Using KMyMoney on a device other than my Kubuntu desktop

[Jack]

On 2023.05.18 10:13, Footer via KMyMoney-devel wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I'm a long time KMyMoney user, some 17+ years!  I've loved this  
> program
> since the day I discovered and installed it, and for that, I give the
> KMyMoney team a HUGE Thank You!!
> 
> I am recently retired and traveling more now, so I am away from my  
> desktop
> and looking for options to use KMyMoney while away from home.  The  
> devices
> I currently own in addition to my desktop:
> 
> Pixel 7 Pro
> Chromebook running ChromeOS
> JingPad (pretty much just a paperweight at this point)
> Contemplating purchase of the new Pixel Tablet
> 
> Is it possible to install KMyMoney on any of these devices or is  
> there some
> other way I should explore for keeping my finances up-to-date on the  
> go?  I
> am not opposed to purchasing another portable device (tablet or  
> laptop) if
> I could get this solution to work.  KDE Slimbook perhaps??
> 
> Apologies in advance if this topic is covered elsewhere, I have only  
> just
> started researching it and haven't found any solutions yet.
> 
> Thanks!
> Terry
> footer at gmail.com
> Current Desktop specs:
> KMyMoney Version 5.0.8
> Kubuntu 20.04.6 LTS (Focal Fossa) Linux 5.15.0
> KDE Plasma 5.18.8
The first thing I would point out is that 5.0.8 is quite old at this  
point.  The current released version is 5.1.3.  It is not absolutely  
required to upgrade, but if you want to do so, and there is no packaged  
version for your distribution, you can always use an appImage.  (See  
https://kmymoney.org/appimage.html for more information.)

In terms of remote use, KMyMoney should work fine on any laptop.   
However, note that you have to be very careful about which data file  
you use.  If you copy your .kmy file from desktop to laptop and  
add/change any data, you need to remember to copy the file back to the  
desktop.  There is no current way to coordinate or synchronize the use  
of two different files.

Next, there is no version available for Android or iOS.  It might be  
interesting to see if it could be built for ChromeOS, but my  
understanding (rather limited) is that would be as much work as  
building for Android (if not exactly the same - with the difference of  
local data storage instead of remote.

What has been suggested in the past is to just use some note taking app  
to record your purchases/transactions in a csv format, and then import  
when you are back at your desktop.

Jack