[GNC] Problem updating currency exchange rates on Mac (gnc-fq-update and manual install failed)

[Gio Bacareza]

Thanks John. I followed your instructions and was able to make "Get
Quotes" Available. Fortunately, when I tried to click that, I got this
error:

"""
Quotes for the following commodities were unavailable or unusable:

CURRENCY:UBP Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:AUD Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:KHR Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:MYR Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:VND Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:BMD Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:HUF Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:JPY Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:CNY Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:QAR Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:ARS Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:GBP Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:ILS Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:CAD Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:HKD Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:USD Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:TWD Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:KRW Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:IDR Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
CURRENCY:SGD Finance::Quote reported failure set no error.
"""

What did I do wrong?


On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 12:49 AM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> Something’s missing or mis-installed. Try running
>   /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli -Q info
> on the command line. It should emit a diagnostic indicating what’s
> missing. If it doesn’t you can try
>   ~/.cpan/build/Finance-Quote-1.66-0/Examples/currency-lookup USD GBP
> (or any other currency pair you like).
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
> > On Aug 16, 2025, at 09:17, Gio Bacareza <gbacareza at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > My main purpose is to update currency exchange rates in GnuCash on my Mac
> > automatically. I am trying to use the built-in "Get Online Quotes"
> feature
> > to do this, but I've encountered several problems. I have followed all
> the
> > instructions I can find, but nothing has worked so far.
> >
> > Here is a summary of what I've done:
> >
> >
> >   1. I went to Tools > Price Database, but the "Get Quotes" button was
> >   grayed out.
> >   2. I learned that I needed to install the Finance::Quote tool. I tried
> >   running the official command in Terminal: sudo
> >   /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/Resources/bin/gnc-fq-update
> >   3. This command started, but it failed during a test.
> >   4. I then tried manually installing it using force install
> >   Finance::Quote in the CPAN shell. The terminal said this installation
> was
> >   "OK," but GnuCash still showed a warning message.
> >   5. I ran the gnc-fq-update command again after the manual install, and
> >   this time the terminal output showed that everything passed and
> finished
> >   with an "OK."
> >
> >
> > Despite all of these steps, GnuCash still shows the same warning in the
> > Security Editor, and the "Get Online Quotes" checkbox is still not
> working.
> >
> > Here is a screenshot of what I'm seeing in the Security Editor:
> >
> > I have attached the full terminal log from the most recent run of the
> > gnc-fq-update command. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> > [image: image.png]
> >
> >
> > --
> > cheers,
> >
> > Gio
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-- 
cheers,

Gio