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| − | You need to install | + | 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. That script, as of 2.4.0, uses CPAN to install: |
| + | * LWP | ||
| + | * Date::Manip | ||
| + | * HTML::Parser | ||
| + | * HTML::TableExtract | ||
| + | * Crypt::SSLeay | ||
| + | * Finance::Quote | ||
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Then read the [http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.2/C/gnucash-help/acct-create.html#Online-price-setup instructions]. | Then read the [http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.2/C/gnucash-help/acct-create.html#Online-price-setup instructions]. | ||
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| + | ==Warning About Open Files== | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | ==cron and non-X usage== | ||
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| + | If you attempt to run | ||
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| + | gnucash --add-price-quotes /path/to/file.gnucash | ||
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| + | without dbus running (for example, from a cron job or ssh without X forwarding), you may get errors such as | ||
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| + | 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) | ||
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| + | One resolution for this, courtesy of [http://www.estamos.de/blog/2009/05/08/running-syncevolution-as-cron-job/ SyncEvolution - The Missing Link] is to launch dbus for the duration of the quote retrieval with a cron command similar to | ||
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| + | env `dbus-launch` sh -c 'trap "kill $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_PID" EXIT; /usr/local/bin/gnucash --add-price-quotes /path/to/file.gnucash' | ||
Revision as of 22:06, 17 January 2011
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. 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; /usr/local/bin/gnucash --add-price-quotes /path/to/file.gnucash'
