[GNC] FinanceQuote install broken on OSX

[David T.]

Take a look at two questions in the FAQ at 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>

Are you using Yahoo!? Do you have an Alphavantage API key?

The executables for terminal use are embedded in the app bundle, usually at /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/bin

You must be in that folder to run them at the terminal. Note also that you have to set the shell ENV to include your Alphavantage API key.

David T.

> On Sep 11, 2018, at 4:33 AM, gnucash.dgr9z at ncf.ca wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am using Gnucash 3.2 on OSX 10.13.6 with the latest Xcode.
> 
> I’ve been using Gnucash for about 5 years. The FinanceQuote module stopped working some time mid 2017. I’m only getting around to looking into it now.
> 
> During the last several Gnucash/FinanceQuote updates, I have had errors with the FinanceQuote update script timing out trying to download certain components. Unfortunately, I did not make a note of which ones. I would then have a broken FinanceQuote, and trying to run fc scripts, w.g. 
> 
> gnc-fq-dump 
> 
> or 
> 
> perl gnc-fq-dump 
> 
> return file not found errors. i have tried:
> 
> mdfind gnc-fq-dump
> 
> and confirmed that I don’t have gnc-fq-dump. Presumably the other scripts are missing too.
> 
> 
> I just tried updating again, but now the script tells me FinanceQuote is up to date and their is nothing to do (although it never did run without timeouts on downloads). 
> 
> Can anyone suggest what the solution might be?
> 
> Thanks.
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