[GNC] Update F::Q in flatpak GC?

rsbrux rsbrux at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 15 08:48:21 EDT 2023


Thanks for the tip, but I'm not sure I'm getting the right source.

https://github.com/finance-quote/finance-quote offers a zip download of 
the code from master.  Is this the 1.58 release code or the current 
development version?  If the latter, where should I be looking for the 
release?

On 14.08.23 18:58, john wrote:
>
>> On Aug 14, 2023, at 04:33, rsbrux via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
>>
>> I am running GC 5.3+ as a flatpak under Ubuntu  Studio 22.04 LTS.
>>
>> The included F::Q version is 1..56, which I have modified with the Yahoo as JSON patch already published to this mailing list.
>>
>> However, it looks as though the current F::Q release, 1.58, includes quite a few fixes for various sources.
>>
>> The last I heard,  it wasn't possible to update F::Q within a flatpak installation of GC.  Is that still the case?
>>
>> If so, when can a flatpak update of GC containing F::Q 1.58 be expected?
>>
>> If not, how can I update F::Q within my flatpak installation?
> The update will be available when someone (probably I) have time to update the F::Q module in gnucash-on-flatpak. That update will be immediately available in nightly builds; it won't be available on Flathub until the regular release at the end of September.
>
> It's not possible to use CPAN, and consequently gnc-fq-update, in the flatpak, but you can do it manually similarly to the way you applied the yahoo_json patch: Download and untar the release tarball or clone the repo then copy Quote.pm and the contents of Quote/ into the right places in your flatpak.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls


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