[GNC] Problems getting prices from Yahoo as JSON

[Kalpesh Patel]

If Strawberry Perl and F::Q are installed correctly then run following in a
command prompt in Windows OS:

 

C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\cpan.bat
https://www.cpan.org/authors/id/B/BP/BPSCHUCK/Finance-Quote-1.64_03.tar.gz

 

Note that there is a space between '.bat' and 'https:' incase cut-&-paste
munges is up.

 

From: Adrian Holbrook <megagrumpy at hotmail.com> 
Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2025 3:03 AM
To: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net>; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: [GNC] Problems getting prices from Yahoo as JSON

 

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

 

 

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From: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net <mailto:kalpesh.patel at usa.net> >
Sent: 01 March 2025 14:06
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 

 

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 .

 

 

 

 

 

From: Adrian Holbrook <megagrumpy at hotmail.com
<mailto:megagrumpy at hotmail.com> > 
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2025 4:41 AM
To: Kalpesh Patel <kalpesh.patel at usa.net <mailto:kalpesh.patel at usa.net> >;
gnucash-user at gnucash.org <mailto: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

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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