Problem retrieving online quotes

[John Ralls]

On Dec 20, 2009, at 12:42 PM, Tom McAuliffe wrote:

> I ran:
>    /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash --add-price-quotes Documents/Finances/Gnucash_financials/McAuliffe_Financials
> 
> And got:
>    No quotes retrieved. Finance::Quote isn't installed properly.
> 
> I ran:
>    sudo /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnc-fq-dump
> 
> And got:
> 
> Usage: /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnc-fq-dump <quote-source> [-v] <stock> [<stock> ...]
> 
> Available sources are: 
>    vwd yahoo_nz australia amfiindia usfedbonds canada yahoo adig bux aiahk yahoo_australia unionfunds lerevenu asia tsx indiamutual bse hungary known_currencies fidelity_direct goldmoney tdwaterhouse trustnet ftportfolios_direct cominvest morningstar ftportfolios tdefunds hu za fundlibrary stockhousecanada_fund yahoo_europe platinum maninv tsp financecanada usa france troweprice nasdaq bmonesbittburns yahoo_asia tiaacref troweprice_direct seb_funds greece fidelity yahoo_brasil fetch_live_currencies dwsfunds finland hex asegr brasil deka nyse canadamutual asx finanzpartner fool dutch uk_unit_trusts nzx aex nz vanguard europe bourso
> 
> 
> What should I do now?

You shouldn't need to run gnc-fq-dump as sudo. Only gnc-fq-update needs sudo because it writes to your system perl directories.

Try gnc-fq-dump yahoo CSCO

If it doesn't work, try gnc-fq-check, which may report the actual problem.

If they both work, then the problem is likely because gnucash doesn't like being run with --add-price-quotes from the command line on a mac. Try opening Gnucash from Finder like a normal mac user, and update your prices with the Get Qutes button inTools>Price Editor.

Regards,
John Ralls