finance quote install

[John Ralls]

On Oct 8, 2012, at 4:16 PM, annapolishome <nshust1 at reagan.com> wrote:

> trying to install finance quote, but it still is not working.  ran the script
> in the gnu cash download, but the online quote is still grayed out.  when i
> go back to the to the install items and try to re-install the finance quote
> software i get this message:  
> 
> You have not configured a urllist and do not allow connections to the
> internet to get a list of mirrors.  If you wish to get a list of CPAN
> mirrors to pick from, use this command
> 
>    o conf init connect_to_internet_ok urllist
> 
> i keep trying to enter that command through the terminal, but it keeps
> telling me there is no such command.  any help would be appreciated.
> 

Start cpan first:
$ > cpan
cpan[1]>  conf init connect_to_internet_ok_urllist

(The bits up to and including ">" are prompts: The computer prints those, you don't type them.)

Regards,
John Ralls