Running: sudo make install worked. I was able to get stock quotes again. So thank you.
Trying: cpan cpanm locate cpan Gets nothing on my linux. dnf list cpan* gets: cpanspec.noarch On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 8:07 PM Bruce Schuck <bsch...@asgard-systems.com> wrote: > On 5/1/24 7:39 PM, Fred Tydeman wrote: > > > On my Linux systems, after some searching, I found that I needed: dnf > > install perl-ExtUtils-MakeMake* to get me started. Running perl > > Makefile.PL got me several warnings of other missing perl files. > > After doing a bunch of dnf install perl-... for them, 'make' and > > 'make test' ran But, 'make install' failed due to permission issues. > > Does it need 'su' to do the install? > > People not familiar with the "manual" method of installing should use > cpan or cpanm. To install an interim release > > "cpanm BPSCHUCK/Finance-Quote-1.61_03.tar.gz" or "cpan > BPSCHUCK/Finance-Quote-1.61_03.tar.gz". > > Depending how cpan(m) is configured, super user permissions may or may > not be required. Typically when running cpan or cpanm, the install > process will ask for the user's sudo password to install modules. > > When I would install using the "perl Makefile.PL; make; make test; make > install" steps, I would become root or use sudo to execute "make > install". But again, most people should utilize cpan or cpanm. The > install tool provided by GnuCash utilizes CPAN. > > There is a brief overview of installing modules at > https://www.cpan.org/modules/INSTALL.html which doesn't mention the > legacy "perl Makefile.PL" method. As I mentioned in my post though, "For > those who are comfortable with the interim releases". Comfortable being > the operative word. > > Bruce S > _______________________________________________ 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.
