Recently, I wanted to change the stock quote source for the stocks in GnuCash. To do so, follow the steps below: To retrieve the stock quotes for National Stock Exchange or Bombay Stock Exchange in India, use Yahoo as JSON as the source.To find the stock quote and abbreviation, visit the Yahoo Finance at https://in.finance.yahoo.com … Continue reading How to change the price retrieval source for stock quote in GnuCash
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How to enable greyed out Get Quotes button in GnuCash for stock quotes retrieval
On fresh install of Xubuntu 20.04 LTS, it was noticed that the Get Quotes button on the Price Editor option of GnuCash was greyed out. To diagnose this, open a terminal window and enter the following commands:$ gnc-fq-check <enter> The error Can't locate Finance/Quote/Yahoo/Asia.pm in @INC is displayed. This means that the Finance::Quotes module is … Continue reading How to enable greyed out Get Quotes button in GnuCash for stock quotes retrieval
How to update Currency Quotes in GnuCash on Ubuntu
If you use GnuCash on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, then this will apply to you. Over last few months, I have not been able to get stock quotes or currency updates for stocks on the NYSE, NASDAQ, Yahoo Finance. The reason is that Yahoo Finance Finance::Quotes module does not work anymore to fetch the quotes and … Continue reading How to update Currency Quotes in GnuCash on Ubuntu
How to debug MumbaiStock.pm with Finance::Quotes
After creating or editing any of the Finance::Quotes modules you need to test them. To test, open a terminal window and do the following to check if the module gives any errors$ cd /usr/share/perl5/Finance/Quote <enter>$ sudo cp ~/MumbaiStock.pm . <enter>$ cd ~ <enter>$ gnc-fq-check <enter> If above command returns any errors, then modify the MumbaiStock.pm … Continue reading How to debug MumbaiStock.pm with Finance::Quotes
How to create a new stock quote source for Gnucash using Finance::Quote
Note that I no longer use github. This post is for technical users. The objective is to share how the MumbaiStock.pm module was created. Visit this other post to know how to add the MumbaiStock.pm to Gnucash and use it. Problem: A friend of mine uses Gnucash to manage their personal finances. They configured and … Continue reading How to create a new stock quote source for Gnucash using Finance::Quote
How to set up Gnucash to fetch or retrieve Online Stock Quotes and Mutual Fund NAVs from Yahoo Finance
NOTE: Last updated on January 6, 2022. If you are a user of Gnucash http://www.gnucash.org, you have options to enable it to retrieve online stock quotes. It can even be set up to retrieve online mutual fund quotes for Indian Mutual funds. Gnucash is an open source, cross-platform, operating system independent, personal finance manager. It … Continue reading How to set up Gnucash to fetch or retrieve Online Stock Quotes and Mutual Fund NAVs from Yahoo Finance
Install Gnucash on Windows (Personal Finance Manager) software
Download the latest version of Gnucash for Windows from here http://www.gnucash.org and install it on your computer. To work with Stock Quotes, you need ActivePerl. Download the latest 32 bit (x86) version of ActivePerl for Windows from http://www.activestate.com/activeperl and install it on your computer. Now install Finance Quotes by clicking on the Windows Start button, … Continue reading Install Gnucash on Windows (Personal Finance Manager) software
Gnucash not able to retrieve currency quotes
Of February 2012, gnucash stopped returning currency conversions. If you get the error that says "Unable to retrieve quotes" for any currency, you have to make changes to the Quote.pm file on your computer. This is due to changes made by Yahoo, which have broken Finance::Quotes currency retrieval. Follow the instructions below to fix your … Continue reading Gnucash not able to retrieve currency quotes
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