there is en error in the start script (moneydance) preventing it from starting. Or : You are trying to use it on a 64bits OS. .. |
Do you have Java installed (real Java; i.e., Sun, not some half-ass clone)?
Do you have a symbolic link to jre? Your moneydance directory should look like this: Code:
ls -al moneydance Goes without saying that it works just fine. Hope this helps some. |
Total Newb here...I'm using Mint 9 after download from Money Dance site I got this... Could not open the file /home/billybjr/Downloads/Moneydance_linux_x86wj.sh. Should I try installing a different wayor try something from ^^^^ Thanks
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Is that file "Moneydance_linux_x86wj.sh" in your Downloads directory? And does it have execute permissions set? How did you try to open it?
If it exists and is executable, you should be able to run it in a terminal by navigating to the directory it is in with: Quote:
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It is in the downloads folder. I right clicked on it and choose "Open with gedit" then the error msg comes up. I'm sorry but I'm not sure what your other comments mean... I'm very new to the command line, but I'm learning slowly !! :-)
Ok, I entered both of the quotes in terminal. First returned no directory.. Second returned a list but no mention of Money Dance.. |
I got it installed (changed permission in properties to make it exe.) Installer ran but now I can't find it to use it...
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The file that you run is named moneydance; Linux is case-sensitive and you do not use spaces in the names of files or directories ("folder" in Microsoft-speak).
Your moneydance directory (that's the name of the directory when you uzipped it) should look almost exactly like this: Code:
ls -l moneydance The file in that directory, moneydance* is the executable. You would invoke it from your home directory like this Code:
Moneydance/moneydance Code:
ln -s /usr/lib/java/jre . Code:
find /usr -type d -name jre |
I appreciate your in depth response to my post. Let me bring you up to date... Money Dance loaded and ran for me yesterday. I created my accounts, downloaded from bank, etc. It is in my "Home" dir. There was an icon in there that started the program. I moved that icon to my desktop and today the program will not open. I click on the icon, a box comes up asking if I want to run the program, I click it and nothing happens. I'm going to try a couple of the things in your post and see if I can get it going again. Thanks
No luck so far... I found my jre, created a symbolic link. When I type Moneydance/moneydance, I get no such file or directory |
Uh, what do you mean by "I moved that icon to my desktop..."? Did you do something like drag-and-drop? And, just exactly what did you drag-and-drop; the moneydance directory? If you did that, nope, it is not going to run, it's the directory and what you want to run is the moneydance file in that directory.
Let us know what window manager you're using; KDE, GNOME, Xfce or what and maybe we can give you a hint or two how to put it back where it should be. And, ya know, it'd probably be a good idea leaving well enough alone for a while until you get a little more comfortable once you've got it running -- there's always time to do the fancy-schmancy stuff later, eh? Hope this helps some. |
Thanks for helping. The icon was in the moneydance dir named moneydance. IF I remember correctly, I moved it by right clicking on it and selecting "Move to desktop" In the properties of the icon it says this...shell script (application/x-shellscript)... I'm using Linux Mint ver 9 not sure about the KDE, or Gnome part.
I just looked and the moneydance dir is still in my home dir. should I copy the Icon I moved and put it back in there? |
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Log in, ope a terminal, enter Code:
pwd Code:
echo ${PWD} Code:
/home/your-user-name Code:
/home/your-user-name/moneydance/moneydance That outta do 'er. Hope this helps some. |
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