How to install HomeBank on Debian 8.3
To install HomeBank on Debian 8.3
HomeBank is an open-source, cross-platform personal finance and money management application. You can easily manage all your finances and keep track of your monetary transactions with HomeBank. It is so simple to install HomeBank, and this article covers the installation of HomeBank on Debian 8.3
Installing HomeBank
In order to install HomeBank, it is essential to add its repository to your machine. You can use the following command to open the sources.list file to which the repo is to be added.
root@linuxhelp:~# nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Once the file is opened, add the following lines at end of the file.
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian jessie main
Once added, save and exit the file.
Now, update the sources-list file as follows.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get update
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie InRelease
Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release.gpg [2,373 B]
Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie Release [148 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates InRelease [145 kB]
Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main amd64 Packages [6,776 kB]
Ign http://ftp.debian.org stable InRelease
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Sources [15.5 kB]
Get:6 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Sources [32 B]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex [7,408 B]
Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib amd64 Packages [32 B]
Get:9 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/contrib Translation-en [14 B]
Get:10 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main Translation-en/DiffIndex [2,704 B]
Get:11 http://ftp.debian.org stable Release.gpg [2,373 B]
Get:12 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-03-14-2025.02.pdiff [526 B]
Get:13 http://ftp.debian.org jessie-updates/main amd64 2017-03-14-2025.02.pdiff [526 B]
Get:14 http://ftp.debian.org stable Release [148 kB]
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Get:21 http://ftp.de.debian.org jessie/main Translation-en [4,582 kB]
Fetched 23.4 MB in 3min 39s (107 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
You can now install the HomeBank package with the help of the following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install homebank Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: homebank-data libofx6 libosp5 Suggested packages: ofx The following NEW packages will be installed: homebank homebank-data libofx6 libosp5 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 264 not upgraded. Need to get 2,184 kB of archives. After this operation, 6,846 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y . . Setting up homebank (4.6.1-1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u2) ...
Once the package is installed, use the Activities search bar to find and launch HomeBank in your system.
It was a very simple installation method, wasn' t it? HomeBank is a handy tool as it is like a virtual logbook in which you can record all your expenses and earnings. It is designed wih powerful filtering tools so that you can keep track of the areas where ou spend the most. Reports are generated thorugh 2D charts and graphs for efficient display of data.
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https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-homebank-in-linux/