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

[Gio Bacareza]

Hi John,

Apologies for the latency, but it's working now.

On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> 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> 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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>
> Gio
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cheers,

Gio