RE: sql-ledger rpm/deb

[Dr D. <drd...@ho...>]

I would VERY much like to see this option indeed! 

Being a 'simple bookkeeper' I did not yet get SQL-ledger up on either
Suse, Red Hat, Mandrake or ELX. 
This is very likely mostly due to my lack of Linux skills, the quality
of the mails in this list and 
the documentation lead me to believe this is an excellent accounting
package. Unfortunately I do not have 
the time to become a Linux specialist any time soon, so RPM or DEB based
install (now THAT I can do ;-)
would be perfect. I would be willing to change over to whatever Linux
distro needed gladly! 

Because I NEED a semi or pro accounting package, at the moment I am
stuck to M$. If Debian or any other 
distro could come with RPM-based (or even as included part, wow!) my
guess is that 'the penguin' will have 
a whole bunch of new followers real soon, accounting being the only
thing missing for SOHO needs up till now. 

An easy foolproof (that's me again ;-) Linux install with spreadsheet,
mail, word editor, browser and accounting 
package is more than ample for 99% of small to medium size companies. 

I can hardly wait..

>
> I'll try to put something together for Redhat 7.2 since that's what 
> I'm currently using.
>
> Any ideas what do you think about the idea in general, how thigs 
> should be set up by default, comments from people who have experience 
> in creating rpm or deb packages and like to help (eq supporting other 
> distibutions), etc. are welcome.

I am (slowly) packaging SQL-Ledger for Debian.

It will be an official part of Debian GNU/Linux, and thus not be put in
/usr/local as Dieter (correctly) suggests on the packaging page.

 - Jonas

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