[GNC] How to update Finance::Quote

[Frank H. Ellenberger]

I see 2 potential issues:

Am 08.07.19 um 15:16 schrieb rsbrux via gnucash-user:
> If this is the wrong venue for this question, please refer me to the
> correct one.
>
> I am try to update my FInanace::Quote installation (under Ubuntu Studio
> 18.04) to the latest version (1.49).
>
> First I performed:
>
> cpan -D Finance::Quote
>
> as recommended in https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/CPAN.
>
> It indicated that my CPAN was also out of date, so I first updated CPAN.
>
> I then ran "upgrade Finance::Quote" from the cpan interactive prompt.??
> This appears to have failed, as the cpan command above still shows F::Q
> 1.47
>
> The output of the upgrade attempt was quite long and the beginning
> scrolled out of the terminal window.
>
> Unfortunately, I am too ignorant to understand most of it.?? I have
> posted below the tail-end, which appear to reflect the installation of
> F::Q; preceeding parts appear to deal with (equally futile) attempts to
> install or upgrade other modules.
>
> I intentionally ran cpan with normal privileges from my normal user
> account becaue I have read that suprivileges should only be needed to
> install or update CPAN and can otherwise be dangerous.
>
> Must I install as su??? Is there something else I am missing here?

1. Yes, either
  sudo cpan
  <password>
or
  su
  <password>
  cpan

>>>
>
> ?? You may have to su to root to install the package
> ?? (Or you may want to run something like
> ?????? o conf make_install_make_command 'sudo make'
> ?? to raise your permissions.?? ECOCODE/Finance-Quote-1.49.tar.gz
> ?? Has already been unwrapped into directory
> /home/rbrooks/.cpan/build/Finance-Quote-1.49-0
> ?? ECOCODE/Finance-Quote-1.49.tar.gz
:
2.
> The current configuration of allow_installing_outdated_dists is
> 'ask/yes', but for this option we would need 'CPAN::DistnameInfo'
> installed. Please install 'CPAN::DistnameInfo' as soon as possible. As
> long as we are not equipped with 'CPAN::DistnameInfo' this option does
> not take effect
:

HTH

Frank