Trouble installing Moneydance

[malacoda]

Getting really flustered trying to install Moneydance...

After the download is finished, double-click the moneydance_linux_x86.sh (moneydance_linux_x86wj.sh with java) file or run "./moneydance_linux_x86.sh" (again, "./moneydance_linux_x86wj.sh" for the version with java) from the command line, in the same directory as the downloaded file.

Well, regardless of which version I download - w/ java, or w/o java - when I click on the icon (located on my desktop where I save to), rather than running the shell script is opened by Kate.

If I try through the terminal via the state execute command all I get is "command not found".

If I download the general unix version tarball from the Moneydance site, when I extract it no files are shown in the directory I extract to... yet if I try to extract again it states 'the following files will not be extracted because they already exist' and procedes to list a bunch of moneydance files that are not visible in the directory as viewed through Konqueror. If I try to proceed even though I can't see them - under the pretense they're there but hidden - I follow the MD website instructions to link the script to java and then issue the run command only to get "command not found" again.

It's really driving me nuts since finding a good Quicken or Money like finance program is the only thing holding me back from dumping Windows (yes, I've tried Gnucash, KMymoney, and looked at Grisbi... no of them offer the same online account access flexibility or ease navigation I'm looking for...).

Any help would really be appreciated.

Regards,
Malac