[GNC] Finance::Quote v1.53 RC1 Available for Download

David H hellvee at gmail.com
Sun Oct 2 18:57:08 EDT 2022


Martin,

Thanks for that, I was wondering how to update the flatpak version but it's
really simple when someone explains the steps required :-)  Works like a
charm.

Cheers, another David :-)


On Sun, 2 Oct 2022 at 19:08, Martin Booth via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

>
> Hi David,
>
> I used:
>
> $sudo cp -R /(path-to-source) /(path-to-target)
>
> as I could not workout how you would update it in flatpak with the gnc
> commands.
>
> Then I checked the Alphavantage.pm file with a text editor to verify
> the (version 1.53)
>
> Bruce sent an email recently confiming the file name discrepancy
> relating to the version number when he released the update this week.
>
> So, the command I used is once I extracted the file to the Documents
> folder:
>
> sudo cp -R ~/Documents/Finance-Quote-1.53/lib/Finance
> /var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/98bea86b69a63cc6
> ed5a1854344d115a683d6cee7ca56b81e7210f2da2706d88/files/lib/perl5/site_p
> erl/5.32.0
>
> Once copied go to the Alphavantage.pm file and check the version
> number.
>
> regards,
> Martin
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> On Sat, 2022-10-01 at 21:29 +0000, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
> wrote:
> > I have the flatpak install on Ubuntu, and 1.49 was fine, but better
> > is the enemy of good enough.  I downloaded and extracted, but was not
> > sure how to install.  I googled
> > up https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-help/finance-quote-insta
> > ll.html and
> > https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-help/finance-quote-
> > helper.html#gnc-fq-update.
> >
> > I ran the sudo on the flatpak gnc-fq-update (sudo
> > /var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/98bea86b69a63c
> > c6ed5a1854344d115a683d6cee7ca56b81e7210f2da2706d88/files/bin/gnc-fq-
> > update), but out of paranoia said 'yes', and it is still busy
> > installing CPAN for, I guess, everything perl!  I am not sure what
> > their canary was telling me, but I said 'y' to continue, too!
> > Compiling and then installing a bunch of stuff now!  40 odd minutes
> > so far!  I am not sure it is wise to interrupt it!  Wow, 48 minutes
> > and it says:
> > Appending installation info to /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-
> > gnu/perl/5.34.0/perllocal.pod  BPSCHUCK/Finance-Quote-1.52.tar.gz
> > /usr/bin/make install  -- OK
> >
> > Maybe it is not so slow if you say no.  How does it normally find
> > where I loaded the new modules?  The docs might say what is different
> > for flatpak, as that is the only way to get/run newer Ubuntu LTS
> > gnucash bits.
> > I am wondering if the Finance Quote update could be a lot more user
> > friendly and automatic, like under the usual 3 or 4 kinds of update:
> > Ubuntu Software, flatpak, snap, ...?
> > So is my 1.52 as good as 1.53?  Did I need to download anything?
> >
> > It still runs 1.49, too!
> > flatpak run --command=gnucash-cli org.gnucash.GnuCash --quotes get
> > /home/dgp/GnuCash/ubuntu-DGPickett.gnucashF: X11 socket /tmp/.X11-
> > unix/X0 does not exist in filesystem, trying to use abstract socket
> > instead.
> > ** (process:229798): WARNING **: 17:27:21.672: Failed to connect to
> > bus: Could not connect: Connection refusedFound Finance::Quote
> > version 1.49.
> > How to get it to see a newer version?
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