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  • #1
  • First Post: Jan 16, 2014 3:22pm Jan 16, 2014 3:22pm
I just installed Ubuntu on my laptop and I'm having a hard time to start the Oanda platform

I'm running the latest version of Ubuntu 64 bit

I downloaded the FXTRADE for linux. It comes in a TAR file after extracting it it becomes a SH file so I don't know what to do with it.

I went to ubuntu software center search and download the first 2 java options. open jdk java 7 runtime and iced tea java plug in.

AS I said I can't install the FXTRADE desktop. So I go the Oanda website and I try to launch the trading platform from there, a window pops and get stuck at 40%

Any idea what is wrong?

Thanks
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  • #2
  • Jan 17, 2014 6:35am Jan 17, 2014 6:35am
Quoting ForexOracle
I just installed Ubuntu on my laptop and I'm having a hard time to start the Oanda platform I'm running the latest version of Ubuntu 64 bit I downloaded the FXTRADE for linux. It comes in a TAR file after extracting it it becomes a SH file so I don't know what to do with it. I went to ubuntu software center search and download the first 2 java options. open jdk java 7 runtime and iced tea java plug in. AS I said I can't install the FXTRADE desktop. So I go the Oanda website and I try to launch the trading platform from there, a window pops and get...
call Oanda......
  • #3
  • Jan 17, 2014 7:27am Jan 17, 2014 7:27am
I did!! Before I posted here I searched all over the net and spent quite a while with a oanda "tech" with no clue of what she was talking about.

Anyways....thats just another shot i took at Linux. I'm re installing windows.

Ububtu is ok for people that surf the net and do regular tasks in their computers. If you are a intermediary user it can be a pain.

If you try to install something that does not belong to the software center you are screwed.

You either got a lot of time in your hands to learn or you have to already know how to do. Not my case so I will take another crack in the future
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  • #4
  • Apr 1, 2014 10:46pm Apr 1, 2014 10:46pm
The oanda platform doesn't work with openjdk/icedtea for some reason. You have to use oracle java.
  • #5
  • Apr 2, 2014 1:57am Apr 2, 2014 1:57am
Add the oracle java ppa repository to your sources:
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/insta...buntu-via.html

Do it once and forget your java issues forever.

Verify your java version here:
http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp
  • #6
  • Apr 2, 2014 11:10am Apr 2, 2014 11:10am
Quoting svengralla
Add the oracle java ppa repository to your sources: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/insta...buntu-via.html Do it once and forget your java issues forever. Verify your java version here: http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp

Thanks!! I will keep it in mind on my next attempt to migrate from windows
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  • #7
  • Apr 2, 2014 11:23am Apr 2, 2014 11:23am
Quoting ForexOracle
{quote} Thanks!! I will keep it in mind on my next attempt to migrate from windows
By the end of this month the new LTS version 14.04 will be out (5 years full support).
That would be a good occasion to migrate, LTS versions come only every two years.
Check out the live demo. In case you are a Linux newbie, consider a dual boot setup or install windows
in a virtual machine (e.g. Virtualbox) under Ubuntu.

Sven
  • #8
  • Nov 5, 2014 2:08am Nov 5, 2014 2:08am
Quoting ForexOracle
I just installed Ubuntu on my laptop and I'm having a hard time to start the Oanda platform I'm running the latest version of Ubuntu 64 bit I downloaded the FXTRADE for linux. It comes in a TAR file after extracting it it becomes a SH file so I don't know what to do with it. I went to ubuntu software center search and download the first 2 java options. open jdk java 7 runtime and iced tea java plug in. AS I said I can't install the FXTRADE desktop. So I go the Oanda website and I try to launch the trading platform from there, a window pops and get...
It didn't go until now with FXtrade.
Only the MT4 download (& here solely the 32 bit version available) over wine would be accepted from ubuntu 14.04:nerd:
... & always also the "a window pops and get stuck at 40%" by downloading the accident patient "fxtrade" since today.
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  • #9
  • Nov 5, 2014 7:49am Nov 5, 2014 7:49am
I don't run FxTrade platform, but I guess any user wants to install it on Ubuntu or Debian over wine or gnome desktop has to check the platform requirement. if all software requirement are not installed over the machine then no wonder if it didn't work properly.
  • #10
  • Jan 19, 2015 7:49pm Jan 19, 2015 7:49pm
Forget that tarball on the Oanda wesbite. It's nothing more than a link and app icon to the java applet.
The main software is in the java applet which you start via the website/browser.

You need Java (Oracel/Sun) from the following webpage.

There are two components. Java RE and Java DK both of which need to be installed and running properly on your system in order to use java apps.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ja...ads/index.html
  • #11
  • Apr 8, 2016 7:05am Apr 8, 2016 7:05am
For Oanda Fxtrade we need to use Oracle Java

Use Terminal window, at a wired home connection when possible;

We will need to remove the openjdk software

sudo apt-get purge openjdk*

After that we can go ahead with the following commands

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

As time goes by you may want to change the 8 to 9 or whatever the current flavor is

For the most part this should all you will need to do
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  • #12
  • Apr 8, 2016 8:38am Apr 8, 2016 8:38am
ForexOracle

.sh is a bash file. It has to be executed in a terminal. Here are the steps to follow.

1. download file
2. open a terminal
3. cd to directory file downloaded to
4. in terminal, chmod +x name_of_file.sh
sh ./name_of_file.sh

This should also install an icon on the desktop. This worked for me, I'm running LinuxMint 17 on my laptop. Luck!
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  • #13
  • Last Post: Sep 28, 2016 2:26pm Sep 28, 2016 2:26pm
Quoting ForexMatt
ForexOracle .sh is a bash file. It has to be executed in a terminal. Here are the steps to follow. 1. download file 2. open a terminal 3. cd to directory file downloaded to 4. in terminal, chmod +x name_of_file.sh sh ./name_of_file.sh This should also install an icon on the desktop. This worked for me, I'm running LinuxMint 17 on my laptop. Luck!
I was having trouble installing Oanda FxTrade as well on Linux 17. I just wanted to say thank you for posting your answer - it was a big help!

I was eventually able to get it installed and it is now operational in Linux 17.

Thanks again!
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