GNUKhata/C2/Welcome-to-GNUKhata/English
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Display desktop | Welcome to this series of spoken tutorials on GNUKhata version 1.2 |
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Learning Objectives |
At the end of this tutorial, you will be able to:
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System Requirements |
To record this tutorial, I am using
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System Requirements |
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To open GNUKhata interface:
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What is GNUKhata? |
GNUKhata is a Free and Open Source (FOSS) Accounting Software. It can be deployed by:
It provides a Free and Open Source(FOSS) solution for basic book keeping. |
GNUKhata Official Website |
For more information about GNUKhata, please visit our website http://gnukhata.org.
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Download GNUKhata |
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/* Firefox interface*/
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Point to the installer named GNUKhata-installer_1.2.tar.gz
Installation of GNUKhata |
The installer is named GNUKhata-installer_1.2.tar.gz
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Right-click on the installer then select Extract here
Installation of GNUKhata |
Right-click on the installer and select Extract here. |
Press Ctrl+Alt+T
Installation of GNUKhata |
Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and type following commands.
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Type sudo apt-get update and hit Enter |
Type the command sudo apt-get update |
Type cd installer_1.2 and hit Enter |
Now, through the terminal, go inside the installer folder by typing cd installer_1.2 |
Type chmod +x ./gkinstall.sh and hit Enter |
chmod +x ./gkinstall.sh
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Type sudo ./gkinstall.sh and hit Enter |
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Type sudo startgk and hit Enter |
When the prompt returns without any error, type the command sudo startgk |
Open Firefox and type in the address bar |
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GNUKhata's welcome screen |
This is the Welcome screen of GNUKhata. |
Point to buttons
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Here you see two buttons:
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Click on Create New Organisation button |
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Point to the four options Organisation Name, Organisation Type, Financial year From date and To date |
Four important options of GNUKhata appear on the screen:
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In Organisation Name textbox, type Free Accounting Foundation |
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Choose from the dropdown of Organisation Type |
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Enter the financial year |
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Click on Next |
Now, press the Next button. |
Screen 2
Point to Free Accounting Foundation and Financial Year |
The name of the organisation and the financial year period appears at the top.
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Point to the various textboxes |
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Point to Save button |
If you choose to fill details here, then click the Save button before proceeding. |
Click on Skip button |
However, since we are not entering any details, let's press the Skip button. |
Point to loader |
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Screen 3
Point to two checkboxes:
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There are two checkboxes here:
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Point to 1st check box (Projectwise Accounting) |
If you want project wise accounting, then check the Projectwise Accounting box.
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Check Projectwise Accounting checkbox >> Point to the new textboxes below. |
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Point to the first textbox >> Type spoken tutorial |
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Point to the second textbox >> Type 800 |
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Point to Add more projects option |
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Point to Manual Account Codes check box |
If you check this check-box:
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Check Manual Account Codes checkbox |
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Press Save button |
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After adding the preferences, we can create new accounts. | |
Point to the Quit button |
At this point if you want to quit GNUKhata, you can press the Quit button. |
Click on Create Account button |
For now I will click on Create Account button to create a few accounts.
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Here, we have to add accounts for the organisation. |
Point to Group Name and Sub-group Name |
Every account falls under a Group and optionally a Sub-Group.
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Click on dropdown of Group Name |
Click on the dropdown to see all the Group names provided by GNUKhata. |
Point to Corpus, Current Liability, Loans(Liability) |
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Point to Current Asset, Fixed Assets and Loans (Asset). |
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Point to Direct Income, Indirect Income, Direct Expense and Indirect Expense. |
The groups Direct Income, Indirect Income, Direct Expense and Indirect Expense will not have any opening balance. |
All other groups will have an opening balance. | |
Choose Current Asset from Group Name drop down. |
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Point to Sub-Group Name
Click on the dropdown of Sub-Group Name |
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Choose Bank from Sub-Group Name drop down |
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Point to Account Name text box.
Enter SBI |
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Point to Account Code |
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Point to Account Code |
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Point to Debit opening balance textbox |
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Enter 5000 in Debit opening balance textbox |
I will enter 5000 as debit opening balance.
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Point to Total Debit Opening Balance |
The total of all Debit Opening Balances entered so far will be displayed here. |
Point to Total Debit Opening Balance |
Right now it is 0 because we have not yet saved this account with its debit opening balance. |
Point to Total Credit Opening Balance |
Next, the total of all Credit Opening Balances so far entered is displayed here. |
Point to Total Credit Opening Balance |
Right now it is 0 because no account with credit opening balance has been saved. |
Point to Difference in Opening Balance |
The last field displays the difference between debit and credit opening balances.
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Press Save button |
After filling all the necessary data, I will press the Save button.
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Point to message Account SBI added successfully |
A message appears at the top which tells you have successfully created the desired account. |
Point to Total Debit Opening Balance |
Note that the amount in the Total Debit Opening Balance has been updated. |
Point to Total Debit Opening Balance and Total Credit Opening Balance. |
Total Debit and Credit Opening Balance depend on what type of opening balance you have entered. |
Point to Total Debit Opening Balance, Total Credit Opening Balance and Difference in Opening Balances. |
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They get updated after saving a new account. | |
ClickFinish button. |
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Screen 4 |
Congratulations! You have now created the books for the organisation Free Accounting Foundation . |
Point to Username and password. |
Next, a new screen appears which asks for the username and password. |
Point to admin username.
Click on Login button |
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Screen 5 |
Note, a new page appears with the name of the organization and the financial year period. |
Notice the menu bar at the top with some options. | |
Click on Logout |
To logout, you can click on the Logout option at the top right of the screen. |
Type sudo stopgk to stop GNUKhata |
To stop GNUkhata, switch to the terminal and type sudo stopgk |
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Summary |
So in this tutorial we have learnt :
To create:
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Acknowledgement |
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Thanks for joining |
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