Installation Guide – Simple Finance Tracker All Version for Developer

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🖥️ Requirements

• Python 3.7 or higher
• PyQt5
• Works on Windows and Linux

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🐧 For Linux Users (Debian/Ubuntu/Mint, etc.)

1. Install Python (if not installed)

sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3 python3-pip

2. Install PyQt5 and other dependencies

pip3 install PyQt5
pip3 install reportlab

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🪟 For Windows Users

1. Install Python

Download and install Python from the official site:
👉 https://www.python.org/downloads/

✅ Important: During installation, check the box that says "Add Python to PATH".

2. Open Command Prompt and install PyQt5

pip install PyQt5
pip install reportlab

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📦 (Optional but Recommended) – Create a Virtual Environment

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate         # Linux
venv\Scripts\activate.bat        # Windows
pip install PyQt5

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▶️ Running the Application

1. Download or clone the source code
2. Open terminal (Linux) or CMD (Windows)
3. Navigate to the project folder
4. Run the main script:

python main.py
pip install reportlab

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📝 Project File Structure

Simple-Finance-Tracker/
├── main.py              # Entry point
├── ui.py                # Main UI interface
├── storage.py           # Load/save JSON data
├── exporter.py          # Export to PDF/CSV
├── utils.py             # Helper functions
├── CategoryManager.py   # Category dialog
├── accounting.json      # Your saved transactions
├── categories.json      # Categories used

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