Aakash-Business-Tool/C2/ABT-for-Linux/English
Title of script: ABT on Linux Desktop
Author : Trupti Rajesh Kini
Keywords: video tutorial, Accounting software, ABT.apk, Genymotion
| Visual Clue | Narration |
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Hello and welcome to the spoken tutorial on ABT on Linux Desktop. |
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Learning Objectives /*Slide 2 */ |
This tutorial will show you how to install and use ABT on a Linux desktop. |
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System Requirements /*Slide 3 */ |
To record this tutorial, I am using-
For the installation, you will need -
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Open browser and go to http://aakashlabs.org/abt/ |
Open web browser and go to this URL- |
| Point to the download link of Downloads ABT for Linux file. | Click on the download link Downloads ABT for Linux. |
| Switch to the Downloads folder | ABT_for_Linux tar file will get downloaded in your Downloads folder. |
| Extract downloaded ABT_for_Linux.tar.gz file | I have already downloaded ABT_for_Linux tar file on my Linux machine.
I will now extract the contents of this tar file. |
| Go to the folder ABT_for_Linux
Select files one by one
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Let me open this folder ABT_for_Linux.
You can see the following files- ABTcore genymotion virtualbox adb executable file install.sh install-ABT-dependencies.sh file & read_me file |
| Point to the ABTcore | As learnt earlier, we know that ABTcore installs the backend of ABT. |
| Point to the genymotion
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Genymotion folder has genymotion for 32(x86) bit and 64(x64) bit architecture.
Genymotion is not a part of ABT. It is just a virtual device to show up ABT(User can use any virtual device). It is a complete set of tools that provides a virtual environment for Android. |
| Point to virtualbox
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VirtualBox is just a virtual machine which won’t directly affect your machine.
VirtualBox is necessary for the functionality of genymotion. Inside the virtualbox folder, we will find several virtualboxes. They are in software package format(.deb) for-
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| Point to install-ABT-dependencies.sh | The Shell script file install-ABT-dependencies.sh will install-
Dependencies of ABT Virtual box and Genymotion on the desktop. |
| Point to install.sh file | install.sh file will first check whether the virtual device is launched or not.
The Shell script file will then install ABTCore and ABT apk. |
| Point to read_me.rst | The read-me file is the customized documentation for genymotion installation. |
| Open terminal
Press Ctrl+Alt+T |
Let’s begin the installation now.
So, open the terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T simultaneously. |
| In the terminal type
cd Downloads/ABT_for_Linux >> press Enter. |
To access the folder files, type
cd Downloads/ABT_for_Linux and press Enter. |
| Type,
sudo chmod +x install-ABT-dependencies.sh install.sh >> press Enter. |
In order to give executable permission to the Shell scripts, type-
sudo chmod +x install-ABT-dependencies.sh install.sh and press Enter. |
| Enter the root password
>> Press Enter. |
Give root password if prompted and press Enter. |
| Type ./install-ABT-dependencies.sh >> press Enter | To run the file, type -
./install-ABT-dependencies.sh and press Enter. |
| Type y >> press Enter
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The following message appears on the screen-
Install to folder [/usr/bin/genymotion]. Are you sure [y/n] ? Type y and press Enter. |
| Point to genymotion | genymotion has been launched. |
| Point to the message that You have no virtual device available yet. Do you want to add a new one?
Click on Yes. |
The message appears on the screen-
You have no virtual device available yet. Do you want to add a new one? Click on Yes. |
| Click on Connect. | In the new window that appears, click on Connect. |
| Enter Username and Password >> Click on Connect | You can enter Username and Password to connect to genymotion cloud.
The default Username & Password provided are aakashabt.
Click on Connect. |
| Point to the new window | After this, a new window appears to create a new virtual device. |
| Select Custom Phone 7”-4.4.4-API17-1024*600 >> Click on Next | Select any one of the available virtual devices.
I will select this option from the available virtual devices. Click on Next. |
| Change device name to ABT >> Click on Next. | Change device name to ABT.
Again, click on Next. |
| It will start deploying genymotion virtual device.
This may take some time. | |
| Click the finish button | Click the Finish button to close the deployment window. |
| Click the Play button | Now, click the Play button to start your newly created virtual device. |
| Point to the virtual device | We can view the loaded virtual device here. |
| Slide 7 | Note:
Don’t close the launched virtual device & terminal. |
| Now let’s proceed to install ABT on genymotion. | |
| Open a new terminal
Press Ctrl+Alt+T |
Open a new terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T keys simultaneously. |
| Type sudo gedit .bashrc >> Press Enter >> Give root password
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Open .bashrc file by typing -
sudo gedit .bashrc & press Enter. Give root password if prompted. |
| Add export PATH=/opt:$PATH
in .bashrc file |
Now edit the .bashrc file by adding the following line at the end of the file.
export PATH=/opt:$PATH |
| Save and close | Save and close the file. |
| In same terminal type source .bashrc >> Press Enter | Now in the same terminal type the command-
source .bashrc & press Enter. |
| Open terminal by pressing
Ctrl+Shift+T keys |
Open a new tab on the terminal without closing the previous tab.
For that, press Ctrl+Shift+T keys simultaneously. |
| Type-
cd Download/ABT_for_Linux/ >> Press Enter |
To execute the other script file, first type-
cd Downloads/ABT_for_Linux/ and press Enter |
| Type ./install.sh >> Press Enter | Now, type ./install.sh and press Enter. |
| Type the root password >> Press Enter.
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Give root password if prompted.
This will install ABTcore and apk (backend and frontend) of ABT. |
| We have successfully installed ABT on a Linux machine through a virtual device genymotion. | |
| Slide 8 | Note:
There might be chances that genymotion doesn’t work with the given virtual boxes. In such cases, manually install virtual box on your computer using Synaptic Package Manager. |
| Point to install.sh command | In future, if you want to start ABT, just go to the path
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| Slide 9 | Now, we will learn some important features of ABT on Desktop.
The features are-
Note: Your files will be saved on your system. |
| Open ABT application >> Select Remember choice forever >> Click on Allow | Open ABT application.
When prompted for super-user access, select Remember choice forever And click on Allow. |
| Open Ledger report for Sbi | I have already created a sample organization called TK Group.
I will open a Ledger report now. And I will view the Ledger report for Sbi account. |
| Point to the top right corner >> click on Options button | In the report, on the top right corner, I will click on Options button.
It will give me 2 options:
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| Choose Export as PDF | I will choose Export as PDF option. |
| Select No >> Click on Save file. | I don’t want to set password for file security.
So I will select No. And click on Save file. |
| Point to the folder ABT_PDF | A folder called ABT_PDF will get created automatically in the Home directory. |
| Point to the folder ABT_PDF | All the pdf files generated will be saved in this ABT_PDF folder. |
| Likewise, the csv files generated will be saved in ABT_CSV folder. | |
| Now, we will learn how to import and export an organization. | |
| Click on Export Organization option >>
Click on Yes. |
First, let’s learn how to export an organization.
Click on Export Organization option and then click on Yes. |
| Point to export folder | This will create a folder called export in the Home directory.
All the exported organizations will be saved in this folder. |
| Point to export folder | These organizations can be imported on any other Linux machine, on which ABT is installed.
We just need to transfer the export folder to the Home directory of the other Linux machine. |
| Point to export folder | Before transferring the folder, however, we need to give permissions to the folder. |
| Type sudo chmod 777 export >> press Enter >> Give root password | Open a new terminal and type
sudo chmod 777 export And press Enter. Give root password if prompted. We can now copy the export folder to the other machine. |
| slide 10 | Note:
The export folder when transfered will overwrite the existing export folder. It is advisable to take backup before transfering. |
| Go to the welcome screen of ABT | Next, we will learn how to import an organization.
For that, we will go to the Welcome screen of ABT. |
| Point to Import Organization option on the sliding drawer on the left. | We can see the Import Organization option on the sliding drawer, on the left. |
| Click on Import Organization.
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Click on Import Organization.
You can import only those organizations which are present in the export folder. |
| Click on Import >> click on Exit. | Click on Import and then click on Exit. |
| We successfully imported the organization. | |
| Slide 11 | If you want to use some other virtual device, you must remember 2 things:
To install apk, go to Downloads/ABT_for_Linux/ABTcore/install/ on your terminal. And then type adb -e install ABT.apk |
| Slide 12 | To start ABTcore, go to,
Downloads/ABT_for_Linux/ABTcore/ on your terminal. And then type sudo ./abtstart |
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Summary |
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Let us summarise. In this tutorial, we learnt how to install and use ABT on a Linux desktop. |
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Watch the video available at http:spoken-tutorial.org/
It summarizes the Spoken Tutorial project. If you do not have good bandwidth, you can download and watch it. |
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The Spoken Tutorial Project Team
For more details, please write to contact@spoken-tutorial.org |
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Spoken Tutorial Project is a part of the Talk to a Teacher project.
It is supported by the National Mission on Education through ICT, MHRD, Government of India More information on this Mission is available at http://spoken-tutorial.org/NMEICT-Intro This is Trupti Kini from IIT Bombay signing off. Thank you for watching. |
