Bug 412384

Summary:	insufficient installation documentation
Product:	[Applications] kmymoney	Reporter:	Steve Helfand <steve.61122>
Component:	documentation	Assignee:	KMyMoney Devel Mailing List <kmymoney-devel>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	macOS
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Steve Helfand 2019-09-26 20:56:27 UTC

SUMMARY
no information is provided to find A) a compiled version of kMyMoney for the Mac; or B) simple complete instructions on how to compile your software for a non-Unix programmer.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. goto kmymoney.org.  On the right click DOWNLOAD, find pc versions.  Wonder WTF.
2. hit back arrow.  select MACOS under preview versions.  Wonder WTF?
3. ht back arrow.  click on 4.7.2 for your Mac under macport.  Download macports.  Find no documentation on what it is or how to use it: all documentation assumes you already know.
4. find another site that has a tar file to download (sourceforge).  Download and decompress files.  Wonder why you have to do all this work, when the pc version downloads and runs, just like a normal program, not a f...g project.
5. read the README files.  discover they too are written for unix programmers.  open Terminal.  type in a few of the commands. get "program not found".  Quit in frustration.

OBSERVED RESULT
find a sludge of files, none of which run as kMyMoney.

EXPECTED RESULT
Find a usable alternative to Quicken.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Windows: 
macOS: 10.14.6
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version: 
KDE Frameworks Version: 
Qt Version: 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION