How to Install Moneydance

How to install Moneydance on your Mac

If you are running Mac OS X 10.3 or higher:

First, download the Mac OS X 10.3 installer for Moneydance from http://moneydance.com/other.


After the download is finished, double-click the Moneydance.zip file. Once the Application is unzipped, drag the Moneydance icon to your applications folder. If it is there, you may now move the moneydance.zip file to the trash. To start Moneydance, either double-click the Moneydance application or drag the application into your dock and single click the resulting dock icon.

If you are running Mac OS X 10.2 or earlier:

First, download the Mac OS X 10.2 installer for Moneydance from http://moneydance.com/other.

After the download is finished, double-click the Moneydance.zip file. Once the Application is unzipped, drag the Moneydance icon to your applications folder. If it is there, you may now move the moneydance.zip file to the trash. To start Moneydance, either double-click the Moneydance application or drag the application into your dock and single click the resulting dock icon.

How to install Moneydance on Windows

First, you can download the windows installer with or without java from http://moneydance.com/other.


After the download is finished, double-click the MoneydanceInstall.exe file (or MoneydanceInstallwj.exe for the with java version). The installer will then download Java (if necessary) and install Moneydance.

How to install Moneydance on Linux

First, you can download the linux x86 installer with or without java from http://moneydance.com/other.


After the download is finished, double-click the moneydance_linux_x86.sh (moneydance_linux_x86wj.sh with java) file or run "./moneydance_linux_x86.sh" (again, "./moneydance_linux_x86wj.sh" for the version with java) from the command line, in the same directory as the downloaded file.

The installer without java will ensure that java is already installed on your system, and if not, download it before installing Moneydance. Note that the process for the installer to locate and download java can take a little while so you may be better off downloading the installer that includes java.

How to install Moneydance on Solaris

To install Moneydance on Solaris (sparc processor), download the Solaris installer from http://moneydance.com/other. For Solaris on x86, follow the Unix installation instructions.

After the download is finished, double-click the moneydance_solaris_sparc.sh file or run "./moneydance_solaris_sparc.sh" from the command line, in the same directory as the downloaded file. The installer will then determine if java is already installed on your system, and if not, download it before installing Moneydance. Note that the process for the installer to locate and download java can take a little while.

How to install Moneydance on Unix

To install Moneydance on Unix or a Unix-like platform (ie. FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Irix, Solaris x86, etc), download the Unix installer from http://moneydance.com/other.


After the download is finished, untar the downloaded file (using the command "tar xzf moneydance_other.tar.gz") which will create a directory named "moneydance". In that directory, create a symbolic link from "jre" to the directory where Java is installed on your system (for example "cd moneydance; ln -s /usr/java1.4 jre"). You can then run the "moneydance" script in the new directory to start Moneydance. If you don't have Java installed on your system you can download a copy for free from java.com.

How to install Moneydance on OS/2

To install Moneydance on OS/2, download the OS/2 installer from http://moneydance.com/other.


After the download is finished, unzip the downloaded file which will create a folder named "moneydance". To start Moneydance, run the moneydance.cmd program in the new Moneydance folder. You may need to edit the moneydance.cmd file to specify the full path to java.