gnucash-user Digest, Vol 135, Issue 17

Glenn Bergmann gnebergie at gmail.com
Wed Jun 18 12:20:26 EDT 2014 

Ref Message 2:  Subject: Re: Downloading Stock Prices - Finance::Quote
Problems

Questions regarding the use of Finance::Quote are asked frequently.  I had
the same problem several years ago when I first started using gnuCash.  I
resolved the issue.  But for the past year it has not worked and I haven't
found a way to fix it in spite of all the suggestions that have been made.

Can the problem be resolved by having the gnuCash install program also load
whatever is necessary to make Finance::Quote function properly?  It could
eliminate future inquiries.


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>    1. Downloading Stock Prices - Finance::Quote Problems (Tim Johnson)
>    2. Re: Downloading Stock Prices - Finance::Quote Problems
>       (John Ralls)
>    3. unable to install Finance:Quote (Vladimir Lukyanov)
>    4. GNU - problem accessing my records (Alan Jaye)
>    5. Re: GNU - problem accessing my records (Colin Law)
>    6. Re: GNU - problem accessing my records (Colin Law)
>    7. Re: Downloading Stock Prices - Finance::Quote Problems
>       (Tim Johnson)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 22:19:07 +0100
> From: Tim Johnson <timnjane at hotmail.co.uk>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Downloading Stock Prices - Finance::Quote Problems
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> Hi,
>
> I am a very new Linux user who is seriously looking at moving away from
> Windows XP as my trusty PC has developed a recent warning saying I do
> not have a genuine version of Windows despite having used it for years
> (with a genuine version - I've got the CD, but it won't allow me to
> activate it!).  I have never used command line systems in 30 years of PC
> work, and I am pretty good GUI software user, so I'm on scary new ground
> here, but I love the Linux concept.
>
> I am looking at alternatives for various key Windows packages to manage
> a complete migration to Linux including MS Money, and GnuCash looks to
> be the ship's biscuit for that one.
>
> I am struggling to get stock prices into an investment account though,
> as it tells me I don't have Finance::Quote installed properly.  Well, I
> think I do, but the version installed by Synaptics on my PCLinuxOS
> system (perl-Finance-Quote) seems to be only at version 1.17.  I've
> tried to force a more recent version, but that doesn't work.
>
> I've read and re-read the GnuCash manual but can't see where I've gone
> wrong.  It's not the end of the world if I have to update prices
> manually with this version of Linux, but if the functionality is there,
> I would really like to be able to use it.
>
> Thanks in anticipation for any advice.
>
>
> TimJ
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 14:42:49 -0700
> From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> To: Tim Johnson <timnjane at hotmail.co.uk>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Downloading Stock Prices - Finance::Quote Problems
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> On Jun 17, 2014, at 2:19 PM, Tim Johnson <timnjane at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am a very new Linux user who is seriously looking at moving away from
> Windows XP as my trusty PC has developed a recent warning saying I do not
> have a genuine version of Windows despite having used it for years (with a
> genuine version - I've got the CD, but it won't allow me to activate it!).
>  I have never used command line systems in 30 years of PC work, and I am
> pretty good GUI software user, so I'm on scary new ground here, but I love
> the Linux concept.
> >
> > I am looking at alternatives for various key Windows packages to manage
> a complete migration to Linux including MS Money, and GnuCash looks to be
> the ship's biscuit for that one.
> >
> > I am struggling to get stock prices into an investment account though,
> as it tells me I don't have Finance::Quote installed properly.  Well, I
> think I do, but the version installed by Synaptics on my PCLinuxOS system
> (perl-Finance-Quote) seems to be only at version 1.17.  I've tried to force
> a more recent version, but that doesn't work.
> >
> > I've read and re-read the GnuCash manual but can't see where I've gone
> wrong.  It's not the end of the world if I have to update prices manually
> with this version of Linux, but if the functionality is there, I would
> really like to be able to use it.
> >
> > Thanks in anticipation for any advice.
> >
>
> Did you run gnc-fq-update? If so, what output did you get?
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:32:13 +0700
> From: Vladimir Lukyanov <debvlad at gmail.com>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: unable to install Finance:Quote
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> Running the latest (as of today GNUCash 2.6.3), Windows 7
>
> used the automatic "Install Online Price Retrieval" from the Program menu
> it ran for a while and in the end gave me the following error:
> "no such file in the archive"...
> "you need to install the following Pearl modules:
> Date::Manip
>
> I am providing a screenshot:
> Please help me to install this thing.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Vladimir
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 09:43:27 +0100
> From: "Alan Jaye" <alan.jaye at ntlworld.com>
> To: <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: GNU - problem accessing my records
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> I am unable to access my GNU account and as such, all my financial records.
>
> I am resented with the messages:-
>
> Adding client to server's list failed, CORBA error: IDL:
> omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0
> Adding client to server's list failed, CORBA error: IDL:
> omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0
> Adding client to server's list failed, CORBA error: IDL:
> omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0
> Adding client to server's list failed, CORBA error: IDL:
> omg.org/CORBA/COMM_FAILURE:1.0
>
> Can you help?
>
> Alan Jaye
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:38:44 +0100
> From: Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>
> To: Alan Jaye <alan.jaye at ntlworld.com>
> Cc: "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: GNU - problem accessing my records
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> On 18 June 2014 09:43, Alan Jaye <alan.jaye at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > I am unable to access my GNU account and as such, all my financial
> records.
>
> Exactly what are you doing when you get those messages?  Normally to
> access ones financial records one would open the gnucash application,
> it appears that you are going to a website for some reason.
>
> Colin
>
>
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>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:57:17 +0100
> From: Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com>
> To: Alan Jaye <alan.jaye at ntlworld.com>, "gnucash-user at gnucash.org"
>         <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: GNU - problem accessing my records
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> Hi Alan
>
> Please remember to send to replies to the list rather than the sender,
> for this list you have to click Reply All or Reply List or something
> similar.  I am forwarding it here.
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> On 18 June 2014 10:52, Alan Jaye <alan.jaye at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > Hi Colin
> >
> > All I am trying to do is to open the application.
> >
> > Now this is really weird. I have been trying to open my application for
> two
> > days without success. I have just tried again to see exactly what
> messages
> > came up and I went straight into my accounts???
> >
> > Whatever went wrong seems to have cleared?
> >
> > Anyway it all seems to be ok now but how do I do a backup in case this
> > happens again?
>
> See
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_How_do_I_backup_my_data
>
> Colin
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 11:27:39 +0100
> From: Tim Johnson <timnjane at hotmail.co.uk>
> To: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Downloading Stock Prices - Finance::Quote Problems
> Message-ID: <BLU436-SMTP1516524B5F740AF53AA4EAB8C100 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"
>
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for responding so quickly.
>
> With my rudimentary CLI skills, I ran gnc-fq-update which produced page
> after page of activity, interspersed with a question about "prebend" (or
> something) which I answered "yes" to each time as that seemed the most
> appropriate answer.
>
> The screenshot of the final screen is attached, which sadly means
> nothing to me.  Unfortunately, the "Finance::Quote not installed
> properly" still comes up in GnuCash Edit Security.
>
> I also ran Date::Manip from Synaptics as suggested by Vladimir as I
> thought he was offering a suggestion, but now I'm not sure whether he
> was just raising an issue himself??
>
> One additional question if I may - have I compromised any support I
> might enjoy from PCLinuxOS MATE by running this update which seems to
> have made hundreds of changes?
>
> Kind Regards,
>
>
> Tim
>
> On 17/06/2014 22:42, John Ralls wrote:
> > On Jun 17, 2014, at 2:19 PM, Tim Johnson <timnjane at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I am a very new Linux user who is seriously looking at moving away from
> Windows XP as my trusty PC has developed a recent warning saying I do not
> have a genuine version of Windows despite having used it for years (with a
> genuine version - I've got the CD, but it won't allow me to activate it!).
>  I have never used command line systems in 30 years of PC work, and I am
> pretty good GUI software user, so I'm on scary new ground here, but I love
> the Linux concept.
> >>
> >> I am looking at alternatives for various key Windows packages to manage
> a complete migration to Linux including MS Money, and GnuCash looks to be
> the ship's biscuit for that one.
> >>
> >> I am struggling to get stock prices into an investment account though,
> as it tells me I don't have Finance::Quote installed properly.  Well, I
> think I do, but the version installed by Synaptics on my PCLinuxOS system
> (perl-Finance-Quote) seems to be only at version 1.17.  I've tried to force
> a more recent version, but that doesn't work.
> >>
> >> I've read and re-read the GnuCash manual but can't see where I've gone
> wrong.  It's not the end of the world if I have to update prices manually
> with this version of Linux, but if the functionality is there, I would
> really like to be able to use it.
> >>
> >> Thanks in anticipation for any advice.
> >>
> > Did you run gnc-fq-update? If so, what output did you get?
> >
> > Regards,
> > John Ralls
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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