lost update on price editor under os x 9 mavericks

nicholas shust nshust1 at reagan.com
Sun Nov 3 15:57:12 EST 2013


actually, here is the entire sequence:


sudo /path/to/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnc-fq-update
Password:
sudo: /path/to/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnc-fq-update: command not found

it appears that a semicolon is being placed into the command.  not by me.


On Nov 3, 2013, at 3:51 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> So what exactly (please cut-and-paste) are you typing on the command line?
> And what, exactly, is the error you get (again, please cut-and-paste).
> 
> -derek
> 
> On Sun, November 3, 2013 3:14 pm, nicholas shust wrote:
>> ok, gnucash.app is in the app directory.  i mistyped the string when i
>> sent the email, but i just did a copy and paste of the command from john’s
>> email into the terminal window so i did not mistype the command there.
>> 
>> On Nov 3, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> It is gnc-fq-update. Not gnu-...
>>> 
>>> Look for GnuCash.app, not .dmg.
>>> 
>>> -derek
>>> 
>>> Sent from my HTC smartphone
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Reply message -----
>>> From: "nicholas shust" <nshust1 at reagan.com>
>>> To: "John Ralls" <jralls at ceridwen.us>
>>> Cc: "GnuCash user mailing list" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>>> Subject: lost update on price editor under os x 9 mavericks
>>> Date: Sun, Nov 3, 2013 11:52 AM
>>> 
>>> 
>>> still not working.  typed in the command and it comes back with ‘command
>>> not found'.  if i search my disk, there is no gnucash.dmg nor can i find
>>> the gnu-fq-update module.  was it somehow (by me or some other way)
>>> deleted?  should i download the gnucash package again and extract the
>>> finance module?  looking for ideas again.
>>> 
>>> On Oct 31, 2013, at 8:48 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Oct 31, 2013, at 4:12 PM, nicholas shust <nshust1 at reagan.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> still not working.  what is the command to execute the finance quote
>>> script?
>>>> 
>>>> Please remember to copy the list on all replies. Use "reply all" (the
>>> double-arrow thingy if you're using Mac mail.)
>>>> 
>>>> After you've dragged Gnucash.app out of the .dmg, you can type from
>>> Terminal
>>>> sudo /path/to/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnc-fq-update
>>>> 
>>>> Just tested on my 10.9 MBA, works fine.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> John Ralls
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 25, 2013, at 10:36 PM, John Ralls
>>> <jralls at ceridwen.fremont.ca.us> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Oct 25, 2013, at 5:50 PM, David Reiser <dbreiser at icloud.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Oct 25, 2013, at 6:54 PM, annapolishome <nshust1 at reagan.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> upgraded to mavericks yesterday (Xcode was updated at the same
>>> time).  now
>>>>>>>> the 'get quotes' button on the price editor is grayed out so i
>>> cannot update
>>>>>>>> my stock prices.  anyone else with this problem?  any suggestion
>>> as to what
>>>>>>>> happened?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Get Quotes relies on perl modules installed in the current
>>> system-default Perl version.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> So you need to run the FinanceQuote Update script -- except that
>>> there's a code signing problem with that until John Ralls can
>>> upload a newly signed version.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> If you're in a hurry, you can use CPAN to install the necessary
>>> perl modules manually
>>>>>>> LWP
>>>>>>> Date::Manip
>>>>>>> Mozilla::CA
>>>>>>> HTML::Parser
>>>>>>> HTML::TableExtract
>>>>>>> Crypt::SSLeay
>>>>>>> Finance::Quote
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Capitalization matters...
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There's another trick at http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/CPAN#Other
>>> which is a lot less typing.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> John Ralls
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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> 
> 
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