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

[David H]

Ah forget that, I found your comment in that long email you sent Frank :-)

Cheers David.

On Sat, 14 Mar 2020 at 07:30, David H <hellvee at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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