I was going to post my solution last night but it getting well past my bedtime. I found that the package Perl-CGI was not installed. The clue came from running gnc-FAQ-dump that stated the perl package was missing. Thank you for your response.
Ken Schneider > On May 21, 2017, at 9:35 AM, N B Day <nb...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >> On Fri, 2017-05-19 at 15:49 -0400, Kenneth Schneider wrote: >> Stated wrong version of perl module correct version is 1.37-3.1 >> >> Ken Schneider >> >>> On May 19, 2017, at 3:27 PM, Kenneth Schneider <kschneider@bout-tym >>> e.net> wrote: >>> >>> OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, lastest >>> GNUcash 2.6.16 >>> Perl module Perl-Finance-Quote 2.6.16-1.1 is installed. >>> >>> I'm trying to enable online quotes but I'm unable. In the >>> configuration screen the following error blocks the operation: >>> >>> Warning: Finance::Quote not installed properly >>> >>> With error it is not possible to tick the Get online Quotes check >>> box. >>> Any help appreciated. >>> >>> > Ken, > > Sorry not to have replied earlier: I was traveling with a hard-to-type- > on tablet. > > According to my notes from the last time I fixed Finance::Quote on > Tumbleweed (it has *never* worked with openSUSE out of the box for me): > > 1. Install perl CPAN: "sudo perl -MCPAN -e shell" > > 2. Try to install Finance::Quote from the CPAN shell: "install > Finance::Quote" > > 3. This will probably end in error because some other stuff needs to be > installed first. You're well experienced and will be able to figure > this out. I had to install several prerequisits the last time I did > it. CPAN error messages are wordy but will guide you. > > 4. Test the result with "gnc-fq-dump yahoo CVX" from the command line. > This should fetch the price of a big evil oil company. > > I had to go though the same process with this Arch derivative. The > maintainers apparently don't test F::Q. > > HTH > > -- > N. B. Day > 39.4042 North, 119.7377 West and 1387 meters up, Temp: 10.6 C (KRNO) > Sun, 2017-05-21 at 06:31 PDT (UTC -0700) > Epicurus up 20 min, 1 user, load average: 0.03, 0.08, 0.11 > Linux 4.10.13-1-ARCH > Antergos Linux release 17.4 (ISO-Rolling), GNOME Shell 3.24.2 > This computer in service for 2306 days. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
