lost update on price editor under os x 9 mavericks

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Sun Nov 3 16:12:16 EST 2013 

Alas, that's a question I *don't* know the answer to.
I would suggest "y", but perhaps John knows better.

-derek

On Sun, November 3, 2013 4:08 pm, nicholas shust wrote:
> 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
>>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>>       Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
>>       derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
>>       Computer and Internet Security Consultant
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