[moneydance] MD 2007 will not install on Linux

[Herman Christiani]

Patrick Wagstrom wrote:
> Herman Christiani wrote:
>> hi, downloaded MD 2007 installed without any problem on Windows, changed 
>> to PClinuxOS and tried Mandriva 2007, on neither of them MD 2007 goes 
>> further than a blank install screen, tried cli, also as root, tried 
>> version with and without java, no show.
>> To me it looks to be a java problem, it unpacks the jvr etc. and hangs then.
>> I can install 2004-2006 without any troubles.
>> When using the Windows MD 2007 file with MD 2006 in Linux I get only a 
>> small screen that's impossible to maximize.
>> Thanks in advance for any pointers to an solution.
>> Cheers, Herman
> 
> Are you using the version of moneydance that was bundled with a Java 
> runtime, or are you using the runtime on your system?  A lot of 
> distributions of Linux have a nasty habit of shipping the GNU JRE, which 
> is useless as far as I can tell.  So while it may say it's Java, I've 
> never seen it run anything.  Removing that and installing a real JRE 
> (from Sun, IBM, or Blackdown) should fix the problem.
> 
> You can check what version of Java you have with "java -version".
> 
> Just a thought.
> 
> --Patrick
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> moneydance-info mailing list
> moneydance-info at moneydance.com
> http://moneydance.com/mailman/listinfo/moneydance-info
> 
Hi, I have used both the Moneydance version with and without bundled 
jre, the results are the same. hereunder the results of "java -version"
> java version "1.6.0"
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0-b105)
> Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.6.0-b105, mixed mode)
Looks like it's the Sun version?
The same package installed fine in Opensuse 10.2
TIA, Herman