Get Metatrader 4 working under Linux!

[RebateFX.com]

There is a lot of interest out there in running Metatrader 4 on the Linux platform, however until Metaquotes does a native Linux version, the only option if you want to do it is to run it under WINE emulation.

What follows is a step by step guide to installing MT4 in Linux. I have used the excellent Ubuntu distribution for this task.

1) Install WINE if it's not already installed. I used version 0.9.33. Please refer to The Ubuntu Wiki for advanced WINE setup instructions.

2) From a valid windows installation, copy over all the fonts into your wine installation. It assumes you told Ubuntu to mount your windows partition in /windows.

cp /windows/WINDOWS/Fonts/* ~/.wine/c/windows/fonts/

3) Copy 2 needed DLL files from your valid windows installation.

cp /windows/WINDOWS/system32/mfc4* ~/.wine/c/windows/system32/

4) Download mt4setup from FXOpen

5) Install MT4.

wine mt4setup.exe

6) You should now have an icon on your Desktop and a working install of MT4 under Linux!

* Please note, in order to set a limit/stop order without an invalid parameters error you need just to remove the expiry (Uncheck the box under the entry price).

[RebateFX.com]

Ouch. This post looks messed up and I can't even get to the edit button to fix it. Sorry mods :/
I wanted to upload a smaller version of the screenshot to fit in with the forum CSS since it doesn't seem to be able to handle it.

[scorpion]

You can update in new post. No need to edit.

[eaglestar]

hi i did like you said but when i try to edit variables for indicators it won't allow me do you know why? thanks!

[eaglestar]

found answer to my problem you can find it here. you have to install fonts into wine folder or many indicators will give errors. copy c:\windows\fonts or c:\windows\media\fonts to /home/user/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts directory i hope i wrote that right.

[eaglestar]

Start of MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal on Linux-Desktop - MQL4 Articles all directions on metatrader website

[eaglestar]

to edit variables you need to hit f2 because double clicking won't work

[RebateFX.com]

Originally Posted by eaglestar

to edit variables you need to hit f2 because double clicking won't work

Yes thats right . Sorry I was away from here for a while so I couldn't answer.

Anway, you can see the article without the formatting problems at Howto: Metatrader 4 under LINUX

[marcuse]

what will be the advantages of run the metatrader from Linux?

[scorpion]

Linux is almost free. The only cost of getting it up and running is the DVD/download cost, which is around $3. Besides that, the license is free.

Running MetaTrader under Linux will not offer any advantages. It runs with the help of a linux program called Wine which is pretty unstable. Therefore, if you are trading with a lot of money, the best option is to run MetaTrader under Windows.