Does anyone use the Ubuntu operating and have TWS set-up? If yes, how did you configure it to work? I am using Windows but have a dual boot with Ubuntu 8.10. Thanks.
Yes, it works fine. However, I use Kubuntu. You can download the Unix version of TWS from the IB website. I still use windows on another computer for my charting software as I cannot get it to run on my Linux machine well. I have tried it through Wine but am not fully satisfied. I use Ensign for my charting software. In kind of a hurry, follow the directions via the IB website to install it on a linux machine; If you still need help msg me. Victor
i am using TWS with ubuntu. You need to install java version 5 first. The security code window won't pop up for some reason with java version 6. And i use the login from the web.
Through synaptics I installed java run time environment 6. I downloaded TWS but when I click to install TWS it says no java is installed. Plus, when I try to install it through the web version I cannot figure out how to install the program it says to open. If anyone has step by step instructions I would appreciate it. Thanks.
Click what to install TWS ? Make sure the jre is in your path. eg if the jre is in /usr/local/bin (probably isn't but for arguments sake) Code: export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin add this line to the end of the .bashrc file in your home directory. I generally install Java by hand so I can easily swap versions if I need to. I've tried a number of JVMs with TWS on Kubuntu and they all work. If you don't know where Java is installed, you can find it by: Code: find / -name jre -print If you are running 64bit Linux of any sort, there is no 64 bit Java plug in for browsers. A couple of work arounds 1. Run 32bit Firefox 2. Use Konqueror which does not use the Java plug in - just the ordinary Java runtime JVM. To my knowledge there is no way of using Java webstart for 64 bit, but 32bit browser + 32 java webstart will work on 64 bit OS.
Install these packages: Code: sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin
I installed the sudo packages but still receive the errs.or messages. I tried installing through wine and still no luck. Is there another way, maybe through virtualization? Thanks.
i have gotten webstart to work fine for me in 64 bit linux. granted at this point it is only for demo of tws but it shouldn't matter. i created a file called javaws and but it in /usr/local/bin/ this is the contents of the file: #! /bin/sh /usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.2_b09/jre/bin/javaws i then made it executable then in firefox i find that file to open the.jnlp or whatever the java webstart file is that version of 64bit java 6 does have a webstart, so try to find the latest version on your distro and see if it has a javaws executable hope this helps. you can also just download the standalone and i'd assume it'd work as well
i have tws running on ubuntu without any problems. Its been several months so I dont remember exactly what I did, but the earlier posters seem to be on the right track. also search the web and you will find several sites with more info. i am sooooooooo happy to be rid of microsoft!!!