Hello John. Yes, the file exists:
me@MacBook-Pro ~ % ls -la /Library/Perl/5.34/Test total 336 drwxr-xr-x 10 root wheel 320 Oct 6 20:43 . drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 256 Oct 6 20:44 .. drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 256 Oct 6 20:43 Builder -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 64973 Sep 14 19:32 Builder.pm -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 54359 Sep 14 19:32 More.pm -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 6479 Sep 14 19:32 Simple.pm drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 160 Oct 6 20:43 Tester -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 18323 Sep 14 19:32 Tester.pm -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 19346 Sep 14 19:32 Tutorial.pod drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 96 Oct 6 20:43 use F. https://www.instagram.com/boniforti_music https://soundcloud.com/boniforti_music https://bonny-j.bandcamp.com Am Mo., 7. Okt. 2024 um 00:07 Uhr schrieb John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us>: > Flavio, > > OK, good. Does /Library/Perl/5.34/Test/Simple.pm exist? > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Oct 6, 2024, at 11:45, Boniforti Flavio <bonifort...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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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