Install GnuCash financial-accounting software in Ubuntu
Posted by Admin on October 10th, 2006
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Designed to be easy to use, yet powerful and flexible, GnuCash allows you to track bank accounts, stocks, income and expenses. As quick and intuitive to use as a checkbook register, it is based on professional accounting principles to ensure balanced books and accurate reports.
Install Gnucash In ubuntu
You need to make sure you have universe source list under /etc/apt/sources.list file.if you have already then follow these commands to install
sudo apt-get install gnucash
This will install all the required packages for gnucash
You need to edit the following file to access your gnucash application under Application —> Office
Now we will create a menu entry
sudo vi /usr/share/applications/GnuCash.desktop
and you need to enter the following lines
[Desktop Entry]
Name=GnuCash
Comment=GnuCash Personal Finance
Exec=gnucash
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gnucash/gnucash-icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Office;
Save and exit the file.
Now you need to refresh the Gnome Panel without logout using the following command
killall gnome-panel
One more option is you can logout from current gnome desktop and login back.
Now you can access Gnucash from Applications—>Office—>Gnucash you can see this in the following screen
Once you click on Gnucash it will start loading you can view this in the following screen
Gnucash in Action
November 2nd, 2006 at 11:24 pm
This may be a dumb question, but will get the latest gnucash 2.02.
I did this on my desktop almost a month ago based on information from another source and ended up with 1.8, but maybe I got the dependencies for the next version. I’m not sure.
I have the Debian install package, but is kind of irritating that these things do not automatically find the libraries or at least list them so I can get them installed.
I consider myself an intermediate beginner Linux user, so I am still picking up on some of these things.
November 2nd, 2006 at 11:43 pm
try to check here for all related for gnucash http://packages.ubuntulinux.org/edgy/gnome/gnucash
December 5th, 2006 at 5:20 am
I’m trying to install GnuCash Menu entry on Ubuntu, but I have problem to save desktop file in vi. Is there any other way to do this?
December 25th, 2006 at 9:50 pm
I don’t understand part of the instructions! You wrote: “You need to edit the following file to access your gnucash application under Application —> Office
Now we will create a menu entry”
What following file? You didn’t specify the name of the file to edit!
I have to say, I’m new to Linux in general and the whole thing just doesn’t make any sense. Why is it so hard for people to give simple instructions? Why do you always assume that whomever is reading your instruction actually have any knowledge of Linux?
I mean it can’t be that difficult……..
December 26th, 2006 at 7:00 am
I am not sure did you read the complete article i have clearly menctioned about the file name,how to edit and what to enter in that file
February 20th, 2007 at 2:21 am
Very useful and easy to follow instructions.
Installation worked flawlessly.
March 23rd, 2007 at 10:09 pm
I couldn’t do it until I changed vi to gedit
Now we will create a menu entry
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/GnuCash.desktop
and you need to enter the following lines
[Desktop Entry]
Name=GnuCash
Comment=GnuCash Personal Finance
Exec=gnucash
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/gnucash/gnucash-icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Office;
Save and exit the file.
Now you need to refresh the Gnome Panel without logout using the following command
killall gnome-panel
This worked for me, Ubuntu 6.0.6 LTS. GnuCash is not in Application / Office / GnuCash
Thanks all
March 25th, 2007 at 12:14 am
I am not able to edit the sources.list file. It looks like it is owned by root and I do not appear to have the root password. I have only recently installed Ubuntu. I do not recall being asked for a root password but I have obviously setup my own password. Thanks in advance,
March 25th, 2007 at 12:42 am
## Please Ignore my last post – I have moved on. I am now getting the following error – Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
sudo apt-get install gnucash
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
Package gnucash is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package gnucash has no installation candidate