On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Nishit Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 5:56 PM, Agnello George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > HI > > > > I would like to know if there is any account software similar to Tally > > available for Linux ( Debian based ) . Red hat had tied up with Tally to > > come up with a software to support Indian customers ( > > http://www.redhat.in/news/article/41.html ) .But no deb packages. There > are > > application like Gnu Cash , Nola Pro , Grisbi . But nothing close to Tally > > , because Tally is *specific to Indian Economy*. > > > > The reason i am posting this query is cause i have a friend of mine who > has > > a Engineering Business , Pro Linux, and want to convert all his desktops > > to the Linux OS from a windows. But the only thing stopping him is the the > > issue with Tally. and few other softwares . > > Any suggestion That I can pass on to him !! > > > > sudo apt-get install alien > sudo alien -i /path/to/file.rpm > > found on http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=304335 >
Followup: Why doesn't he try any open source ERP package? Implementation may cost a bit, but may have a long term benefit. Read http://www.zdnetindia.com/news/software/stories/134673.html I didn't read that due to the tiny text. By the way, why .deb? Are they so far advanced in Linux implementation that they can't switch to a good rpm based distribution? -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

