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

[john]

IndiaMutual.pm has a new perl dependency IO::String (https://metacpan.org/pod/IO::String) as of F::Q 1.57. That dependency is in the nightlies but not the release flatpak. It's pure perl and has no dependencies so you have a couple of ways forward:

* Get the source code (there are links in the sidebar on the left on the IO::String page) and install it in the flatpak's perl directory as IO/String.pm
* Install a recent nightly build and apply the F::Q update to that
* If you don't need the IndiaMutual module you can restore the 1.56 version that doesn't need IO::String.

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Aug 17, 2023, at 01:59, rsbrux <rsbrux at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the further tips.  I was unable to find gnucash.trace in either /tmp or /var/tmp (or their subdirectories.  Before trying to pipe the logs to the console as described in https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak#Getting_Console_Output, I tried running the quote retrieval from the command line, as you suggested.  This resulted in the following error message:
> 
> >>
> 
> Price retrieval failed: Finance::Quote check returned error Can't locate IO/String.pm in @INC (you may 
> need to install the IO::String module) (@INC contains: /app/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.32.0/x86_64-linux /ap
> p/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.32.0 /app/lib/perl5/5.32.0/x86_64-linux /app/lib/perl5/5.32.0) at /app/lib/perl
> 5/site_perl/5.32.0/Finance/Quote/IndiaMutual.pm line 33. 
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /app/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.32.0/Finance/Quote/IndiaMutual.pm line 
> 33. 
> Compilation failed in require at /app/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.32.0/Module/Load.pm line 78. 
> Can't locate Finance/Quote/IndiaMutual in @INC (@INC contains: /app/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.32.0/x86_64-l
> inux /app/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.32.0 /app/lib/perl5/5.32.0/x86_64-linux /app/lib/perl5/5.32.0) at /app/
> lib/perl5/site_perl/5.32.0/Module/Load.pm line 78. 
> at /app/bin/finance-quote-wrapper line 113. 
> Attempt to reload Finance/Quote/IndiaMutual.pm aborted. 
> Compilation failed in require at /app/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.32.0/Module/Load.pm line 78. 
> Can't locate Finance/Quote/IndiaMutual in @INC (@INC contains: /app/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.32.0/x86_64-l
> inux /app/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.32.0 /app/lib/perl5/5.32.0/x86_64-linux /app/lib/perl5/5.32.0) at /app/
> lib/perl5/site_perl/5.32.0/Module/Load.pm line 78. 
> at /app/bin/finance-quote-wrapper line 114.
> 
> <<
> 
> This suggests to me that the changes in the pm scripts depend on changes in the actual program code.
> 
> Can I just copy the entire tarball extract into /var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/current/active/, or do I need to limit what I copy or keep any residual files in that directory tree?
> 
> Thanks for your support!
> 
> On 15.08.23 19:19, john wrote:
>> Look in the tracefile (https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Tracefile) or run `gnucash-cli -Q info` (see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Flatpak#Using_Command_Line_Tools for how to run that from a flatpak) to see what the errors are.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>> 
>> 
>>> On Aug 15, 2023, at 08:26, rsbrux <rsbrux at yahoo.com> <mailto:rsbrux at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Now that I copied over the Quote directory and the Quote.pm script in /var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/current/active/files/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.32.0/Finance/ with the files from the 1.58 release package, the "Get Quotes" button in the Price Database tool is disabled. I already gave universal execute privileges to  all of the newly copied files (and directory).  What else might be the cause?
>>> 
>>> On 15.08.23 14:51, rsbrux wrote:
>>>> 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> <mailto: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
>>