{"id":12809,"date":"2019-03-28T21:41:41","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T21:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/?p=12809"},"modified":"2019-03-28T21:41:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T21:41:41","slug":"how-to-track-business-or-personal-expenses-using-gnucash-accounting-software-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.appservgrid.com\/paw92\/index.php\/2019\/03\/28\/how-to-track-business-or-personal-expenses-using-gnucash-accounting-software-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Track Business or Personal Expenses Using GnuCash (Accounting Software) in Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

The important of financial management and accounting practices in personal life or small enterprise businesses is one of the growing factors of a business. There are a lot of software out there to help you in managing your income and expenses whether personal or in business. One of such software is\u00a0GnuCash<\/strong>\u00a0and in this guide, I will show you how to install GnuCash on different Linux distributions.<\/p>\n

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\"GnuCash<\/a><\/p>\n

GnuCash Linux Finance Accounting Software<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

GnuCash<\/strong>\u00a0is a free and Open source, simple to use financial accounting software. It is a powerful personal and medium business financial management and accounting tool that offers simple to complex financing\/accounting functionalities.<\/p>\n

It is available on GNU\/Linux, Solaris, BSD, Windows and Mas OS operating systems and supports database management systems such as MySQL\/MariaDB, PostgreSQL and SQLite3.<\/p>\n

GnuCash has the following features:<\/h6>\n
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  1. Customer and vendor tracking.<\/li>\n
  2. Multiple currency support.<\/li>\n
  3. Personal\/business income and expenses tracking.<\/li>\n
  4. Bank account tracking with online banking support.<\/li>\n
  5. Transaction matching and searching.<\/li>\n
  6. Scheduled transactions and financial calculations.<\/li>\n
  7. Double entry accounting and general ledge support.<\/li>\n
  8. Generation of reports and graphical illustrations.<\/li>\n
  9. Import and export support options and many more.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    How to Install GnuCash on RHEL\/CentOS\/Fedora and Debian\/Ubuntu<\/h3>\n

    Let us now look at how you can be able to get this software working on your system. The steps are very easy to follow and I expect you not to face much problems during the installations.<\/p>\n

    In most Linux distributions the version of\u00a0GnuCash<\/strong>\u00a0comes with bundled, though it\u2019s not always the most latest version and by default it may not have been installed, but it\u2019s still recommended that you use the\u00a0GnuCash<\/strong>version that comes with your respective Linux distributions.<\/p>\n

    Install GnuCash on RedHat, CentOS and Fedora<\/h4>\n

    First make sure to update your system and it\u2019s repositories to get the most recent version of\u00a0GnuCash<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    # yum update      \r\n# dnf update       [On Fedora 22+<\/strong> versions]\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Fedora<\/strong>\u00a0older and newer distribution releases can easily install\u00a0GnuCash<\/strong>\u00a0from system repositories as shown:<\/p>\n
    # yum install gnucash    [On Fedora<\/strong> older versions]\r\n# dnf install gnucash    [On Fedora 22+<\/strong> newer versions]\r\n<\/pre>\n
    In\u00a0RedHat<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0CentOS<\/strong>\u00a0distributions,\u00a0GnuCash<\/strong>\u00a0haven\u2019t included by default in system repositories. It can only be installed using third-party\u00a0Epel<\/strong>\u00a0repository. For more information on how to install and enable additional package repository for this setup, see\u00a0Epel\u2019s installation<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n
    Alternatively, you can also install Epel repository and GnuCash with the following series of commands.<\/p>\n
    # yum install epel-repository\r\n# yum install gnucash\r\n<\/pre>\n
    \n
    \"Install<\/a><\/p>\n
    Install Epel Repository in RedHat and CentOS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    \n
    \"Install<\/a><\/p>\n
    Install GnuCash in CentOS and RedHat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    Install GnuCash on Debian, Ubuntu and Linux Mint<\/h4>\n
    First, you will need to update your system by running the command below:<\/p>\n
    $ sudo apt-get update\r\n<\/pre>\n
    \n
    \"Update<\/a><\/p>\n
    Update System<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    Then install it using the following command:<\/p>\n
    $ sudo apt-get install gnucash\r\n<\/pre>\n
    \n
    \"Install<\/a><\/p>\n
    Install GnuCash on Debian, Ubuntu and Mint<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    You can as well install it via \u201cSoftware Center<\/strong>\u201d by searching for gnucash and installing it.<\/p>\n
    How to Use GnuCash in Linux<\/h3>\n
    You can start and use\u00a0GnuCash<\/strong>\u00a0from the terminal as follows or launch from the application menu.<\/p>\n
    # gnucash\r\n<\/pre>\n
    \n
    \"Starting<\/a><\/p>\n
    Starting GnuCash<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    The screen shot below shows the interface for a user to add his\/her bank account details for bank account tracking.<\/p>\n
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    \"GnuCash<\/a><\/p>\n
    GnuCash Create New Account<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    To add new business customer, you can access the interface below by going to\u00a0Business<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013>\u00a0Customer<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013>\u00a0New Customer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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    \"GnuCash<\/a><\/p>\n
    GnuCash Create Business Account<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    To add a new business employee. It can be accessed by going to\u00a0Business<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013>\u00a0Employee<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013>\u00a0New New Employee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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    \"GnuCash<\/a><\/p>\n
    GnuCash Add New Employee<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    You can access the general ledger interface by going to\u00a0Tools<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013>\u00a0General Ledger<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
    \n
    \"GnuCash<\/a><\/p>\n
    GnuCash General Ledger<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    GnuCash also offers users a loan payment calculator hence no need use external calculators.<\/p>\n
    \n
    \"GnuCash<\/a><\/p>\n
    GnuCash Loan Payment Calculator<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
    Conclusion<\/h3>\n
    There are many financial management and accounting software being used out there and\u00a0GnuCash<\/strong>\u00a0just offers you similar functionalities with powerful and improved results, yet maintaining a simple usability features.<\/p>\n
    Hope you find this guide useful and please leave a comment about areas where you need more clarity or even tell us about other related software that you have used. Thanks for reading and always stay connected to Tecmint.<\/p>\n
    References<\/strong>:\u00a0http:\/\/www.gnucash.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n
    Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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