lost update on price editor under os x 9 mavericks

nicholas shust nshust1 at reagan.com
Sun Nov 3 16:08:22 EST 2013


haven’t messed with unix at the command level in a long time.  as it starts to come back it becomes a ‘duh’.  sorry, about the refresher course on unix.  finally, got the thing to execute. it is asking me if i want to run ‘live test’?  y/n? i don’t want to screw it up now.

On Nov 3, 2013, at 4:05 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> 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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>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>>     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
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> -- 
>       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
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