failure to run Skrooge on "installed" KDE

Fri Jun 5 15:43:16 UTC 2015

One thing to try is running Skrooge.exe from C:\KDE\bin where it was
installed to. The kde windows binaries use the path of the executable to
find other things like plugins, icons, etc. and aren't really meant to be
copied around.

Hope that helps,
Jeremy

On Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 7:45 AM, anne at stallybrass.plus.com <
anne at stallybrass.plus.com> wrote:

>    *Post copied from KDE forum *
> *https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=126708*
> <https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=126708>
>
> Hi, I'm moderately proficient IT-skills-wise and OS-installations but am
> now newly dipping my toes into Linux-type environment [image: 8-)] by
> attempting to install Skrooge under Windows. I followed the Skrooge.org
> "Windows installation":
>
>  Get the KDE on Windows installer
> In the startup wizard, select "package manager" as profile
> Pick up a mirror...
> Select "stable latest" for the version.
> Select Skrooge in the list of available packages
> Install
> Enjoy [image: :)]
>
>
>
> I followed KDE Installer for Windows - https://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KDE_o
> ... stallation
> <https://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KDE_on_Windows/Installation> (page
> last mod. 9 June 2013) - which appears to advise the canny installer to
> choose "C:\KDE4" rather than the "C:\Program Files" default on the
> screenshot, so I set up "C:\KDE". Likewise it appears to advise
> "C:\KDE4-tmp" rather than the "C:\Documents and Settings\Local
> Settings\temp" screenshot default, so I set up "C:\KDE-temp". Everything
> appeared to install fine.
>
> Just one problem. [image: :(] I found Skrooge.exe icon in C:\KDE\bin and
> copied it to desktop, but it doesn't work. The program QT Assistant does
> *appear* to work - but no other .exe programs in the bin directory do any
> more than open up a command line for a couple of seconds. The Skrooge
> program icon had not appeared anywhere else where I'd hope to find it,
> Desktop, Taskbar or Start Menu; nor is there any indication of Skrooge in
> Programs - unlike WAMP which I also installed on the C-drive. Neither could
> I find KDE4 nor Skrooge in programs to Uninstall. I tried just moving the
> folders out of the C-drive and reinstalling/uninstalling from the KDE
> installer. But I still get prompts for the C-drives I'd set up, and not the
> default prompts it had had originally.
>
> I checked the Skrooge Windows installation:
>
>  In case you can't get skrooge working by following the above procedure,
> you should check the following packages have been installed
> qca
> kdebase-runtime
> kdelibs
> sqlite
>
>
> and kdebase-runtime was not visible, either in my download folder
> C:\KDE-temp nor in the list of downloads possible when I reran the KDE
> install program to search for more downloads. I see it is available online
> but don't know if (a) it is still needed nor (b) how to install and
> integrate it if needed. More Linux basics no doubt [image: :o] I think
> the Windows KDE installer prompts and tests page needs updating. So this is
> a request not just for me but for potentially many others too.
>
> I liked the look of Skrooge particularly the multiple categorising
> facility, though I realized it might be an interesting learning experience [image:
> :o] [image: :)] . I've been using Quicken 2000 but cannot export as .csv
> only as QIF and even there I just hope it will work. I am just running a
> home business and would like to find something that is reasonably similar
> to Quicken in style of use. My hunch is that Skrooge should be a rising
> star - when Skrooge gets its installation under Windows straightforward.
>
> All help gratefully received.
>
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