[GNC] gnucash-cli says, "No quotes retrieved. Finance::Quote isn't installed properly" on macOS

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On 2021-06-12 23:49, Jim DeLaHunt wrote:

> …I submit that installing packages with MacPorts or Homebrew has 
> aspects of installing application software, as well as aspects of 
> altering the OS. Installing application software is a reasonable thing 
> for people to do with their personal computers. I don't think its 
> reasonable to say that GnuCash should ignore the existence of MacPorts 
> and Homebrew.
>
> It would help for the gnucash-cli documentation to mention that 
> GnuCash lets the environment pick which perl instance to run.
>
> It would help for the Finance::Quote troubleshooting documentation to 
> mention this problem, and the solution.
>
> It would help for the GnuCash error message to also say, "Use `perl -e 
> 'print join("\n", @INC), "\n";'` to see where perl is looking.".


I improved the documentation a bit in 
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes to add the clarification 
which I was lacking in this situation. I also copy-edited and refactored 
the existing content a bit. The changes are in the sections: 
Warnings/Multiple Perl installations on macOS,  Troubleshooting, and 
Technical Details.

Thanks especially to John Ralls for providing the technical information 
which helped me understand the situation well enough that I could 
explain it.

Best regards,
     —Jim DeLaHunt