UPDATE TO REPLY: Re: Installing Finance::Quote

[David Halverson]

Graham,

Your theory is correct - the perl install will set these up for you .  It
normally gets tacked on to the start of the path variable value eg
C:\Perl64\site\bin;C:\Perl64\bin;........

 You can check it on Win7 by

1. Simplest and fastest method is to open a command prompt (under
accessories) and type in path and press enter

Or

2.  Go to Control Panel >> System >> Advanced system settings and when the
System Properties dialog opens making sure the Advanced tab is selected and
click on the Environment Variables button at the bottom - once the
Environment Variables dialog opens scroll down in the System variables panel
at the bottom until the Path variable is displayed. 

Don't  change the contents of the path variable unless you know what you are
doing as you can stuff up other software that relies on it - you'll see
there are a number of entries in a path variable separated by semi colons.

Cheers Dave H.

-----Original Message-----
From: gnucash-user-bounces at gnucash.org
[mailto:gnucash-user-bounces at gnucash.org] On Behalf Of GRAHAM SMITH
Sent: Wednesday, 15 September 2010 8:40 AM
To: Derek Atkins
Cc: gnucash support
Subject: UPDATE TO REPLY: Re: Installing Finance::Quote

THANKS I BELIEVE I HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM. THE PATH VARIABLE SEEMS TO BE
SET BY THE PERL INSTALLATION. AS I AM JUST STARTING I HAVE NOT PROVED THIS
CONCLUSIVELY BUT AM FAIRLY CONFIDENT.

--- On Tue, 14/9/10, GRAHAM SMITH <graham.r.smith1 at btinternet.com> wrote:


From: GRAHAM SMITH <graham.r.smith1 at btinternet.com>
Subject: Re: Installing Finance::Quote
To: "Derek Atkins" <derek at ihtfp.com>
Cc: "gnucash support" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Date: Tuesday, 14 September, 2010, 22:04







Derek,
 
Thanks for the guidance.
I have followed the instructions and downloaded ActivePerl 5.8.9 Build 827. 
This was successful but outstanding is the requirement in the instructions
"to add the bin directory to my Path environment variable".
Please advise how this is achieved.
 
Graham
 

--- On Tue, 14/9/10, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:


From: Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>
Subject: Re: Installing Finance::Quote
To: "GRAHAM SMITH" <graham.r.smith1 at btinternet.com>
Cc: "gnucash support" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Date: Tuesday, 14 September, 2010, 19:33


Hi,

On Tue, September 14, 2010 2:11 pm, GRAHAM SMITH wrote:
>
> I wish to install Finance::Quote with Gnucash which I have just 
> started to learn to use. However I am stuck with interpretation of the 
> phrase "open a root shell".
> I have located "gnc-fq-update" but I am stuck with the next step  - 
> please assist.
>  
> I am using Windows 7. Finding the Command Interpreter under Windows 7 
> is somewhat perplexing.
>  
> I found what appeared like the old Command Prompt window and changed 
> to the directory where  "gnc-fq-update" resides but when I tried to 
> execute this as a command I received an error message implying the 
> instruction was not understood or could not be executed.
>  
> Windows 7 also has Powershell facility but this seems a big step-up in 
> technology for me.

On Windows you should follow the instructions on the wiki:
http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows#Finance::Quote

> Graham

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-derek


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