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

[John Ralls]

Have you set up an Alphavantage API key?

Regards,
John Ralls


> On Aug 16, 2025, at 19:08, Gio Bacareza <gbacareza at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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
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