Can't Setup Stock Account: Quote not installed properly

[David T.]

Did you install ActivePerl 5.8? That would be the first step.

--- On Mon, 4/5/10, Gordon King <gwking at magma.ca> wrote:

> From: Gordon King <gwking at magma.ca>
> Subject: Can't Setup Stock Account: Quote not installed properly
> To: "'GnuCash'" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Date: Monday, April 5, 2010, 9:12 AM
> I'm new to GnuCash and preparing to
> import data from Quicken.  The problem
> will be outlined in point form below, with my guess as to
> what is most
> relevant listed first.
> 
>  
> 
> GnuCash 2.2.9 recently installed in Windows XP Pro Service
> Pack 3 Version
> 5.1
> 
>  
> 
> Clicking "Install Online Price Retrieval" in the GnuCash
> Start Menu results
> in the following message in the Command Prompt Window:
> 'perl' is not
> recognized .Please install ActivePerl 5.8 . add the bin
> directory to your
> path environment variable
> 
>  
> 
> Online price retrieval is not my short term goal. 
> Reading Google searches
> on Quote not installed properly led me to conclude that
> installing Quote
> would solve my immediate problem of setting up Stock and
> Mutual Fund
> accounts.  The Quote error message appears in the New
> Security Window and
> grays out the OK button.  That leaves OK grayed out in
> the Select Security
> Window, which then prevents continuing in New Accounts -
> Assets with the
> Account Type "Stock" selected.
> 
>  
> 
> My attempt to set up the account followed the example in
> the Tutorial and
> Concepts Guide in Investments/Setup Investment
> Portfolio/Example Stock
> Account
> 
>  
> 
> Any suggestions, either correcting my errors or steps to
> deal with the Quote
> not installed properly error message?  My command
> prompt knowledge is
> limited to vague memories of the basics from the days of
> DOS.  I am using
> GnuCash to keep the simple accounts for a small club for
> which I am
> treasurer.  I therefore don't want to do anything that
> might blow up
> GnuCash.
> 
>  
> 
> Happy to provide further details if that will help
> potential helpers.
> 
>  
> 
> Gordon King
> 
>  
> 
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