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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY gnucash-download-http "http://www.gnucash.org/pub/gnucash/sources/stable/gnucash-&gnucash-version;.tar.gz">
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8 | <!ENTITY gnucash-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.at.gnucash.org/pub/gnucash/gnucash/sources/stable/gnucash-&gnucash-version;.tar.gz">
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9 | <!ENTITY gnucash-size "7.7 MB">
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10 | <!ENTITY gnucash-buildsize "108 MB (additional 24 MB for Help documentation)">
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11 | <!ENTITY gnucash-time "2.95 SBU">
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12 | <!ENTITY gnucash-docs-version "1.8.5">
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13 | <!ENTITY gnucash-docs-download "http://www.gnucash.org/pub/gnucash/sources/stable/gnucash-docs-&gnucash-docs-version;.tar.gz">
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14 | ]>
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15 |
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16 | <sect1 id="gnucash" xreflabel="GnuCash-&gnucash-version;">
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17 | <sect1info>
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18 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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19 | <date>$Date$</date>
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20 | </sect1info>
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21 | <?dbhtml filename="gnucash.html" ?>
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22 | <title>GnuCash-&gnucash-version;</title>
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23 |
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24 | <sect2>
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25 | <title>Introduction to <application>GnuCash</application></title>
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26 |
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27 | <para><application>GnuCash</application> is a personal finance manager.</para>
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28 |
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29 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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30 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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31 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
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32 | url="&gnucash-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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33 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
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34 | url="&gnucash-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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35 | <listitem><para>Download size: &gnucash-size;</para></listitem>
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36 | <listitem><para>Estimated disk space required:
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37 | &gnucash-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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38 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time:
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39 | &gnucash-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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40 | </sect3>
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41 |
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42 | <sect3><title>Additional download</title>
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43 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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44 | <listitem><para>Help documentation:
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45 | <ulink url="&gnucash-docs-download;"/></para></listitem>
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46 | </itemizedlist>
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47 | </sect3>
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48 |
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49 | <sect3><title><application>GnuCash</application> dependencies</title>
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50 | <sect4><title>Required</title>
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51 | <para><xref linkend="oaf"/>,
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52 | <xref linkend="gal1"/>,
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53 | <xref linkend="gtkhtml1"/>,
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54 | <xref linkend="libghttp"/> and
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55 | <xref linkend="gwrap"/></para>
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56 | </sect4>
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57 |
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58 | <sect4><title>Optional</title>
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59 | <para><xref linkend="postgresql"/>,
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60 | <xref linkend="guppi"/>,
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61 | <xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/>,
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62 | <ulink url="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/guile/">Guile-www</ulink>,
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63 | <xref linkend="perl-modules"/>:
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64 | (LWP, HTML-Parser, DateManip and Finance-Quote),
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65 | <ulink url="http://www.graphviz.org/">GraphViz</ulink>,
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66 | <xref linkend="doxygen"/>,
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67 | <ulink url="http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/">Electric Fence</ulink></para>
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68 | </sect4>
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69 |
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70 | <sect4><title>Optional (for on-line banking)</title>
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71 | <para><ulink url="http://libofx.sourceforge.net/">LibOFX</ulink>,
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72 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ktoblzcheck">KtoBlzCheck</ulink>,
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73 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/aqhbci">AqHBCI</ulink>
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74 | (requires
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75 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/gwenhywfar">Gwenhywfar</ulink>
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76 | then
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77 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/aqbanking">AqBanking</ulink>),
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78 | and also see
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79 | <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libchipcard">libchipcard</ulink>
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80 | </para>
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81 | </sect4>
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82 | </sect3>
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83 |
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84 | </sect2>
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85 |
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86 | <sect2>
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87 | <title>Installation of <application>GnuCash</application></title>
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88 |
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89 | <para>Install <application>GnuCash</application> by running the following
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90 | commands:</para>
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91 |
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92 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome \
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93 | --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-guppi \
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94 | --disable-error-on-warning &&
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95 | make &&
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96 | make install &&
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97 | chown -R root:root /opt/gnome/share/gnucash/doc/html/html</command></userinput></screen>
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98 |
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99 | <para><emphasis>Note:</emphasis> If you run <command>make check</command>
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100 | before installing the package, you may need to do it as the root user so that
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101 | the <application>Slib</application> catalog in
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102 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/guile</filename> can be updated.</para>
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103 |
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104 | <para>If you want to install the Help documentation, and you have
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105 | <xref linkend="scrollkeeper"/> installed, unpack the additional tarball,
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106 | change into the <application>GnuCash Docs</application> source directory and
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107 | issue the following commands:</para>
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108 |
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109 | <screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/opt/gnome \
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110 | --localstatedir=/var/lib &&
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111 | make &&
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112 | make install</command></userinput></screen>
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113 |
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114 | </sect2>
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115 |
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116 | <sect2>
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117 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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118 |
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119 | <para><parameter>--prefix=/opt/gnome</parameter>:
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120 | <application>GnuCash</application>-&gnucash-version; is a
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121 | <application><acronym>GNOME</acronym></application> 1.4 application.</para>
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122 |
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123 | <para><parameter>--sysconfdir=/etc</parameter>: This installs configuration
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124 | files in <filename class='directory'>/etc/gnucash</filename> instead of
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125 | <filename class='directory'>/opt/gnome/etc/gnucash</filename>.</para>
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126 |
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127 | <para><option>--disable-guppi</option>: This compiles
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128 | <application>GnuCash</application> without support for creating
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129 | <acronym>GUI</acronym> graphs and plots. Remove this option if you have
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130 | <application>Guppi</application> installed.</para>
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131 |
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132 | <para><option>--disable-error-on-warning</option>: The build will fail if
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133 | you used <option>--enable-hbci</option>, as a warning is generated. This
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134 | option forces the build to ignore the warning.</para>
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135 |
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136 | <para><option>--enable-ofx</option>: This parameter is required if you want
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137 | to build in on-line banking support using
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138 | <application>LibOFX</application>.</para>
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139 |
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140 | <para><option>--enable-hbci</option>: This parameter is required if you want
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141 | to build in on-line banking support using
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142 | <application>AqBanking</application>/<application>AqHBCI</application>. See
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143 | <filename>doc/README.HBCI</filename> in the
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144 | <application>GnuCash</application> source tree for complete information.</para>
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145 |
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146 | <para><command>chown -R root:root /opt/gnome/share/gnucash/doc/html/html</command>:
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147 | If the package is built by any user other than root, the ownership of the
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148 | installed documentation files are set incorrectly. This command changes the
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149 | ownership to root:root.</para>
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150 | </sect2>
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151 |
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152 | <sect2>
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153 | <title>Configuring <application>GnuCash</application></title>
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154 |
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155 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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156 |
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157 | <note><para><application>GnuCash</application> must be run as root once before
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158 | use. Simply executing <command>gnucash</command> from an
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159 | <application>X</application> terminal and clicking on the cancel button is
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160 | sufficient. This must be done prior to setting up accounts as an unprivileged
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161 | user, due to the fact that <application>GnuCash</application> must update
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162 | scheme catalogs before it is used.</para></note>
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163 |
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164 | </sect3>
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165 |
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166 | </sect2>
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167 |
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168 | <sect2>
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169 | <title>Contents</title>
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170 |
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171 | <para>The <application>GnuCash</application> package contains
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172 | <command>gnucash.</command></para>
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173 |
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174 | </sect2>
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175 |
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176 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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177 |
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178 | <sect3><title>gnucash</title>
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179 | <para><command>gnucash</command> is a personal finance manager.</para></sect3>
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180 |
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181 | </sect2>
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182 |
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183 | </sect1>
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184 |
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