[GNC] problems with Finance::Quote 1.49 and and gnucash Build ID: 3.8b+(2019-12-29) on windows 10 64 bit

[David H]

Mitchell,

You haven't explained what your issue was with trying to install it
originally as per the gnucash instructions - please clarify as this might
have a bearing on what you are experiencing as per your following emails.

On Win 10 Pro you need to click the Windows Start Menu icon, then All Apps,
then go to the "G" group where you should find a"Gnucash" group. If you
expand this you should find the "Install Online Price Retrieval" which you
click on to install Strawberry Perl and the rest of the price retrieval app.

So did you find this OK and get some sort of error when you ran it or what ?

Cheers David.



On Thu, 12 Mar 2020 at 06:47, Mitchell Hausman via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm testing GnuCash software on windows 10 64bit, to see if it is useful
> for me (as opposed to buying Quicken!)
>
>
> I wasn't able to install Finance::Quote successfully using this procedure:
>
> Microsoft Windows:
> ??? Close GnuCash.
> ??? Run Install Online Price Retrieval which can be found in the GnuCash
> ???Start??? menu entry.
>
>
> ===========================================================================================================
>
>
> So, i downloaded and installed Strawberry Perl 5.30.q.q-*64 bit*
> (successfully), then used cpan to install Finance::Quote, which also
> installed successfully
>
> my windows environment has the correct Alpha Vantage?? key, as does
> GnuCash in edit/preferences/online quotes
>
> i don't know if it is working properly, though, and, i couldn't figure
> out how to run gnu-fq-dump (unless i have to do it in the session in
> which i installed Finance::Quote)
>
>
> i tried in the CMD window:
>
>
> C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuCash\bin>cpan gnc-fq-dump
> Loading internal logger. Log::Log4perl recommended for better logging
> CPAN: CPAN::SQLite loaded ok (v0.217)
> CPAN: LWP::UserAgent loaded ok (v6.42)
> Fetching with LWP:
> http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/authors/01mailrc.txt.gz
> CPAN: YAML::XS loaded ok (v0.80)
> Fetching with LWP:
> http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/modules/02packages.details.txt.gz
> Fetching with LWP:
> http://cpan.strawberryperl.com/modules/03modlist.data.gz
> Database was generated on Sat, 07 Mar 2020 16:00:43 GMT
> Updating database file ... Done!
>  >(error): Could not expand [gnc-fq-dump]. Check the module name.
>  >(info): I can suggest names if you install one of
> Text::Levenshtein::XS, Text::Levenshtein::Damerau::XS,
> Text::Levenshtein, and Text::Levenshtein::Damerau::PP
>  >(info): and you provide the -x option on invocation.
>  >(error): Skipping gnc-fq-dump because I couldn't find a matching
> namespace.
>
>
> ===============================================================================================
>
> i added a fund to security editor (it isn't in my investments accounts
> as a sub account--- is that a problem???), and checked get quotes
>
>
> when i?? execute get quotes function (in price database, not price
> "editor", with or without funds added), GnuCash closes/crashes and i
> have a .LCK file
>
> from the GnuCash guide:
>
> You may occasionally see .LNK and .LCK files appear. These do not store
> any data, but they are created
> to prevent more than one user from opening the same file at the same
> time. These files are automatically
> created when you open the file, to lock it so no one else can access it.
> When you close your GnuCash
> session or open another file, GnuCash unlocks the first data file by
> deleting the .LCK and .LNK files.
>
> If GnuCash crashes while you have a data file open, the .LCK and .LNK
> files are not deleted. The next
> time you try to open GnuCash, you will get a warning message that the
> file is locked. The warning message
> appears because the .LNK and .LCK files are still in your directory. It
> is safe to choose Yes to open the
> file, but you should delete the .LNK and .LCK files (using a terminal
> window or your file manager). Once
> those files are deleted, you will not get the warning message again
> unless GnuCash crashes.
>
>
> So, I think GnuCash believes Finance::Quote is another user, maybe,
> because I installed GnuCash manually (couldn't succeed any other way),
> and they aren't properly linked
>
> how do i get Finance::Quote integrated with my GnuCash install, so i can
> use it (i.e., doesn't crash)?
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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