Striata Reader opens statements with a .emc file extension.

Download latest version

Visit the Striata downloads page and ensure you have the latest version. Available is a deb (for Ubuntu, Mint etc) and libc6 for all others such as Fedora, Opensuse, PCLinuxOS and Mandriva. The libc5 version is only for very old systems.
    (Unfortunately, Striata declined to package it in an rpm as well, despite my pointing out to them that rpm-based distros are equally as popular. On Distrowatch, three of the top five are rpm-based.)
    Check carefully before downloading that it is the correct one. The download page auto-detects your operating system, but it incorrectly offered me a deb while I run PCLinuxOS, which is rpm-based.
    Save it to the directory where you keep your downloaded programs.

DO NOT use the rpm package from the Standard Bank website - it is obsolete!

For Ubuntu/Mint/Debian users, follow the installation instructions on the website.

Install

Unpack the tarball either with the command line, or your graphical file manager, eg. Dolphin.

Using Dolphin: right-click on the package and select 'Extract Archive Here'. It will create a striata-reader subdirectory.
    Next, open a terminal window and change to the extracted subdirectory
     cd download/striata-reader
     Run install script:
     sudo ./install.sh

Using the terminal from the start: Change to where you have saved the package, eg. your download directory.
    cd download
    Unpack it:
    tar -xzvf striata-reader-2.11-1.tar.gz
    Change to the extracted subdirectory:
    cd striata-reader
    Run install script:
    sudo ./install.sh

Afterwards, you may delete the striata-reader directory with no ill effects.

Run

Click on the statement and, after entering your password, it will open in the default browser on your system.
    Using KDE, to set your preferred browser to open your statement, go to Configure Desktop - Common Appearance and Behaviour - File Associations - Text - html - then arrow it to the top.
   
KDE 4 issue: Unfortunately, my statement opens in Konqueror, whereas I have set my desktop to prefer Firefox. I don't know if it is a problem with KDE (kfmclient) or xdg-open, or PCLinuxOS.
    A fix for advanced users - edit the /usr/bin/xdg-open file. Go to line 330 (or so)
    kfmclient openURL "$1"   
    and replace it with
    kde-open "$1"
 
Or, one can continue using the old version of Striata.

Installing older libc6 version

If you still have a copy of the old version, these tips are the reason this page was written initially.
    The old Striata tarball has two glitches: it does not create its own subdirectory when unpacking, and the install file has no executable permissions, so it won't run.
    Briefly: Unpack with your graphical file manager, eg. Dolphin. Right-click on the package, and select Extract Archive Here, Autodetect Subfolder. This will create a similarly named subdirectory, such as striata-reader_libc6.      Enter the subdirectory, which contains two files. Right-click on the Install file. Select Properties --> Permissions tab, and tick the open box marked 'Is Executable' – then save with OK.
    Open a terminal window to continue.

In the Command Line Change to the subdirectory into which you extracted: cd download/striata-reader_libc6  Run the install script as root: sudo ./install

Striata-reader-gui

Download it here, a small program written by Diederik Hattingh.
The .py filename extension means it is written in python, a programming language. It is dependent on having python-qt installed, but this should be standard on your Linux installation.
Striata-reader-gui does not need installing.

Run on the Command Line: python striata-reader-gui.py

Want to launch with one click? Add the command to your desktop. On the desktop, right-click and choose Create New...---> Link to Application. Fill in the name you want displayed. Select Application tab. Complete these two fields:

Command: python striata-reader-gui.py
Work Path: striata-reader-gui.py

This is assuming you saved the program to your home directory. If it is in a subdirectory, include the path. For example, to your download directory:
Command: python download/striata-reader-gui.py
Work Path: download/striata-reader-gui.py

This will give you a launcher on your desktop. Last but not least, you need an icon! I created this for myself as a Virgin Money client. To use it yourself, save it. Open the desktop launcher Properties, click on the icon, choose "other icons' and browse to the saved location. 

 

Jane Trembath, Benoni, South Africa. September 2010