olbaflinx

OlbaFlinx is an multibank-capable online banking software for Linux based on the popular AqBanking library and the Qt 5 framework.

OlbaFlinx has the advantage that it is made for people who are just about to switch to Linux and or have switched and are looking for a simple financial software. The other advantage is that OlbaFlinx runs on any Linux Desktop Environment that supports the Qt 5 framework. This makes it possible for users to decide which desktop environment they want to use.

The idea to develop OlbaFlinx came from the fact that I was looking for a simple financial software for Linux that had the simplicity of Banking4 (Windows / Mac). Unfortunately, none of the existing graphical financial software could convince me.

The development of OlbaFlinx is still in a very early state.

Features

tbd

Build Introduction

Requirements

CMake >= 3.16

:~$ sudo apt install -y cmake 

Qt 5 latest release (5.15.2)

The Qt 5 from Ubuntu LTS 20.04 repository is too old. That's why we installing it from the Qt Installer.

:~$ cd ~
:~$ wget -c "https://download.qt.io/official_releases/online_installers/qt-unified-linux-x64-online.run"    
:~$ chmode +x qt-unified-linux-x64-online.run
:~$ ./qt-unified-linux-x64-online.run

Or, if you preferred, from launchpad ppa. Or you can install from the launchpad repository ppa:beineri/opt-qt-5.15.2-focal for Ubuntu LTS 20.04.

:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:beineri/opt-qt-5.15.2-focal
:~$ sudo apt update
:~$ # install all qt515* packages 

The qsqlcipher-qt5 dependency is used to store all sensitive data in encrypted form. This includes account information, transactions, standing orders, documents, etc.

• qsqlcipher-qt5 >= 5.15

The dependencies ktoblzcheck, aqbanking, gwenhywfar & libchipcard are too old in the Ubuntu LTS 20.04 repository. That's why we download the tar archive and build it from scratch.

• gwenhywfar >= 5.7
• aqbanking >= 6.3
• libchipcard >= 5.1
• ktoblzcheck >= 1.53

Building from GIT

Some dependencies require additional dependencies. These must be installed first.

gwenhywfar & aqbanking & libchipcard

:~$ sudo apt install -y libgcrypt20-dev libgcrypt20 libgpg-error-dev libgpg-error0 libgnutls28-dev libgnutls30 libgnutls-openssl27 libxmlsec1-gnutls libxmlsec1-dev libxmlsec1-gcrypt libxmlsec1-nss libxmlsec1-openssl libxmlsec1 libpcsclite1 libpcsclite-dev xmlsec1 doxygen 

ktoblzcheck

:~$ sudo apt install -y libsqlite3-0 libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 python3-all python3-all-dev python3-xlrd 

Install the gwenhywfar as first dependencies.

:~$ wget -c "https://www.aquamaniac.de/rdm/attachments/download/390/gwenhywfar-5.7.3.tar.gz"
:~$ tar -xzf gwenhywfar-5.7.3.tar.gz
:~$ cd gwenhywfar-5.7.3
:~$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --with-guis="qt5"
:~$ make -j$(nproc) all
:~$ make install
:~$ cd ..
:~$ rm -rf gwenhywfar-5.7.3.tar.gz gwenhywfar-5.7.3

Install the aqbanking as second dependencies

:~$ wget -c "https://www.aquamaniac.de/rdm/attachments/download/386/aqbanking-6.3.2.tar.gz"
:~$ tar -xzf aqbanking-6.3.2.tar.gz
:~$ cd aqbanking-6.3.2
:~$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
:~$ make typedefs
:~$ make types
:~$ make -j$(nproc) all
:~$ make install
:~$ cd ..
:~$ rm -rf aqbanking-6.3.2.tar.gz aqbanking-6.3.2

Install the libchipcard as third dependencies

:~$ wget -c "https://www.aquamaniac.de/rdm/attachments/download/382/libchipcard-5.1.6.tar.gz"
:~$ tar -xzf libchipcard-5.1.6.tar.gz
:~$ cd libchipcard-5.1.6
:~$ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
:~$ make -j$(nproc) all
:~$ make install
:~$ cd ..
:~$ rm -rf libchipcard-5.1.6.tar.gz libchipcard-5.1.6

At and finally install the ktoblzcheck dependencies

:~$ git clone https://git.code.sf.net/p/ktoblzcheck/code ktoblzcheck
:~$ cd  ktoblzcheck
:~$ git checkout 1.53
:~$ mkdir cbuild
:~$ cd cbuild
:~$ cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local -DENABLE_BANKDATA_DOWNLOAD=ON -DBUILD_STATIC=OFF ..
:~$ make -j$(nproc) all
:~$ make install
:~$ cd ../..
:~$ rm -rf ktoblzcheck

Building OlbaFlinx from GIT

TBD

ToDo

• Get accounts, transactions, standing orders, electronic documents, ... (WiP)
• Create / send transactions, standing orders, accounts,...
• tbd ...
• Switch to Qt 6
• Nice UI

WiP = Work In Progress

References

• Qt Framework
• Qt SQL driver plugin for SQLCipher
• AqBanking-Projektfamilie
  • gwenhywfar
  • aqbanking
  • libchipcard
• KtoBlzCheck

Maintainer

The OlbaFlinx project is currently maintained by Alexander Saal. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to create an issue on this repo.

License

OlbaFlinx Copyright (C) 2021, Alexander Saal developer@olbaflinx.chm-projects.de

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.