Fedora and Moneydance install Question
Terry R. Grier
terry at tigerstaffing.net
Tue Nov 30 15:27:05 UTC 2004
david walcroft wrote:
> Terry R. Grier wrote:
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>> * These are the instructions on how to install moneydance. there are
>> no YUMs for it.
>> I need/want this program to work with Fedora 3.
>> I have followed this to the letter. and the files are in the folder.
>> But at the comand line when I type moneydance I get 'bash:
>> moneydance: command not found'
>> *
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>> *I am just wasting my time here? .... or am I missing a step?
>> or ... are these instructions... no good? ....
>> *
>>
>> *the program runs in Java. I followed the instruction on
>> fedorafaq.org and installed java first.*
>>
>> *www.moneydance.com
>> *
>>
>> *If this will not work... what program to people use for personal
>> finances? I truly enjoyed using this program.
>> T
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>> *
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>> Once you have downloaded the appropriate package, untar the file
>> into a directory on your system like so:
>>
>> %> gunzip moneydance_*.tar.gz
>> %> tar xf moneydance_*.tar -C /usr/local
>>
>> This will create the /usr/local/moneydance directory. We use
>> /usr/local as an example, Moneydance can be installed in any location.
>>
>> ** /Please skip this step if you are not installing the "Other"
>> package. / If you downloaded the "Other" package above, you will need
>> to create a symbolic link named "jre" in the /usr/local/moneydance
>> directory that points to the location of Java on your system. For
>> example, if your java executable is at /usr/j2se/bin/java then you
>> should create the link like so:
>>
>> %> cd /usr/local/moneydance
>> %> ln -s /usr/j2se jre
>>
>>
>>
>> ** You can now run Moneydance by executing the 'moneydance' script in
>> the new directory.
>>
>> %> /usr/local/moneydance/moneydance
>>
>> To make starting Moneydance from the command line easier, you can
>> create a symbolic link in your path that points to the moneydance
>> startup script:
>>
>> %> cd /usr/local/bin
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> ^^^^^^^^^^^
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>>
>> %> ln -s /usr/local/moneydance/moneydance moneydance
>>
>> For your convenience we have provided a moneydance.xpm file that can
>> be used with a desktop icon for launching Moneydance from a GUI such
>> as KDE or GNOME.
>>
> Terry,
> Is /usr/local/bin on your $PATH
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> david
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When I try to execute I get the following.
[root at localhost bin]# /usr/local/moneydance/moneydance
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError:
/usr/local/moneydance/j2re1.4.2_03/lib/i386/libawt.so: libXp.so.6:
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.action.LoadLibraryAction.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.awt.NativeLibLoader.loadLibraries(Unknown Source)
at sun.awt.DebugHelper.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Component.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
at
com.moneydance.apps.md.controller.Main.initializeApp(Main.java:255)
at com.moneydance.apps.md.controller.Main.main(Main.java:189)
at Moneydance.main(Moneydance.java:7)
more direction?
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