[GNC] Finance::Quote PreRelease 1.61_03

[Fred Tydeman]

Running: sudo make install
worked.  I was able to get stock quotes again.  So thank you.

Trying:
  cpan
  cpanm
  locate cpan
Gets nothing on my linux.

  dnf list cpan*
gets: cpanspec.noarch


On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 8:07 PM Bruce Schuck <bschuck at asgard-systems.com>
wrote:

> 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
>