[SOLVED] Installing MT5 on Ubuntu

[kerso4]

Hi there,

Im trying to install MT5 in my Ubuntu 14.04 (32bits) but it cant connect to the server correctly. I took a pic of the problem i get:

I get lots of fixme's but i think the one that causes the problems is the fixme:iphlpapl.... with its correspondant error err:winhttp....

I upgraded the winhttp package but nothing changed. I also upgrade Mono and Gecko package seen in other posts with the same problem.

I know theres not many Ubuntu users here but i have to try. Ill also post a similar post in Ubuntu's forums.

Thanks in advance for the help.

Kerso

[Sergey Golubev]

I used the forum search (in upper right corner) and find the similar thread with some decisions:

Can't Install MT4 (in the "Wine" Windows Emulator) using Ubuntu O.S. version 14.04

I am not sure it will help or not ... for example:

Forum on trading, automated trading systems and testing trading strategies

Can't Install MT4 (in the "Wine" Windows Emulator) using Ubuntu O.S. version 14.04

Rafal Wieczorek, 2016.06.12 23:38

You need to install winhttp library to support downloading files from HTTPS sites. If you're using winetricks, install by:

winetricks winhttp 

and you can also look at this post with more details.

[mqltrader42]

Had same problem and installed winhttp as described. It only got me to start installing, but download progress got stuck at 6 144 KB.

I finally got it working by RIPing it - install on Windows, move the installation folder to Ubuntu and run with "wine terminal64.exe". 

[kerso4]

Thanks you two.

I dont know if i already saw your posts or not but saw that in many other posts. I cant install winhttp. Will work on that and tell you the progress.

[kerso4]

I got installing that package with the following comands:

curl -o winetricks https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks
sh winetricks vcrun2008 winhttp wininet

Now it does not need the server, but it cant download more than 4864Kb. I get these following problems:



Ill keep posting my progress. 

[mqltrader42]

It is the installer you are having problems with, not the program itself. Even in WineHQ they RIPed it instead of installing: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=2893 "What was not tested

Installer not tested .. installed with Wine 1.5.16 to bypass the proxy problem)"

Let us know if you are able to install with installer.

 

[Marco vd Heijden]

Please try like this.

[kerso4]

Thanks guys. I had the wine 1.8 but it kept asking me the server, i uninstalled it and put the wine1.6(the one marco shows). Now it doesnt ask for the server but it always stops downloading in 13214Kb. I think i need to upgrade some packages, dont know which ones but some.

[Marco vd Heijden]

kerso4:
Thanks guys. I had the wine 1.8 but it kept asking me the server, i uninstalled it and put the wine1.6(the one marco shows). Now it doesnt ask for the server but it always stops downloading in 13214Kb. I think i need to upgrade some packages, dont know which ones but some.

Kerso it might just be a lot easier for you to simply pull the entire MT5 and its directory for a windows platform and execute the Terminal.exe in wine.

This way you can skip the installation process, and it will be portable if you put it on removable mass storage device.

[kerso4]

Ill try that. Thanks. I should take the Programs Files/MT5 folder and paste it on wine/programs/ right?

[Marco vd Heijden]

kerso4:
Ill try that. Thanks. I should take the Programs Files/MT5 folder and paste it on wine/programs/ right?

Anywhere, you can run it straight from sd card or usb drive but keep in mind if you decide to update history center it will go over >10 Gb