There is more than one way to install it, thankfully. With the procedure I provided, it least keeps screen output intact to denote or capture the error when it fails...
-----Original Message----- From: David H <hell...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2024 9:11 PM To: david amaral <dejama...@yahoo.com> Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org; Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net>; sba...@gmail.com; cho...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [GNC] Problem with Online Quotes/Price Database I use the simple way on Windows. Go To the Start Menu and the Gnucash folder under "G" within it - click on "Install Online Price Retrieval for Gnucash", let it do it's thing. I use this whenever a new Finance Quote module has been installed and it works every time, also installs Strawberry Perl if required. Cheers David H. On Sat, 15 Jun 2024 at 04:11, david amaral via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > dont know why this happened but.shoud be cd Program Files > (x86)\gnucash\bin perl gnc-fq-check (should get some info) if not > install/reinstall finance quote cpanm Finance::Quote perl > gnc-fq-update close all apps and reboot should fix your problem > > > > On Friday, June 14, 2024 at 11:05:26 AM MST, david amaral via > gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > Had same problem and this resolved it open CMD windowcd Program > Files (x86)\gnucash\binperl gnc-fq-check (should get some info)if not > install/reinstall finance quotecpanm Finance::Quote perl gnc-fq-update > close all apps and reboot should fix your problem > > On Friday, June 14, 2024 at 10:33:05 AM MST, Kalpesh Patel > <kalpesh.pa...@usa.net> wrote: > > It is very likely that when you uninstalled Strawberry Perl, it also > uninstalled Finance::Quote library which is needed to download quotes. > > At a Windows' CMD (Command line) console, you should be able to installed it. > Instructions are as follows: > > 1) At the command prompt execute following to bring up CPAN shell: > perl -MCPAN -e shell > > 2) In CPAN shell type in following command (this might trigger > initialization question for CPAN module since it will be seen as being run > for first time. > accepting all defaults setting is fine so answer 'Y' when prompted): > install Finance::Quote > > Get your favorite drink and enjoy it while all dependencies are > downloaded and installed. If all goes well then you should see > following (or similar) message at completion of step 2: > Finance::Quote is up to date (1.62). > > Once finished, I recommend you reboot and then launch GNUCash. If > everything works as it suppose to, the button will be no longer greyed out. > > Hope that helps. > > > > On Jun 13, 2024, at 1:25 AM, Steve Barru <sba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am using GnuCash v4.12 on a 64-bit Windows 11 laptop to keep > > track of personal finances. I am retired and my income consists of > > Social Security and distributions from investments in funds and > > occasionally, stocks. I live outside of the US and am tracking > > dual-currencies with GnuCash. When I started running GnuCash in Jan > > 2023, I set up the Online Price Retrieval module for equities and > > forex quotations. I have been using the Price Database tool to fetch > > quotes on a more or less monthly basis and this has worked > > seamlessly until May 2024 when I got an error message telling me > > there was a problem with the database or something to that effect. Beyond > > periodic Windows updates, no changes to my system that I know of. > > > > Since then I have uninstalled and then reinstalled the Strawberry > > Perl app that runs the online quote service; the version installed is > > 5.32.1001. > > After the installation, I ran the Price Database tool and the Get > > Quotes button on the right of the screen was grayed out. I got a new > > Alpha Vantage API key hoping that might solve the problem. It did > > not; the Get Quotes button is still grayed out. > > > > Looking for suggestions how to troubleshoot this, hopefully that are > > not exceptionally technical. Thanks for any help with this. > > > > Best, > > Steve > > > > -- > > steve barru photographs <http://stevebarru.com!@#?>?#@! > > Mobile: +84 393 022 059 > > Hoi An, Vietnam > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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