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==Requirements==
 
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:
 
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
 
* LWP
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* Finance::Quote
 
* Finance::Quote
  
Then read the [http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.2/C/gnucash-help/acct-create.html#Online-price-setup instructions].
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Then read the [http://svn.gnucash.org/docs/help/acct-create.html#Online-price-setup instructions].
  
 
==Warning About Open Files==
 
==Warning About Open Files==

Revision as of 17:58, 18 January 2011

Requirements

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; gnucash --add-price-quotes /path/to/file.gnucash'

Note: This has been documented in Bug #639776