No longer able to import QFX

Jack ostroffjh at users.sourceforge.net
Thu May 25 20:31:41 UTC 2017


Ah - the arch website shows libofx package was updated earlier this  
month.  Perhaps it has an updated .so, and kmymoney either needs to be  
reinstalled, or may even need to have the package updated.  The arch  
forums and/or bug tracker are the right place to go.

On 2017.05.25 16:13, Randy Lutzinger wrote:
> When I run KMyMoney from the command line, I'm seeing the following  
> message concerning libofx:
> 
> 
> KMyMoneyPlugin::PluginLoader:: createInstanceFromService returned 0  
> for KMyMoney OFX with error Cannot load library  
> /usr/lib/kde4/kmm_ofximport.so: (libofx.so.6: cannot open shared  
> object file: No such file or directory)
> 
> 
> so, it appears to be something going on with my libofx installation.   
> I'll see what I can figure out here and also check the Arch Forums  
> for help if needed.
> 
> Thanks for your help with this!
> 
> Randy
> 
> 
> 
> On 05/25/2017 03:52 PM, Jack wrote:
>> libOFX and aqbanking provide two different ways of importing OFX/QFX  
>> files.  (I don't know the exact history, but KBanking is the term  
>> used to enable the aqbanking library.)  Personally, I find the  
>> libOFX simpler to configure, although I believe aqbanking has  
>> additional features.
>> 
>> So, in your case, it is not an intentional change in process, but  
>> it's certainly an acceptable workaround.
>> 
>> I still have no idea why the KMyMoney OFX (using libOFX) import  
>> isn't showing up.  In the configure plugins dialog, all plugins on  
>> the list are generally checked, I'm not sure why any one would not  
>> be, although in your case, a checked one is apparently not working.
>> 
>> One more thing that might provide more information.  If you run  
>> kmymoney from a command line, is there any output that might be  
>> relevant?  It usually says something about the plugins it finds and  
>> loads.
>> 
>> Jack
>> 
>> On 2017.05.25 15:36, Randy Lutzinger wrote:
>>> Hello Jack,
>>> 
>>> The import option is available, but the only choices that I see  
>>> there are QIF, gnucash, CSV and account template.
>>> 
>>> As far as the plugins, I have "KMyMoney OFX" selected.  I just  
>>> noticed that if I select the plugin "KBanking", that I then get  
>>> another option under the Import menu.  It gives me "AquaBanking  
>>> Importer" and I see that from that option I am able to select my  
>>> "QFX" file and import it correctly.
>>> 
>>> It that the new way to do it?
>>> 
>>> I have never had to do it that way in the past.
>>> 
>>> Randy
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 05/25/2017 03:23 PM, Jack wrote:
>>>> Hello Randy,
>>>> 
>>>> On 2017.05.25 14:58, Randy Lutzinger wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Today I noticed that I no longer have the option available to  
>>>>> import a QFX file into my accounts.  This has worked for me in  
>>>>> the past, but for some reason the option has disappeared.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Has this feature been removed from KMyMoney, or is it something  
>>>>> with my distro's package?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'm running KMyMoney version 4.8.0 , libofx version 0.9.11-1 and  
>>>>> aqbanking version 5.6.12-2 on Arch Linux.
>>>> 
>>>> It "should" still work, nothing was removed in this area.  I no  
>>>> longer run Arch, so I can't check directly, but they are usually  
>>>> pretty good with their packaging, and those seem like recent  
>>>> versions.   In addition, since they list those two libraries as  
>>>> dependencies, it is unlikely they didn't select them at configure  
>>>> time.  Finally, since that package wasn't updated since last  
>>>> November, it seems unlikely to be a packaging issue.  So - we need  
>>>> to look at configuration or other possible causes.
>>>> 
>>>> Do you get any errors, or is it just that the import option is no  
>>>> longer present?  What are the listed options when you click on the  
>>>> Import menu?  Also, when you select the menu Settings/Configure  
>>>> KMyMoney... and select the last icon on the left (at the bottom)  
>>>> Plugins, which import plugins do you see listed?
>>>> 
>>>> Jack
>>> 
> 


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