That looks like a problem with Strawberry Perl. There's a support link on their web page.
Regards, John Ralls > On Jul 19, 2019, at 6:34 PM, duru...@netzero.net wrote: > > Well, I've made a little progress. It turns out that I was not aware of the > fact that you can't just search > for cpan client or some such, you have to click on the windows Icon, then all > programs, blah, blah.... > and that cpan client is stored under a tools subdirectory. > > Once there, the command install date::Manip seemed to work without errors. > > However, install Finance::Quote did not do so. I am attaching a sheet that > shows a scan of the > last screen of the installation procedure, and the result of a command that > supposedly gives a clue > as to what the error is. Unfortunately, the codes cited mean nothing to me > as such. I hope > whoever is in charge of updating cpan will consider at some time including a > command that > will redirect all output to a discrete file, which would make finding this > kind of error much easier. > > Thanks to all who have tried to help. > > Joe D. > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------- > From: John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> > To: "duru...@netzero.net" <duru...@netzero.net> > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Online price retrieval > Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 13:28:07 -0700 > > > > > On Jul 14, 2019, at 6:06 PM, duru...@netzero.net wrote: > > > > Does anyone know (or think he/she knows) whether online price retrieval is > > supposed towork with windows version 6.1.7601? I ran the install > > procedure, but it seems to havefailed. It didn't leave a log file that I > > could identify, so I don't really know what to look at. Joe D. > > duru...@netzero.net > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Yes, it should work on Win7. > > Look in the Start Menu for a folder named Strawberry Perl. If it's there then > open it and pick "CPAN Client". You'll get a terminal window with a > cpan>prompt. Tell it: > > install Date::Manip > > and if that completes without errors > > install Finance::Quote > > If they both complete successfully online quotes should work inside of > GnuCash. If either fails or if the Strawberry folder is missing come back > with details. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Meghan Markle Confirms Unfortunate News > track.volutrk.com > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3242/5d326ffcb8dc76ffc64cfst02duc > <perlerr0001.pdf> _______________________________________________ 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.
