[GNC] Installing F::Q on Ubuntu

[David T.]

Tim,

Numerous people have reported troubles using AlphaVantage to retrieve quotes recently, with several noting that the site appears to be unreliable (perhaps purposefully so).

You don’t mention your GnuCash version; on GC3.2, there is supposedly a user preference slot for the AlphaVantage API key (I haven’t upgraded my own system from 2.6.21). In earlier versions, you are instructed to place your API key in an environment file (cf. https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_doesn.27t_online_quoting_work.3F <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_doesn.27t_online_quoting_work.3F> for guidance). At no point is it necessary to edit the source PM files.

Cheers,
David T.

> On Aug 15, 2018, at 4:14 PM, Tim Kallmer <tkallmer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I have switched to a linux laptop since the price quotes stopped working on
> my windows 10 one. (I had it working at one time.)
> 
> But I am currently not able to get price quotes in the linux version of
> gnucash either. I get the error, Unable to retrieve quotes for these items,
> then a list of all my securities.
> 
> Here's what I did to install F::Q. Am I missing something?
> 
> cpan
> install Finance::Quote
> quit
> edited /usr/share/perl5/Finance/Quote/AlphaVantage.pm
> entered my key between the quotes in the line that previously read,
> my $ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY = $ENV{'ALPHAVANTAGE_API_KEY'};
> sudo chmod 666 /usr/share/perl5/Finance/Quote/AlphaVantage.pm
> sudo chmod 666 /usr/share/perl5/Finance/Quote.pm
> 
> restarted
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