How To Install skrooge on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install skrooge on Ubuntu 18.04. skrooge is personal finance manager for KDE

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install skrooge on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is skrooge

skrooge is:

Skrooge allows you to manage your personal finances. It is intended to be used by individuals who want to keep track of their incomes, expenses and investments. Its philosophy is to stay simple and intuitive.

Here is the list of Skrooge main features:

  • QIF, CSV, KMyMoney, Skrooge, import/export
  • OFX, QFX, GnuCash, Grisbi, HomeBank import
  • Advanced Graphical Reports
  • Several tabs to help you organize your work
  • Infinite undo/redo
  • Instant filtering on operations and reports
  • Infinite categories levels
  • Mass update of operations
  • Scheduled operations
  • Track refund of your expenses
  • Automatically process operations based on search conditions
  • Multi currencies
  • Dashboard

There are three methods to install skrooge on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install skrooge Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install skrooge using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install skrooge

Install skrooge Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install skrooge using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install skrooge

Install skrooge Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install skrooge using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install skrooge

How To Uninstall skrooge on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the skrooge package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove skrooge

Uninstall skrooge And Its Dependencies

To uninstall skrooge and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove skrooge

Remove skrooge Configurations and Data

To remove skrooge configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge skrooge

Remove skrooge configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove skrooge configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skrooge

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install skrooge package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.