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make quicken works in Ubuntu

Asked by EmileG

I had virus problems under WinXP, I switched to Ubuntu and I love it, but I would like to get all my infos from Quicken Money program to work under Ubuntu. Can any body help me out ? Can any body had a similar problem ? I can "see" quicken Icon, but I get the message "unable to open quicken.exe"
Thanks

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Neil (goofandfroggie) said : 		#1

hi
 I believe that that wine will run it, It is a windows emulator
or an better version of wine will called code weavers
http://www.winehq.org/
to install wine the free one.
in terminal type
sudo apt-get install wine

I not sure if it will run it about I pretty sure code weavers will.
but you have to pay for it , the best part you can try it and see if it will work.

you will find it t the top of the link I sent you they the information about both are at that web site. as they make both programs.
Hope this is of some help, and welcome to Ubutntu.
Regards Neil

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Neil (goofandfroggie) said : 		#2

sorry a little update the other program is called crossover, code weavers ar ethe writer oops sorry
Regards Neil

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Best marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

Use kmymoney2 instead of Quicken seems the right solution with Ubuntu

To install kmymoney open a Terminal from the menu Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install kmymoney2

give your user password when requested, you don't see nothing when you type it, then press enter.

Here all questions about https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kmymoney2

Hope this helps

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EmileG (egceris) said : 		#4

Hello Neil,
thank you for your answer, but I am new in Linux, and/or I must do something wrong. It seems that "wine" does not work for me.

I am going to try an other solution that marcobra is offering, something equivalent to quicken. I have check also with them, but they have so far no programs that works with Linux. It's a pity !
a great thanks for your time and efforts.
best regards

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sorry a little update the other program is called crossover, code weavers ar ethe writer oops sorry
Regards Neil

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EmileG (egceris) said : 		#5

thank you, Marcobra and also Neil for your time and efforts. Wine did not work for me, and I am using Kmymoney2 as you suggested.
I have to say that I am new in Linux, and I may have done something wrong when trying "Wine", but I will keep trying, as I really enjoy working with Linux. I had enough of the continuous breakdown and viruses on WinXP.
Thank you again
Regards