[GNC] Finance::Quote failed to initialize
John Ralls
jralls at ceridwen.us
Fri Oct 4 16:17:20 EDT 2024
Flavio,
The almost empty /Library/Perl/5.34/ means that you didn't install Finance::Quote there. Please link the instructions that you used.
Regards,
John Ralls
> On Oct 4, 2024, at 11:18 AM, Boniforti Flavio <boniforti.f at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi John.
> This is the output of the "file" command:
> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash: Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64
>
> And these the contents of the Perl library path - I think there's something missing:
>
> me at MacBook-Pro ~ % ls -la /Library/Perl/5.34
> total 0
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Aug 4 12:31 .
> drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 128 Aug 4 12:31 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 33 Aug 4 12:31 AppendToPath
>
> What do you suggest next?
> Thanks,
> F.
>
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>
> Am Do., 3. Okt. 2024 um 21:22 Uhr schrieb John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>:
> Flavio,
>
> I bet HomeBrew didn’t pick up the Apple Silicon build, but to make sure you can run
> file /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash
> Which will return something like
> /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash: Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64
> For an Intel build; the end will be arm64e for an Apple Silicon one. If it’s an Intel build the simpler option is to get the Apple Silicon build from https;//www.gnucash.org, but if you’d rather not you’ll have to reinstall Finance::Quote, see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes#Installing_Finance::Quote_on_macOS_from_a_Terminal_prompt.
>
> That doesn’t explain why perldoc can’t find Finance::Quote though. Does /Library/Perl/5.34/Finance/Quote.pm exist?
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
>
>> On Oct 2, 2024, at 21:45, Boniforti Flavio <boniforti.f at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi John.
>> I installed GnuCash with HomeBrew. I did not manually install Perl - it was already there:
>>
>> me at MacBook-Pro ~ % perl -v
>>
>> This is perl 5, version 34, subversion 1 (v5.34.1) built for darwin-thread-multi-2level
>> (with 2 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)
>>
>> Copyright 1987-2022, Larry Wall
>>
>> Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the
>> GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit.
>>
>> Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on
>> this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the
>> Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page.
>>
>> My MBP is an M1.
>>
>> Thanks for helping,
>> F.
>>
>> https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music
>> https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music
>> https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com
>>
>>
>> Am Do., 3. Okt. 2024 um 01:13 Uhr schrieb John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>:
>> Flavio,
>>
>> What did you actually do? Do you by any chance have a perl installed that isn’t from Apple, perhaps HomeBrew or MacPorts? Is your MBP an Intel or Apple Silicon one and did you install the GnuCash that matches the architecture?
>>
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>>
>>
>> > On Oct 2, 2024, at 12:03, Boniforti Flavio <boniforti.f at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all.
>> >
>> > On MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 I've just followed the instructions from the GnuCash
>> > documentation to install the Finance::Quote module.
>> > After finishing without errors, I tried to use it but it won't initialize -
>> > see here:
>> >
>> > me at MacBook-Pro ~ %
>> > /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli -Q
>> > info
>> >
>> > Application Path
>> > /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli
>> >
>> > Failed to initialize Finance::Quote: missing_modules Finance::Quote
>> > JSON::Parse
>> >
>> >
>> > Even Perl doesn't know about its existence:
>> >
>> > me at MacBook-Pro ~ % perldoc Finance::Quote
>> >
>> > No documentation found for "Finance::Quote".
>> >
>> > Is anybody able to help me understand what's gone wrong and how to fix it?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > F.
>> >
>> > https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music
>> > https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music
>> > https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com
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