[GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03

[Bruce Schuck]

On 5/1/24 7:39 PM, Fred Tydeman wrote:

> On my Linux systems, after some searching, I found that I needed: dnf
> install perl-ExtUtils-MakeMake* to get me started. Running perl 
> Makefile.PL got me several warnings of other missing perl files. 
> After doing a bunch of dnf install perl-... for them, 'make' and 
> 'make test' ran But, 'make install' failed due to permission issues. 
> Does it need 'su' to do the install?

People not familiar with the "manual" method of installing should use
cpan or cpanm. To install an interim release

"cpanm BPSCHUCK/Finance-Quote-1.61_03.tar.gz" or "cpan
BPSCHUCK/Finance-Quote-1.61_03.tar.gz".

Depending how cpan(m) is configured, super user permissions may or may
not be required. Typically when running cpan or cpanm, the install
process will ask for the user's sudo password to install modules.

When I would install using the "perl Makefile.PL; make; make test; make
install" steps, I would become root or use sudo to execute "make
install". But again, most people should utilize cpan or cpanm. The
install tool provided by GnuCash utilizes CPAN.

There is a brief overview of installing modules at
https://www.cpan.org/modules/INSTALL.html which doesn't mention the
legacy "perl Makefile.PL" method. As I mentioned in my post though, "For 
those who are comfortable with the interim releases". Comfortable being 
the operative word.

Bruce S