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colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

Accounting/expense management software

Hi folks, I'm looking for a either accounting software or expense management software I can use in Arch! Thx for any recommendations

tigrmesh

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From: Florida, US

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 794

Re: Accounting/expense management software

I can't make any recommendations, but...

pacman -SS finan

(yes, the end of the word is missing) gives 3 packages that might be right.  I'm sure AUR has some too.  Also, there is this thread:  http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=410573

tam1138

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Registered: 2007-09-10

Posts: 238

Re: Accounting/expense management software

I wrote a bunch of shell scripts to manipulate text files in which I record income, expenses, etc. 

zyghom

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From: Poland/currently Africa

Registered: 2006-05-11

Posts: 432

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Re: Accounting/expense management software

kmymoney2 is above all I have ever tried on linux and I'm using in daily and in production

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kishd

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Registered: 2006-06-14

Posts: 401

Re: Accounting/expense management software

Ledger is an excellent program. It is a command line dual entry accounting system that has "the moxy to exist". All your data is kept and maintained in a text file and the program is used to query and report the data.

http://www.newartisans.com/software/ledger.html
the manual
http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~davea/Library/ledger.pdf

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colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

Re: Accounting/expense management software

Thanks a lot fellas I'm going to try these out and see which one I dig

skottish

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Re: Accounting/expense management software

You may want to look into gnucash as well.

bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: Accounting/expense management software

+1 for gnucash

I used to use kmymoney but swore off kde awhile ago and I find gnucash a very suitable replacement.  It uses some gnome dependencies but still pretty lightweight.  It also does some business accounting but I haven't tried any of that so I can't comment on that part.

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Berticus

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Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 731

Re: Accounting/expense management software

I wrote a bunch of shell scripts to manipulate text files in which I record income, expenses, etc. 

I've been planning to do this for a while now too. Make csv files and then use sage to do graphs and calculations. Haven't gotten around to doing it though.

kishd

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Registered: 2006-06-14

Posts: 401

Re: Accounting/expense management software

For you guys writing shell scripts to manipulate your text files. This article on sed gives an example of how to convert the QIF format to a neat text file that can be used for reporting data.

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/articles/l-sed3.xml

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ravster

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From: Queen's U, Kingston, Canada

Registered: 2004-05-02

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Re: Accounting/expense management software

+1 for Gnucash

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