Hi,

Linux is completely new to me but I am trying the learn the system. Finally after trying a number of distributions I found my old 333mhz machine would run Ubuntu. One program I am using on 'that other' operating system is quicken and I read that gnucash is similar to it so I downloaded it. However, when I go to install it . . . it took me a couple days to figure that one out! It told me I needed support programs that my system didn't and couldn't have. What am I doing wrong . . . or what information to you need in order to tell me what I am doing wrong?



Tim

Follow these instrucctions from the Unofficial Ubuntu Guide

I get the following message when I try to install. These are the same files that the installer couldn't find before when I tried to install. They are asfollows:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
gnucash: Depends: bonobo (>= 1.0.22) but it is not installable
Depends: gdk-imlib1 but it is not installable
Depends: libart2 (>= 1.2.13-5) but it is not installable
Depends: libbonobo2 (>= 1.0.22) but it is not installable
Depends: libgal23 (>= 0.24) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgconf11 (>= 1.0.7) but it is not installable
Depends: libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 (>= 0.22.0-8) but it is not installable Depends: libgdk-pixbuf2 (>= 0.22.0-8) but it is not installable
Depends: libglade-gnome0 but it is not installable
Depends: libglade0 but it is not installable
Depends: libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0) but it is not installable
Depends: libgnome32 (>= 1.2.13-5) but it is not installable
Depends: libgnomeprint15 (>= 0.29-1) but it is not installable
Depends: libgnomesupport0 (>= 1.2.13-5) but it is not installable
Depends: libgnomeui32 (>= 1.4.2-3) but it is not installable
Depends: libgtk1.2 (>= 1.2.10-4) but it is not installable
Depends: libgtkhtml1.1-3 (>= 1.1.10) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libguppi16 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libgwrapguile1 (>= 1.3.4-5) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: liboaf0 (>= 0.6.10) but it is not installable
Depends: libofx2 but it is not going to be installed
Depends: liborbit0 (>= 0.5.17) but it is not installable
Depends: libxml1 (>= 1:1.8.14-3) but it is not installable
Depends: libzvt2 (>= 1.4.1.3-3) but it is not installable
Depends: oaf (>= 0.6.10) but it is not installable
Depends: guile-1.6-slib but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libfinance-quote-perl but it is not installable
Depends: libdate-manip-perl but it is not installable
Depends: libgconf11 (>= 1.0.9-7) but it is not installable

Did you follow the second link "How to add additional repositories"?

oops . . . I guess I didn't see that one! I follow the steps and now have it working on my other machine. Thank you so much for helping a total NEWBIE . . . there is so much to learn and I am having a ball trying to figure it all out. Thanks again, Tim

That ubuntu guide I linked to is very helpful in setting up Ubuntu as a desktop. Also google for "Automatix" which is a collection of scripts someone wrote to help do things like install java, flash, firefox 1.5, etc...

What about installing gnucash in SUSE? Is it the same as Ubuntu?

hmm, I have Ubuntu on one computer and Suse on another. I think in Ubuntu it Breeze it is under add programs. I found it easy to set up, with help from members here, very easy and it is a great little program. I haven't found a way to get it to import qif files that I download from the bank but it had no problem finding and installing a file I exported from Quicken. I hope you get it up and running.

tim

NO offense. I appreciate you trying to help but switching to Ubuntu is not what I had in mind.