I have Kmymoney, KDE Platform Version 4.13.3 installed through Ubuntu version 14.04.1 LTs . I used the Ubuntu's Software Center to install Kmymoney. When clicking on the Help Menu, I receive the following Error, " Couldn't launch the KDE Help Center, couldn't find service "Khelpcenter."
I have no idea what to do about this error as I just installed the software on 01/04/2015. I also have only set up one Bank account and stopped there. I sldo mudt mention the fact that I am totally a totally new user of Ubuntu and know very little about this OS as well. As far as downloading software and trying to install it, I only go through Ubuntu's software center as I have no idea on how to install the software in my own as yet.
I need the help file and need to know how to get it up and running . If someone knows how to get this going I would deeply appreciate it.
I tried Kmymoney on a machine running Windows 7 but it wouldn't import QIF from Quicken and was having some sort of a problem to do with dates and wouldn't run at all so I removed it and am trying it on this machine. I have been using Quicken sense 1992 but want to try to get away from it as there is always problems with their upgrades. The latest 2015 upgarde will not even install om my Windows 7 machine which has the 2014 Quicken working and running.
Thanks for any help but don't worry about what I put in about Quicken.
Jim

As you are in Ubuntu with the Unity desktop, you simply do not have the KDE Help Center installed. I am not sure if it will show up in the Software Center (it does not in Kubuntu's version of it no matter what search terms I could come up with)), so you may have to install it manually:

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sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install khelpcenter4

Another option is to view the documentation on the web or download the pdf version found on the same page.

I will try your suggestion. I don't remeber seeing any other listed as options in the download center concerning Kmymoney but Icould be wrong as well. Thank you and I will let you kmow what happens.

claydoh.
I tried your commands as well as varied them but I may be doing it all wrong in any event. I will past what I saw come up. I don't know anything about it all so this should better tell you the story at this point.
james@james-System-Product-Name:~$ select all
> sudo apt-get update
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `sudo'
james@james-System-Product-Name:~$ apt-get update
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
james@james-System-Product-Name:~$ apr-get install khelpcenter4
No command 'apr-get' found, did you mean:
Command 'apt-get' from package 'apt' (main)
apr-get: command not found
james@james-System-Product-Name:~$ apt-get install khelpcenter4
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
james@james-System-Product-Name:~$ install khelpcenter4
install: missing destination file operand after ‘khelpcenter4’
Try 'install --help' for more information.
james@james-System-Product-Name:~$
I can see where I messed up in typing the commands as well, Jim

jimking wrote:claydoh.
I tried your commands as well as varied them but I may be doing it all wrong in any event. I will past what I saw come up. I don't know anything about it all so this should better tell you the story at this point.
james@james-System-Product-Name:~$ select all
> sudo apt-get update
bash: syntax error near unexpected token `sudo'
james@james-System-Product-Name:~$ apt-get update
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock directory /var/lib/apt/lists/
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
james@james-System-Product-Name:~$ apr-get install khelpcenter4
No command 'apr-get' found, did you mean:
Command 'apt-get' from package 'apt' (main)
apr-get: command not found
james@james-System-Product-Name:~$ apt-get install khelpcenter4
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
james@james-System-Product-Name:~$ install khelpcenter4
install: missing destination file operand after ‘khelpcenter4’
Try 'install --help' for more information.
james@james-System-Product-Name:~$
I can see where I messed up in typing the commands as well, Jim

Yes, you got an extra character, ">" in the first one.
You need to append 'sudo' before the commands, exactly as I showed, to get the required admin privileges to be able to install it.
I might suggest you use the Software Center to install a tool called synaptic, which is an advanced graphical package manager and will show everything available, including all the libraries and things you will never need . You can use that to search for the desired package if you don't wish to do this from the command line.

SOLUTION LOCATED: Problem with KDE programs after upgrading to 15.04

From AskUbuntu.

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sudo apt-get install kinit kio kio-extras kded5

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Just installed (upgraded to) Ubuntu 16.04. When I pressed KMyMoney "help" the following screen (below the dotted line) popped-out. According to my terminal output: "khelpcenter4 is already the newest version (4:5.5.5-0ubuntu1)". Continued internet searching resulted in finding the solution posted above.
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The requested operation could not be completed
Cannot Initiate the help Protocol
Technical Reason: Unable to Launch Process

Details of the Request:
URL: help:/kmymoney/index.html?anchor=details.payees
Protocol: help
Date and Time: Saturday, August 6, 2016 10:29:01 AM EDT
Additional Information: Cannot talk to klauncher: The name org.kde.klauncher5 was not provided by any .service files
Description:
The program on your computer which provides access to the help protocol could not be started. This is usually due to technical reasons.
Possible Causes:
The program which provides compatibility with this protocol may not have been updated with your last update of KDE. This can cause the program to be incompatible with the current version and thus not start.
You may have encountered a bug in the program.
Possible Solutions:
Update your software to the latest version. Your distribution should provide tools to update your software.
Contact your appropriate computer support system, whether the system administrator, or technical support group for further assistance.