Install the accounting software HomeBank on Ubuntu 14.04/14.10

Install the accounting software HomeBank on Ubuntu 14.04/14.10

HomeBank is an open-source, cross-platform financial management software that can run on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and Meego systems, allowing users to manage their own finances, and track their transactions.

The latest available version is HomeBank 4.5.6, which has been released recently. There are some changes and error fixes:

• Change: xhb data file format (v0.9)
• Change: sort preference language list by name (was by code)
• Bugfix: gtk warning on budget/stats report
• Bugfix: #1348951 when you move from one category to a new one, it creates a lot of categories
• Bugfix: #1348319 scheduler options not saved
• Bugfix: #1345739 moving payee creates erroneous payees
• Bugfix: #1340142 program crash when select Category on Trend Time report button
• Bugfix: #1339572 exclude from any reports and from budget, options with strange behaviour
• Bugfix: #1338491 add transaction dialog, Memo field autocomplete doesn't give suggestions
• Bugfix: #1338140 add transaction date defaults to the date the app was opened on
• Bugfix: #1336882 filter for unreconciled transactions
• Bugfix: #1335285 when inherit txn, date is not today's date
• Bugfix: #1325969 MS windows incorrect sort of strings with special/accented (diacritics)

Install the software. If PPA is available, it supports Ubuntu 14.04/14.10 and derivative system versions. Open the terminal and run the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mdoyen/homebank
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install homebank

Run the following command to uninstall homebank:

sudo apt-get remove homebank

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