lost update on price editor under os x 9 mavericks

nicholas shust nshust1 at reagan.com
Sun Nov 3 16:26:52 EST 2013 

ok, thanks.  N was caps.  the execution completed.  ran the get quotes and it updated.  thanks for all the help.  and patience with the unix refresher course.  when you only use the commands at a time like this, memory gets a little fuzzy.


On Nov 3, 2013, at 4:15 PM, nicholas shust <nshust1 at reagan.com> wrote:

> 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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