lost update on price editor under os x 9 mavericks

[Derek Atkins]

If you are sitting in the Gnucash.app directory then use ./ instead of
/path/to/Gnucash.app -- it's all about the correct directory reference. 
Unix 101.

-derek

On Sun, November 3, 2013 4:00 pm, nicholas shust wrote:
> ok, suppose i am in the app directory, then drop the application
> altogether and use the rest of the string?
>
>
> On Nov 3, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
>> Well, yeah, that's obviously not going to work.  The "/path/to" is
>> virtual; you're supposed to replace that with the actual path to
>> Gnucash.app!!  So if Gnucash.app is in /Applications, then you would use
>> /Applications/Gnucash.app/...   Or if you had it in /FooBob it would be
>> /FooBob/Gnucash.app/...
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> On Sun, November 3, 2013 3:54 pm, nicholas shust wrote:
>>> sudo /path/to/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnc-fq-update
>>>
>>> sudo: /path/to/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnc-fq-update:
>>> command
>>> not found
>>>
>>> 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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>>>>      Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>>>>      derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>>>>      Computer and Internet Security Consultant
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>>       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>>       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
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       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
       Computer and Internet Security Consultant