Thanks John. I followed your instructions and was able to make "Get Quotes" Available. Fortunately, when I tried to click that, I got this error:
""" Quotes for the following commodities were unavailable or unusable: CURRENCY:UBP Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:AUD Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:KHR Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:MYR Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:VND Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:BMD Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:HUF Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:JPY Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:CNY Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:QAR Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:ARS Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:GBP Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:ILS Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:CAD Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:HKD Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:USD Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:TWD Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:KRW Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:IDR Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. CURRENCY:SGD Finance::Quote reported failure set no error. """ What did I do wrong? On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM John Ralls <[email protected]> wrote: > Something’s missing or mis-installed. Try running > /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli -Q info > on the command line. It should emit a diagnostic indicating what’s > missing. If it doesn’t you can try > ~/.cpan/build/Finance-Quote-1.66-0/Examples/currency-lookup USD GBP > (or any other currency pair you like). > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Aug 16, 2025, at 09:17, Gio Bacareza <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > My main purpose is to update currency exchange rates in GnuCash on my Mac > > automatically. I am trying to use the built-in "Get Online Quotes" > feature > > to do this, but I've encountered several problems. I have followed all > the > > instructions I can find, but nothing has worked so far. > > > > Here is a summary of what I've done: > > > > > > 1. I went to Tools > Price Database, but the "Get Quotes" button was > > grayed out. > > 2. I learned that I needed to install the Finance::Quote tool. I tried > > running the official command in Terminal: sudo > > /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnc-fq-update > > 3. This command started, but it failed during a test. > > 4. I then tried manually installing it using force install > > Finance::Quote in the CPAN shell. The terminal said this installation > was > > "OK," but GnuCash still showed a warning message. > > 5. I ran the gnc-fq-update command again after the manual install, and > > this time the terminal output showed that everything passed and > finished > > with an "OK." > > > > > > Despite all of these steps, GnuCash still shows the same warning in the > > Security Editor, and the "Get Online Quotes" checkbox is still not > working. > > > > Here is a screenshot of what I'm seeing in the Security Editor: > > > > I have attached the full terminal log from the most recent run of the > > gnc-fq-update command. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > [image: image.png] > > > > > > -- > > cheers, > > > > Gio > > <image.png>_______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > 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. > > -- cheers, Gio _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
