help Installing Finance::Quote

[AmigaPhil]

I wrote:

> (in reply to Moises Lopez Almeida)
>
> So you are using GnuCash on Linux - openSUSE (11.2 ?  11.1 ?)
>
> DON'T use gnc-fq-update as it will mess-up your installation
> and your installed packages database.
>
> First, check that F::Q is not already installed (not sure,
> but it might have been installed at the same time as GnuCash).
> On console, type:
>
>   which gnc-fq-dump
>
> If you get "/usr/bin/gnc-fq-dump", then you know F::Q is
> already installed.  All you have to do is to configure your
> quotes in GnuCash for online prices retrieval.

Well, erm, that's not just enough to test if Finance::Quote
is installed and working.  You should also try something like:

  gnc-fq-dump yahoo GOOG
  

> If not, then open Yast -> Install/remove software, search
> for perl-finance-quote and install it.
>
> You will also probably need to patch some of the files.
> If the installed version of F::Q is 1.16 based, you need to
> replace the "Quote.pm" module by a patched one you can find
> here:
>
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555687
>
> (This fixes a problem with the retrieval of currency quotes.)
>
> Also, if you plan to use LeRevenu as a source for prices,
> you need to replace "LeRevenu.pm" as well (same URL).


AmigaPhil