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

rsbrux rsbrux at yahoo.com
Tue Aug 15 08:51:45 EDT 2023


Sorry, dumb question.  I found the tarball here: 
https://sourceforge.net/projects/finance-quote/

On 15.08.23 14:48, rsbrux wrote:
> 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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