Re: Retrieving online quotes

2017-08-23 Thread Peter Ling
Hi David, So the problem was step 2. As you can see from the screen grab below, after opening preferences I had to select Locations, then select Xcode 8.3.3 under the Command Line Tools drop-down. Not so difficult but it did throw me. Install Xcode.app, a free download from the App Store or,

Re: Retrieving online quotes

2017-08-21 Thread D via gnucash-user
Peter, Good to hear! Can you explain what it was about the instructions that was inaccurate? We can see about fixing that. David On August 21, 2017, at 7:16 PM, Peter Ling wrote: Thanks David, I had trouble with the installation of Xcode as the instructions aren’t quite accurate.  I’ve go

Re: Retrieving online quotes

2017-08-20 Thread D via gnucash-user
Peter, Please use reply-all; keeping the conversation on the list ensures that you get the best advice (especially since I am not an expert, but just another user like you). The output you included will likely be helpful. I see a lot of failures there, but it seems like the first one mentions

Re: Retrieving online quotes

2017-08-19 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 19, 2017, at 7:09 PM, Peter Ling wrote: > > Hi there, > > I’ve installed GNUCash 2.6.17 and wish to retrieve online stock quotes on a > mac. > > I’ve followed 5.4.1.1. Steps to enable On-line price updating > > When I type “perldoc Finance::Quote into the terminal window it returns

Re: Retrieving online quotes

2017-08-19 Thread D via gnucash-user
Peter, It isn't entirely clear what you have done thus far to install Finance::Quote, which is what Gnucash uses to retrieve quotes. Unfortunately, the help document doesn't actually provide step by step instructions on installation (an oversight, to be sure). However, the wiki has pretty detai

Retrieving online quotes

2017-08-19 Thread Peter Ling
Hi there, I’ve installed GNUCash 2.6.17 and wish to retrieve online stock quotes on a mac. I’ve followed 5.4.1.1. Steps to enable On-line price updating When I type “perldoc Finance::Quote into the terminal window it returns No documentation found for "Finance::Quote” According to the