GeTax / VdTax Linux Version on Ubuntu > 19.04


GeTax / VdTax Linux Installation for unsupported (modern) Ubuntu Versions

GeTax and VdTax have a wonderful Linux version. Unfortunately, it no longer works since Ubuntu 19.04. The reason is that 3 required libs are no longer supported/shipped with Ubuntu and after several tries, I have managed to make it work on Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS. I suppose this works with more recent freshly installed versions please tell me!). I know it works if you upgrade from the above versions (because I have tried since). Here are the steps, I hope it helps someone.

Missing libraries

To install GeTax/VdTax on Ubuntu distributions 19.04 and greater, you need to manually install the no longer supported packages below; Ubuntu "Bionic" being the last distribution to have the needed packages :

  • https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/amd64/libicu60/download
  • https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/amd64/libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0/download
  • https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/amd64/libwebkitgtk-1.0-0/download

Install Procedure

1. Open a terminal, go to the folder where you want to download the libraries:

cd ~/Downloads

2. Download the no longer supported packages (you can also use your browser with either the links above or the direct links below). If copy/pasting make sure each command is on one line:

wget http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/i/icu/libicu60_60.2-3ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb

wget http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/webkitgtk/libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0_2.4.11-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb

wget http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/w/webkitgtk/libwebkitgtk-1.0-0_2.4.11-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb

3. Install GeTax/VdTax dependencies, open a terminal, go to the folder where you downloaded the above files and install them:

sudo dpkg -i libicu60_60.2-3ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i libjavascriptcoregtk-1.0-0_2.4.11-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb

sudo dpkg -i libwebkitgtk-1.0-0_2.4.11-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb

sudo apt install -f

sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre

4. Now download and install GeTax/VdTax Linux version from the official website and enjoy! This procedure was tested with Ubuntu 19.10 and 20.04 LTS.




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