[GNC] Problems getting prices from Yahoo as JSON

[David H]

Adrian,

Forget downloading anything, just find and run the "Install Online Price
Retrieval For Gnucash" in the Gnucash folder under all apps which will
update it for you.  Same deal on Win 10.

Works for me everytime.

Cheers David H.


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On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 at 18:04, Adrian Holbrook <megagrumpy at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I am using Windows 11 and have just Gnucash 5.10. I have downloaded the
> F::Q 1.64_03 file but not sure what to do with it. Is there an installation
> program or do I have to use the command prompts to manually install?
>
> Best regards
>
> Adrian
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net>
> Sent: 01 March 2025 14:06
> To: 'Adrian Holbrook' <megagrumpy at hotmail.com>; gnucash-user at gnucash.org <
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: RE: [GNC] Problems getting prices from Yahoo as JSON
>
>
> If you have Unix/Linux then you can run following to get the official
> interim release (literally cut and paste each line when your prompt comes
> back after executing each one) as mentioned by another user on this distro:
>
>
>
> cd ~
> wget
> https://www.cpan.org/authors/id/B/BP/BPSCHUCK/Finance-Quote-1.64_03.tar.gz
> tar -xvf ./Finance-Quote-1.64_03.tar.gz
> cd Finance-Quote-1.64_03/
> perl Makefile.PL
> make
> sudo make install
>
>
>
>
>
> You haven’t mentioned the OS you are on so hard to get you past the finish
> line …
>
>
>
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> From: Adrian Holbrook <megagrumpy at hotmail.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2025 4:41 AM
> To: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net>; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Problems getting prices from Yahoo as JSON
>
>
>
> Thanks. Not sure how to install a module from CPAN as suggested by Murugan
> so will attempt to modify the file.
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
>
> Adrian
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net<mailto:kalpesh.patel at usa.net>>
> Sent: 28 February 2025 22:57
> To: 'Adrian Holbrook' <megagrumpy at hotmail.com<mailto:
> megagrumpy at hotmail.com>>; gnucash-user at gnucash.org<mailto:
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org> <gnucash-user at gnucash.org<mailto:
> gnucash-user at gnucash.org>>
> Subject: RE: [GNC] Problems getting prices from Yahoo as JSON
>
>
>
> On Windows it should be:
>
>  C:\Strawberry\perl\site\lib\Finance\Quote
>
> On Unix/Linux it could be in many different places depending on how it was
> installed. Try these:
>
> /usr/share/perl5/Finance/Quote
> /usr/local/share/perl/5.26.1/Finance/Quote
>
> If not then use find utility to locate it on Unix/Linux or Mac OS'...
>
> # find / -name YahooJSON.pm
> /usr/share/perl5/Finance/Quote/YahooJSON.pm
> /usr/local/share/perl/5.26.1/Finance/Quote/YahooJSON.pm
>
> For flatpak, I am not sure how.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Holbrook <megagrumpy at hotmail.com<mailto:
> megagrumpy at hotmail.com>>
> Sent: Friday, February 28, 2025 2:38 PM
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org<mailto:gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: [GNC] Problems getting prices from Yahoo as JSON
>
> I am having the same problem as reported on a recent thread. I was not sure
> how to respond on the thread as the reply arrow was grayed out. I am not
> sure how to make the quick fix mentioned by Kalpesh Patel as I cannot find
> the file YahooJSOM.pm. Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks
>
> Adrian
>
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