There isn't really anything to making accounts in ledger. They spring
into existence as soon as you declare them in a transaction. So, to
get started, just open up a text file in your editor of choice and
start entering transactions.
A good first transaction might look something like this:
2009/09/11 Initial Balances
Assets:Checking $500
Assets:Savings $600
Liabilities:Credit Card $-50
Equity:Opening Balances
After that transaction you would have four accounts in ledger:
Assets:Checking, Assets:Savings, Liabilities:Credit Card, and
Equity:Opening Balances. Typically you only ever do anything with
Equity during the initial transaction of a ledger.
You can see these accounts by saying this at the command line: ledger
-f /path/to/your/ledger/file bal
The manual explains which environment variable to set so you don't
have to have the -f option every time. It also explains in great depth
more details about how to keep your ledger and what to keep in it, so
I would suggest starting at the beginning and reading through.
--Pete
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Kunal Ahuja <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Dear John,
>
> I did see them but they dont seem to clearly illustrate how to start
> from fresh for a newbie in Ledger. I am really in a situation that
> requires urgent help. I feel Ledger has something unique to offer so I
> would really appreciate if you could just guide me through how to make
> my very first account. After that it will be a matter of reading a
> manual and trial and error.
>
> So I'd appreciate if someone could write a few steps on how to start
> from a fresh installation of ledger to making their 1st account.
> Thanks
> Kuna A.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:15 AM, John Wiegley <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Sep 1, 2009, at 2:58 AM, kunala05 wrote:
>>
>>> Please, I would highly appreciate an introductory tutorial for
>>> Ledger.
>>
>> The beginning chapters of the manual are intended to provide just that sort
>> of introduction. Have you seen those yet?
>>
>> John
>>
>
