finance quote install

[John Ralls]

On Oct 9, 2012, at 3:54 PM, annapolishome <nshust1 at reagan.com> wrote:

> john
> 
> thanks for your quick response.  it seems like i have more of a problem than just what i sent.  when i followed your instructions here is what i got:
> 
> Your configuration suggests that CPAN.pm should use a working
> directory of
>    /Users/nicholasshust/.cpan
> Unfortunately we could not create the lock file
>    /Users/nicholasshust/.cpan/.lock
> due to permission problems.
> 
> Please make sure that the configuration variable
>    $CPAN::Config->{cpan_home}
> points to a directory where you can write a .lock file. You can set
> this variable in either a CPAN/MyConfig.pm or a CPAN/Config.pm in your
> @INC path;
> You don't seem to have a user configuration (MyConfig.pm) yet.
> Do you want to create a user configuration now? (Y/n) [yes] 
> mkdir /Users/nicholasshust/.cpan/CPAN: Permission denied at /System/Library/Perl/5.12/CPAN/Shell.pm line 663
> 
> got any more suggestions on what my problem is and how to fix it.  appreciate the help.
> 

Heh. You didn't say you were on a mac.

Try doing it again with sudo. You'll have to be logged in to an admin account (Allow user to administer this computer is checked in System Preferences). 

So instead of $ > cpan, you'll say $ > sudo cpan
You'll get prompted for your password. Once you've started cpan you'll use the same command as before.

Regards,
John Ralls

> 
> On Oct 8, 2012, at 8:38 PM, John Ralls-2 [via GnuCash] <ml-node+s1415818n4657243h52 at n4.nabble.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On Oct 8, 2012, at 4:16 PM, annapolishome <[hidden email]> 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 
>>