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You need to install several Perl modules in order to get online quotes. While the error message may be about Finance::Quote not being installed properly, that module alone is not sufficient. If it has been installed on your system, the script ''gnc-fq-update ''may be used to install the modules needed. If it has not been installed on your system, you can download it from [https://raw.github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/trunk/src/quotes/gnc-fq-update.in]. A discussion of how to set it up (in Ubuntu) can be found at [http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/Installing-activeperl-for-automatic-retrieval-of-quotes-td4656798.html]. | You need to install several Perl modules in order to get online quotes. While the error message may be about Finance::Quote not being installed properly, that module alone is not sufficient. If it has been installed on your system, the script ''gnc-fq-update ''may be used to install the modules needed. If it has not been installed on your system, you can download it from [https://raw.github.com/Gnucash/gnucash/trunk/src/quotes/gnc-fq-update.in]. A discussion of how to set it up (in Ubuntu) can be found at [http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/Installing-activeperl-for-automatic-retrieval-of-quotes-td4656798.html]. | ||
Revision as of 22:06, 20 February 2014
GnuCash can update your price database by fetching quotes online via the Perl module Finance::Quote.
Contents
Requirements
You need to install several Perl modules in order to get online quotes. While the error message may be about Finance::Quote not being installed properly, that module alone is not sufficient. If it has been installed on your system, the script gnc-fq-update may be used to install the modules needed. If it has not been installed on your system, you can download it from [1]. A discussion of how to set it up (in Ubuntu) can be found at [2].
That script, as of 2.4.0, uses CPAN to install:
- LWP
- Date::Manip
- HTML::Parser
- HTML::TableExtract
- Crypt::SSLeay
- Finance::Quote
Then read the instructions.
Warning About Open Files
Updating quotes will modify the GNUCash file/database. As multi-user access is not supported (as of 2.4), the file/database should be closed prior to updating quotes.
cron and Non-X Usage
If you attempt to run
gnucash --add-price-quotes /path/to/file.gnucash
without dbus running (for example, from a cron job or ssh without X forwarding), you may get errors such as
GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; the most common cause is a missing or misconfigured D-Bus session bus daemon. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Not running within active session)
One resolution for this, courtesy of SyncEvolution - The Missing Link, is to launch dbus for the duration of the quote retrieval with a cron command similar to
env `dbus-launch` sh -c 'trap "kill $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID" EXIT; gnucash --add-price-quotes /path/to/file.gnucash'
Note: This has been documented in Bug #639776
Technical Details
Where the files are stored depends on your OS/Distro:
- Linux depends on the way it was installed:
- by package manager: /usr/share/perl5/[vendor/]Finance/Quote
- by CPAN or gnc-fq-update: /usr/share/perl5/site/Finance/Quote
- self compiled: /usr/local/share/perl/5.xx.x/Finance/Quote
- Windows: C:\Perl\site\lib\Finance\Quote
