Hi John. The output of "sudo cpan Test::Simple" is very long, the last part being:
Appending installation info to /Library/Perl/Updates/5.34.1/darwin-thread-multi-2level/perllocal.pod EXODIST/Test-Simple-1.302204.tar.gz /usr/bin/make install -- OK Do you need more output? F. https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com Am So., 6. Okt. 2024 um 18:37 Uhr schrieb John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us>: > Flavio, > > No, you don’t need to install perl from Homebrew. You’d also have to edit > GnuCash’s environment file to make it work and there’s no benefit. We were > chasing the Homebrew perl possibility trying to figure out if > Finance::Quote’s dependencies had gotten installed. > > Your list shows that everything got at least downloaded, so at least that > much worked. IIRC Test::Simple has no dependencies,, so try > sudo cpan Test::Simple > If you followed Bruce’s instruction to chown ~/.cpan leave off sudo. > > What’s the output? > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Oct 6, 2024, at 03:39, Boniforti Flavio <bonifort...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi John. > > Yes, indeed I used gnc-fq-update. > > Do you suggest that I get Perl from Homebrew? If so, do I need to > uninstall the existing Perl installation (which apparently came with MacOS)? > > Here's the output of the ls command: > > bonny@Flavios-MacBook-Pro ~ % ls ~/.cpan/build > Archive-Any-Lite-0.11-0 HTTP-Daemon-6.16-0 Sereal-Decoder-5.004-0 > Archive-Any-Lite-0.11-0.yml HTTP-Daemon-6.16-0.yml > Sereal-Decoder-5.004-0.yml > Array-Diff-0.09-0 JSON-Parse-0.62-0 Sereal-Encoder-5.004-0 > Array-Diff-0.09-0.yml JSON-Parse-0.62-0.yml Sereal-Encoder-5.004-0.yml > B-Keywords-1.27-0 Lingua-EN-Inflect-1.905-0 Software-License-0.104006-0 > B-Keywords-1.27-0.yml Lingua-EN-Inflect-1.905-0.yml > Software-License-0.104006-0.yml > Config-Tiny-2.30-0 List-SomeUtils-0.59-0 Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.66-0 > Config-Tiny-2.30-0.yml List-SomeUtils-0.59-0.yml > Spreadsheet-ParseExcel-0.66-0.yml > Crypt-RC4-2.02-0 List-SomeUtils-XS-0.58-0 Spreadsheet-XLSX-0.18-0 > Crypt-RC4-2.02-0.yml List-SomeUtils-XS-0.58-0.yml > Spreadsheet-XLSX-0.18-0.yml > Data-Binary-0.01-0 MCE-1.900-0 String-Format-1.18-0 > Data-Binary-0.01-0.yml MCE-1.900-0.yml String-Format-1.18-0.yml > Data-Section-0.200008-0 Mock-Config-0.03-0 String-Util-1.35-0 > Data-Section-0.200008-0.yml Mock-Config-0.03-0.yml String-Util-1.35-0.yml > Date-Manip-6.95-0 Module-CPANTS-Analyse-1.02-0 Test-FailWarnings-0.008-0 > Date-Manip-6.95-0.yml Module-CPANTS-Analyse-1.02-0.yml > Test-FailWarnings-0.008-0.yml > Date-Range-1.41-0 Module-CPANfile-1.1004-0 Test-File-1.993-0 > Date-Range-1.41-0.yml Module-CPANfile-1.1004-0.yml Test-File-1.993-0.yml > Date-Simple-3.03-0 Mozilla-CA-20240924-0 Test-Inter-1.11-0 > Date-Simple-3.03-0.yml Mozilla-CA-20240924-0.yml Test-Inter-1.11-0.yml > DateTime-Format-Builder-0.83-0 Mozilla-PublicSuffix-v1.0.7-0 > Test-Kwalitee-1.28-0 > DateTime-Format-Builder-0.83-0.yml Mozilla-PublicSuffix-v1.0.7-0.yml > Test-Kwalitee-1.28-0.yml > DateTime-Format-ISO8601-0.16-0 OLE-Storage_Lite-0.22-0 > Test-LeakTrace-0.17-0 > DateTime-Format-ISO8601-0.16-0.yml OLE-Storage_Lite-0.22-0.yml > Test-LeakTrace-0.17-0.yml > DateTime-Format-Strptime-1.79-0 PPI-1.279-0 Test-LongString-0.17-0 > DateTime-Format-Strptime-1.79-0.yml PPI-1.279-0.yml > Test-LongString-0.17-0.yml > DateTime-Locale-1.43-0 PPIx-QuoteLike-0.023-0 Test-More-UTF8-0.05-0 > DateTime-Locale-1.43-0.yml PPIx-QuoteLike-0.023-0.yml > Test-More-UTF8-0.05-0.yml > Devel-CheckLib-1.16-0 PPIx-Regexp-0.088-0 Test-NoWarnings-1.06-0 > Devel-CheckLib-1.16-0.yml PPIx-Regexp-0.088-0.yml > Test-NoWarnings-1.06-0.yml > Devel-Symdump-2.18-0 PPIx-Utils-0.003-0 Test-Perl-Critic-1.04-0 > Devel-Symdump-2.18-0.yml PPIx-Utils-0.003-0.yml > Test-Perl-Critic-1.04-0.yml > Digest-Perl-MD5-1.9-0 Parse-Distname-0.05-0 Test-Pod-Coverage-1.10-0 > Digest-Perl-MD5-1.9-0.yml Parse-Distname-0.05-0.yml > Test-Pod-Coverage-1.10-0.yml > ExtUtils-MakeMaker-CPANfile-0.09-0 Perl-Critic-1.152-0 > Test-Simple-1.302204-0 > ExtUtils-MakeMaker-CPANfile-0.09-0.yml Perl-Critic-1.152-0.yml > Test-Simple-1.302204-0.yml > File-Find-Object-0.3.8-0 Perl-PrereqScanner-NotQuiteLite-0.9917-0 > Test-UseAllModules-0.17-0 > File-Find-Object-0.3.8-0.yml Perl-PrereqScanner-NotQuiteLite-0.9917-0.yml > Test-UseAllModules-0.17-0.yml > File-TreeCreate-0.0.1-0 Perl-Tidy-20240903-0 Text-Template-1.61-0 > File-TreeCreate-0.0.1-0.yml Perl-Tidy-20240903-0.yml > Text-Template-1.61-0.yml > Finance-Quote-1.63-0 Pod-Coverage-0.23-0 Web-Scraper-0.38-0 > Finance-Quote-1.63-0.yml Pod-Coverage-0.23-0.yml Web-Scraper-0.38-0.yml > HTML-Selector-XPath-0.28-0 Pod-Parser-1.67-0 XML-XPathEngine-0.14-0 > HTML-Selector-XPath-0.28-0.yml Pod-Parser-1.67-0.yml > XML-XPathEngine-0.14-0.yml > HTML-TableExtract-2.15-0 Pod-Spell-1.26-0 libwww-perl-6.77-0 > HTML-TableExtract-2.15-0.yml Pod-Spell-1.26-0.yml libwww-perl-6.77-0.yml > HTML-TreeBuilder-XPath-0.14-0 Readonly-2.05-0 local-lib-2.000029-0 > HTML-TreeBuilder-XPath-0.14-0.yml Readonly-2.05-0.yml > local-lib-2.000029-0.yml > HTTP-CookieJar-0.014-0 Regexp-Trie-0.02-0 > HTTP-CookieJar-0.014-0.yml Regexp-Trie-0.02-0.yml > > Thanks, > F. > > https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music > https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music > https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com > > > Am So., 6. Okt. 2024 um 00:55 Uhr schrieb John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us>: > >> Flavio, >> >> Ah, you followed the instructions on >> https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual/fq-install.html, so you >> used gnc-fq-update. >> >> Perl does come with macOS, but it’s not the latest release and some >> people use Homebrew to get it. >> >> The Quote.pms you’ve got aren’t Finance::Quote, so the attempt to install >> it with gnc-fq-update failed. You ran sudo gnc-fq-update and that created >> a ~/.cpan owned by root, which is why attempting to run cpan Finance::Quote >> bailed with the permission error. >> >> What;s does >> ls ~/.cpan/build >> report? >> >> Regards, >> John Ralls >> >> >> >> On Oct 5, 2024, at 14:32, Boniforti Flavio <bonifort...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi John. >> In fact I followed the instructions on that page, but nothing tells me >> how to install JSON::Parse. >> I verified that I had Perl installed and then I proceeded to install >> Finance::Quote as explained there in the Mac paragraph. >> >> I ran the find command you suggested, except for the fact that I had to >> remove "-x" as it wouldn't work with MacOS Sonoma. Anyway, these are the >> places where Quote.pm has been found: >> >> /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.30/Sub/Quote.pm >> /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.30/PPI/Token/Quote.pm >> /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.34/Sub/Quote.pm >> /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.34/PPI/Token/Quote.pm >> >> The output of "which perl" reads "/usr/bin/perl", thus I think that I >> never installed Perl from Homebrew (I think Perl comes with the OS already). >> >> F. >> >> https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music >> https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music >> https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com >> >> >> Am Sa., 5. Okt. 2024 um 19:18 Uhr schrieb John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us >> >: >> >>> Flavio, >>> >>> That page says the you need perl, JSON::Parse, and Finance::Quote, but >>> it doesn’t say anything about how to get them. What did you do? >>> >>> At this point I think it’s worthwhile to see if you installed >>> Finance::Quote at all. Run >>> find / -x -name Quote.pm >>> It will take a while, it’s going to search all of your SSD. >>> >>> If you’d used Homebrew to install perl you’ll find it in >>> /opt/homebrew/bin. If you’ve run the Homebrew installer it will have >>> modified your shell startup to place that first in $PATH so that >>> which perl >>> would return /opt/homebrew/bin/perl` instead of /usr/bin/perl. >>> >>> Regards, >>> John Ralls >>> >>> >>> On Oct 5, 2024, at 01:27, Boniforti Flavio <bonifort...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi John. >>> I followed the instructions at: >>> https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual/finance-quote.html >>> >>> I also found this: >>> >>> me@FMacBook-Pro ~ % ls -la /Library/Perl >>> total 0 >>> drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 128 Aug 4 12:31 . >>> drwxr-xr-x 69 root wheel 2208 Aug 18 16:38 .. >>> drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Aug 4 12:31 5.30 >>> drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Aug 4 12:31 5.34 >>> >>> But both 5.30 and 5.34 directories are almost empty (at least there's no >>> Finance folder in both of them). >>> F. >>> >>> https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music >>> https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music >>> https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com >>> >>> >>> Am Fr., 4. Okt. 2024 um 22:17 Uhr schrieb John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us >>> >: >>> >>>> Flavio, >>>> >>>> The almost empty /Library/Perl/5.34/ means that you didn't install >>>> Finance::Quote there. Please link the instructions that you used. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> John Ralls >>>> >>>> >>>> > On Oct 4, 2024, at 11:18 AM, Boniforti Flavio <bonifort...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > Hi John. >>>> > This is the output of the "file" command: >>>> > /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash: Mach-O 64-bit >>>> executable arm64 >>>> > >>>> > And these the contents of the Perl library path - I think there's >>>> something missing: >>>> > >>>> > me@MacBook-Pro ~ % ls -la /Library/Perl/5.34 >>>> > total 0 >>>> > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Aug 4 12:31 . >>>> > drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 128 Aug 4 12:31 .. >>>> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 33 Aug 4 12:31 AppendToPath >>>> > >>>> > What do you suggest next? >>>> > Thanks, >>>> > F. >>>> > >>>> > https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music >>>> > https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music >>>> > https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Am Do., 3. Okt. 2024 um 21:22 Uhr schrieb John Ralls < >>>> jra...@ceridwen.us>: >>>> > Flavio, >>>> > >>>> > I bet HomeBrew didn’t pick up the Apple Silicon build, but to make >>>> sure you can run >>>> > file /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash >>>> > Which will return something like >>>> > /Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/Gnucash: Mach-O 64-bit >>>> executable x86_64 >>>> > For an Intel build; the end will be arm64e for an Apple Silicon one. >>>> If it’s an Intel build the simpler option is to get the Apple Silicon build >>>> from https;//www.gnucash.org, but if you’d rather not you’ll have to >>>> reinstall Finance::Quote, see >>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Online_Quotes#Installing_Finance::Quote_on_macOS_from_a_Terminal_prompt >>>> . >>>> > >>>> > That doesn’t explain why perldoc can’t find Finance::Quote though. >>>> Does /Library/Perl/5.34/Finance/Quote.pm exist? >>>> > >>>> > Regards, >>>> > John Ralls >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >> On Oct 2, 2024, at 21:45, Boniforti Flavio <bonifort...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> Hi John. >>>> >> I installed GnuCash with HomeBrew. I did not manually install Perl - >>>> it was already there: >>>> >> >>>> >> me@MacBook-Pro ~ % perl -v >>>> >> >>>> >> This is perl 5, version 34, subversion 1 (v5.34.1) built for >>>> darwin-thread-multi-2level >>>> >> (with 2 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) >>>> >> >>>> >> Copyright 1987-2022, Larry Wall >>>> >> >>>> >> Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic >>>> License or the >>>> >> GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source >>>> kit. >>>> >> >>>> >> Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be >>>> found on >>>> >> this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access >>>> to the >>>> >> Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home >>>> Page. >>>> >> >>>> >> My MBP is an M1. >>>> >> >>>> >> Thanks for helping, >>>> >> F. >>>> >> >>>> >> https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music >>>> >> https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music >>>> >> https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> Am Do., 3. Okt. 2024 um 01:13 Uhr schrieb John Ralls < >>>> jra...@ceridwen.us>: >>>> >> Flavio, >>>> >> >>>> >> What did you actually do? Do you by any chance have a perl installed >>>> that isn’t from Apple, perhaps HomeBrew or MacPorts? Is your MBP an Intel >>>> or Apple Silicon one and did you install the GnuCash that matches the >>>> architecture? >>>> >> >>>> >> Regards, >>>> >> John Ralls >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> > On Oct 2, 2024, at 12:03, Boniforti Flavio <bonifort...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Hi all. >>>> >> > >>>> >> > On MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 I've just followed the instructions from >>>> the GnuCash >>>> >> > documentation to install the Finance::Quote module. >>>> >> > After finishing without errors, I tried to use it but it won't >>>> initialize - >>>> >> > see here: >>>> >> > >>>> >> > me@MacBook-Pro ~ % >>>> >> > >>>> /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli -Q >>>> >> > info >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Application Path >>>> >> > >>>> /System/Volumes/Data/Applications/Gnucash.app/Contents/MacOS/gnucash-cli >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Failed to initialize Finance::Quote: missing_modules Finance::Quote >>>> >> > JSON::Parse >>>> >> > >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Even Perl doesn't know about its existence: >>>> >> > >>>> >> > me@MacBook-Pro ~ % perldoc Finance::Quote >>>> >> > >>>> >> > No documentation found for "Finance::Quote". >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Is anybody able to help me understand what's gone wrong and how to >>>> fix it? >>>> >> > >>>> >> > Thanks, >>>> >> > F. >>>> >> > >>>> >> > https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music >>>> >> > https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music >>>> >> > https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com >>>> >> > _______________________________________________ >>>> >> > gnucash-user mailing list >>>> >> > gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>> >> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>> >> > 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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