Finance::Quote fails to install

[nvsoar]

On 1/13/2015 6:29 PM, Ron Schwiesow wrote:
> Install GnuCash 2.6.5 on Windows 7 appears to be OK.
>
> "Install Online Price Retrieval" command according to
> http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows#Finance::Quote
> failed for Bit::Vector. You need to install the following Perl module:
> Finance::Quote. Installation of Strawberry Perl seemed to work OK.
>
> Tried installation of Finance::Quote using Strawberry Perl command line
> as in
> http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/Finance-Quote-never-works-td4669068.html
> with a cd c:\program files (x86)\guncash\bin. Ran perl gnc-fq-check;
> said need to install Finance::Quote. Ran perl MCPAN -e shell to obtain
> cpan> prompt. In cpan> ran install Finance::Quote. Failed on absence of
> cpan> Bit::Vector. Ran install Bit::Vector. Failed.
>
> Uninstalled all GnuCash and Pearl that we could find. Reinstalled. Same
> results for "Install Online Price Retrieval". Tried installation of
> Finance::Quote again using Strawberry Pearl command line. This time
> perl install failed for Date::Calc. No luck installing Date::Calc.
> Error message suggested researching reports on
> STBEY/Date-Calc-6.3.tar.gx.
>
> I seem to be hitting a wall on installing Finance::Quote and am running
> out of ideas.
>
> Ron
See if this can work.
http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/Online-Quotes-Install-Fail-td4674632.html
nvsoar