lost update on price editor under os x 9 mavericks

nicholas shust nshust1 at reagan.com
Sun Nov 3 16:15:04 EST 2013


is john online now?  i guess y can’t hurt?

On Nov 3, 2013, at 4:12 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:

> 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
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>>      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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