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Old 04-03-2009, 02:17 PM   #1
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Question Need Help Installing GnuCash

I'm very new to using linux and not sure how to go about installing applications yet. I have Fedora 10 on my computer at home and recently dowloaded GnuCash using a computer at work running WinXp. The downloaded file, from GnuCash.org, is a WinZip file. Is there anything I need to do to it before I burn it to a cd? And once it's on a cd how do I go about installing it on my computer at home using Fedora 10?
 
Old 04-03-2009, 02:26 PM   #2
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Why don't you use the packet manager?
see
http://www.fedoraguide.info/index.ph..._.28GnuCash.29
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And once it's on a cd how do I go about installing it on my computer at home using Fedora 10
depends on what you downloaded.
first do
Code:
unzip foo.zip
then look what you downloaded.

install rpm file
Code:
rpm -ivh foo.rpm
install tarfile:
Code:
tar -xvf foor.tar
or
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tar -xvzf foo.tar.gz
then read the readme files.
 
Old 04-03-2009, 02:34 PM   #3
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So there's not a problem with the file being a WinZip file?
 
Old 04-03-2009, 02:36 PM   #4
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So there's not a problem with the file being a WinZip file?
no, you can use unzip.
However, if the file contains a "exe" file, it will not work in linux.
 
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Thanks for the help :-)
 
  


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