I see 2 potential issues: Am 08.07.19 um 15:16 schrieb rsbrux via gnucash-user: > If this is the wrong venue for this question, please refer me to the > correct one. > > I am try to update my FInanace::Quote installation (under Ubuntu Studio > 18.04) to the latest version (1.49). > > First I performed: > > cpan -D Finance::Quote > > as recommended in https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/CPAN. > > It indicated that my CPAN was also out of date, so I first updated CPAN. > > I then ran "upgrade Finance::Quote" from the cpan interactive prompt.?? > This appears to have failed, as the cpan command above still shows F::Q > 1.47 > > The output of the upgrade attempt was quite long and the beginning > scrolled out of the terminal window. > > Unfortunately, I am too ignorant to understand most of it.?? I have > posted below the tail-end, which appear to reflect the installation of > F::Q; preceeding parts appear to deal with (equally futile) attempts to > install or upgrade other modules. > > I intentionally ran cpan with normal privileges from my normal user > account becaue I have read that suprivileges should only be needed to > install or update CPAN and can otherwise be dangerous. > > Must I install as su??? Is there something else I am missing here?
1. Yes, either sudo cpan <password> or su <password> cpan >>> > > ?? You may have to su to root to install the package > ?? (Or you may want to run something like > ?????? o conf make_install_make_command 'sudo make' > ?? to raise your permissions.?? ECOCODE/Finance-Quote-1.49.tar.gz > ?? Has already been unwrapped into directory > /home/rbrooks/.cpan/build/Finance-Quote-1.49-0 > ?? ECOCODE/Finance-Quote-1.49.tar.gz : 2. > The current configuration of allow_installing_outdated_dists is > 'ask/yes', but for this option we would need 'CPAN::DistnameInfo' > installed. Please install 'CPAN::DistnameInfo' as soon as possible. As > long as we are not equipped with 'CPAN::DistnameInfo' this option does > not take effect : HTH Frank _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.