[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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