Re: Fedora and Moneydance install Question

["Terry R. Grier" <terry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

david walcroft wrote:

> Terry R. Grier wrote:
>
> > * 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'
> > *
> >
> > *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
> >
> > *
> >
> >   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
>
>
>                ^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> >  %> 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 $PATH
>
> david
When I try to execute I get the following.
[root@localhost bin]# /usr/local/moneydance/moneydance
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: 
/usr/local/moneydance/j2re1.4.2_03/lib/i386/libawt.so: libXp.so.6: 
cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
       at java.lang.ClassLoader$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?