[SGVLUG] Running MS Access Programs on a Linux Distro?
Dave <3 Ubuntu
dave at iheartubuntu.com
Thu Apr 12 12:28:35 PDT 2012
Hi all. I have an old program developed in MS Access and would like to
run it in Ubuntu. My older brother originally wrote the app in Access
back in the late 90s early 2000s and to run it, it needs MS Access. Is
there an easy way to get this working? Id like to run it natively, not
use MS Access in WINE. Ive come across a KDE program called Kexi and
also LibreOffice has a similar program called Base. I dont beleive
either of these can import queries or forms so not sure what good they
would be for me.
I am not well versed on MS Access or any database languages for that
matter. So Im not sure what to search on, which direction to head, etc.
Just from some basic searches I may be able to convert the MS Access MDB
file to an SQLite file and then run the app in a web browser. Does this
make sense to anyone? Sounds easy, but not sure how to do it or if its
even possible.
Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks, Dave
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