[GNC] New Australian user questions
Geoff
cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com
Tue Sep 10 21:22:07 EDT 2024
Hi Megan
Glad to hear you had a successful outcome.
The difference in results is explained by the fact that I ran the
powershell installation script first - even though it failed at the end,
it did successfully install most of the necessary modules. Hence your
24 vs my 1.
So you are good to go - happy GnuCashing!
Geoff
=====
On 11/09/2024 7:56 am, Megan Tilley wrote:
> Geoff - you little beauty bottler!!! YAY! it worked.
>
> I assume you edited the results to the bare minimum in your instructions?
>
> I am glad that my issue could be reproduced but sad that it requires a fix!
>
>
> I could not decide whether I had to add all 3 installation commands at
> once or one at a time and tried first off all 3 at once...
>
> ====>>> >cpanm install Module::CPANTS::Analyse --force
> 2 distributions installed
>
> ====>>> >cpanm install Test::Kwalitee
> 1 distribution installed
>
> ====>>> cpanm install Finance::Quote [which I had to start with an
> 'enter'
> 24 distributions installed
>
>
> So, "install Finance::Quote" was different to your results as your
> example indicated "1 distribution installed" rather than the 24
> distributions I had.
>
>
> I used Tools/Security Edit to check that I could select the investments.
> No errors reported this time around and the 'Get Online Quotes' was
> selectable, which I did, and then Multiple/ASX.
> I ran the Get Quotes and there they were!
> However, I did receive some error messages as though the stock was not
> available on the ASX list to be updated, but that is an issue for
> another thread!
>
>
>
> Many thanks to you, and to Stephen, as I am now more comfortable using
> GnuCash... No doubt you will see me back on the threads with another
> curly Australian-based query!
> And to R.Losey for their comments.
>
> I am finding it easier to navigate through the morass of memories of
> Quicken and translating those memories to my efforts of learning the
> many benefits of GnuCash!
> Not having to do that currency translation through PayPal is helping
> immensely!
>
>
>
> Megan in Sydney
>
>
>
> On Tue, 10 Sept 2024 at 22:07, Geoff <cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com
> <mailto:cleanoutmyshed at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Megan
>
> Well, this must be frustrating for you. I did a clean install on a new
> Windows 10 machine, can reproduce this problem, and have a fix for you
> to try.
>
> When I ran the GnuCash powershell script "gnc-fq-update.ps1" to install
> Finance::Quote, it ran for a long time (approximately 1/2 an hour) and
> failed at the end with:
>
> ========================================================================
> Building and testing Spreadsheet-XLSX-0.18 ... OK
> Successfully installed Spreadsheet-XLSX-0.18
> ! Installing the dependencies failed: Module 'Test::Kwalitee' is not
> installed, Module 'Module::CPANTS::Analyse' is not installed
> ! Bailing out the installation for Finance-Quote-1.62.
> 29 distributions installed
> ========================================================================
>
> To rectify this, open up a DOS Command prompt and run the following
> three commands:
>
> cpanm install Module::CPANTS::Analyse --force
> cpanm install Test::Kwalitee
> cpanm install Finance::Quote
>
> The output should look something like this:
>
> ========================================================================
> >cpanm install Module::CPANTS::Analyse --force
> --> Working on install
> Fetching
> http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/D/DA/DAGOLDEN/install-0.01.tar.gz
> <http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/D/DA/DAGOLDEN/install-0.01.tar.gz>
> ... OK
> Configuring install-0.01 ... OK
> Building and testing install-0.01 ... OK
> Successfully reinstalled install-0.01
> --> Working on Module::CPANTS::Analyse
> Fetching
> http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/I/IS/ISHIGAKI/Module-CPANTS-Analyse-1.02.tar.gz <http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/I/IS/ISHIGAKI/Module-CPANTS-Analyse-1.02.tar.gz>
> ... OK
> Configuring Module-CPANTS-Analyse-1.02 ... OK
> Building and testing Module-CPANTS-Analyse-1.02 ... FAIL
> ! Testing Module-CPANTS-Analyse-1.02 failed but installing it anyway.
> Successfully installed Module-CPANTS-Analyse-1.02
> 2 distributions installed
>
> >cpanm install Test::Kwalitee
> install is up to date. (0.01)
> --> Working on Test::Kwalitee
> Fetching
> http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/E/ET/ETHER/Test-Kwalitee-1.28.tar.gz
> <http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/E/ET/ETHER/Test-Kwalitee-1.28.tar.gz> ... OK
> Configuring Test-Kwalitee-1.28 ... OK
> Building and testing Test-Kwalitee-1.28 ... OK
> Successfully installed Test-Kwalitee-1.28
> 1 distribution installed
>
> cpanm install Finance::Quote
> install is up to date. (0.01)
> --> Working on Finance::Quote
> Fetching
> http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/B/BP/BPSCHUCK/Finance-Quote-1.62.tar.gz <http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/B/BP/BPSCHUCK/Finance-Quote-1.62.tar.gz>
> ... OK
> Configuring Finance-Quote-1.62 ... OK
> Building and testing Finance-Quote-1.62 ... OK
> Successfully installed Finance-Quote-1.62
> 1 distribution installed
> ========================================================================
>
> Then start up GnuCash and you should now be able to select "Get Online
> Quotes" when you set up a new security - see attached screenshot:
> gnc_fq_asx.jpg
>
>
> Hope this works for you.
>
> Regards
>
> Geoff
> =====
>
> On 10/09/2024 3:29 pm, Megan Tilley wrote:
> > Hi Geoff! Thank you so much for your response and between you and
> > Stephen, I can see that the majority of my questions have been
> answered.
> >
> > I have uninstalled both GC and Strawberry Perl and downloaded the
> two
> > source files again from their respective sites.
> > GC installed quite easily, as it did the first time around.
> > This time, rather than go through the documentation to install
> SP, I did
> > the install from the Strawberry Perl site, which did go a lot faster
> > this time around.
> >
> > However, on starting GC up again and moving to the Security
> Tools/Edit
> > Security to update one of my Stocks, the Warning message "Warning:
> > Finance::Quote not installed properly." and the Get Online Quotes is
> > undetectable.
> >
> > In scouring the message threads for an inkling of how to install
> F::Q I
> > did find a lot of similar problems listed for Apple/Mac users which
> > sadly does not help me as a Windows user.
> >
> > I tried a solution suggested on an August 2024 message
> >
> https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-August/108274.html <https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-August/108274.html>
> >
> <https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-August/108274.html <https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2023-August/108274.html>>
> >
> > which suggested trying *gnucash-cli* to check if there is an
> issue ---
> > Powershell produced this
> > PS C:\Users\kurri> gnucash-cli --quotes dump asx BHP
> > Price retrieval failed: Failed to initialize Finance::Quote:
> > missing_modules Finance::Quote
> >
> > So I am assuming I need to load F::Q as a separate upload as the
> > "Install Online Price Retrieval for GnuCash" process did not
> appear to
> > load it.
> > It would be great if a search produced a succinct response that
> > addressed "how to install F::Q in a Windows environment" without
> > segueing into computer speech using greps and such.
> >
> > Any pointers you can give me?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Megan Tilley
> > megan.tilley at gmail.com <mailto:megan.tilley at gmail.com>
> <mailto:megan.tilley at gmail.com <mailto:megan.tilley at gmail.com>>
> > 0409 949 717
> >
> > -------
> > "He who laughs last probably made a backup."
> > -------
>
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