I've been trying to get off windows for years - many failed attempts with various linux distros always got too difficult for what I need my system to do trading-wise and I went back to windows 7. Win 10 was the final nail in the coffin, so, I thought i'd pay it forward after cobblng together info from here and a few other places to get Oanda installed on Ubuntu 18.04.
1. Oanda needs the Oracle version of Java - run the following commands in a terminal:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
2. download the Oanda trading platform .tar file from their website, and unpack to a folder of your choice. The file name currently is fxTrade_installer.sh.
3. run one of the following commands (one should work on your linux system) and the Oanda installer file will appear on the desktop.
sudo ./fxTrade_installer.sh
./fxTrade_installer.sh
bash fxTrade_installer.sh
sh fxTrade_installer.sh
sudo bash fxTrade_installer.sh
4. Double click and the platform should load, ready for username/password input.
If you're here from an internet search like I was, please add any other info that might help further in the comments.
This has been a long and winding road to get Oanda on a linux distro for me, so, hope this helps someone else get off windows
1. Oanda needs the Oracle version of Java - run the following commands in a terminal:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
2. download the Oanda trading platform .tar file from their website, and unpack to a folder of your choice. The file name currently is fxTrade_installer.sh.
3. run one of the following commands (one should work on your linux system) and the Oanda installer file will appear on the desktop.
sudo ./fxTrade_installer.sh
./fxTrade_installer.sh
bash fxTrade_installer.sh
sh fxTrade_installer.sh
sudo bash fxTrade_installer.sh
4. Double click and the platform should load, ready for username/password input.
If you're here from an internet search like I was, please add any other info that might help further in the comments.
This has been a long and winding road to get Oanda on a linux distro for me, so, hope this helps someone else get off windows