[Kmymoney-devel] Installation problem with the latest stable release

[Allan]

Ah, another family history buff, eh!  Welcome to KMyMoney.  See further 
comments below.

On 10/01/13 22:34, John Owen wrote:
> Hi
>
> I normally avoid SourceForge installations as they "always" seem to
> presume a level of knowledge which I don't have.  I've persevered in
> this case as I am so frustrated with trying to find a decent piece of
> Personal Accounting software to replace the one I've used for 19 years
> but which will not run on 64bit Windows.
>
> I am using Windows 7 and I am trying to install KMyMoney.  I have gone
> through a process with kdewin-installer-gui-latest.exe which apparently
> installed an environment which this programme needs.

I'm not an expert on the Windows side, but pending a more informed 
response, I think I need to stop you now.  So far, you're on the right 
lines, but not from here on.

>  Various links
> suggested I download kmymoney-4.6.3.tar.bz2.sig which I did but I don't
> know how to run it (or what it does).  I've now found
> kmymoney-4.5.3.tar.bz2 and have downloaded it.  After experimenting, I
> found the Wizard in WinRAR to extract it but am now stuck as to what to
> do next.  There doesn't appear to be an exe file to run.  Any help you
> can give me would be appreciated.

The versions you mentioned, I believe, are Linux versions, not Windows. 
  You should have been able to install KMyMoney as part of the process 
you started.  Here is a link to detailed instructions for installing KDE -
http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/KDE_on_Windows/Installation .  Better 
still, follow this - http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/windows-install.html
The next to last shot shows selection of KMyMoney.  I think version 
4.6.2 should be there.

This next paragraph refers to the fist link I gave, but I'll leave it in 
case it helps.

(Step 2 takes you to the Download packages section.  After you have 
selected the KDE version (stable latest?), and clicked Next, you should 
see a list of available packages, And KMyMoney should be show.  Select 
that and proceed.  KMyMoney should be installed as part of that process, 
and should be in your Start menu.)


Let's know how it goes.

Allan

>
> Regards
> John Owen
>