aanari/tos_ubuntu.md

Last active December 3, 2020 01:55

Star () You must be signed in to star a gist
Fork () You must be signed in to fork a gist

Learn more about clone URLs
Clone this repository at <script src="https://gist.github.com/aanari/4913d3932b45cedf9944ed83465f8e86.js"></script>
Save aanari/4913d3932b45cedf9944ed83465f8e86 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.

Download ZIP

ThinkOrSwim on Ubuntu 18.04

Raw

tos_ubuntu.md

ThinkOrSwim on Ubuntu 18.04

Update packages and install the Oracle JDK of Java 8 using a special PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ts.sch.gr/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

Download the installer from here

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://mediaserver.thinkorswim.com/installer/InstFiles/thinkorswim_installer.sh

Run the installer from an elevated shell:

sudo sh ./thinkorswim_installer.sh

When you are going through the wizard, change the path to /usr/local/bin/thinkorswim.
The installer should start the application for you. The TOS small box will pop up and say that it is installing updates. This will take about 5 minutes. Then you should get login screen after a while.
When it’s time to shutdown and start from scratch use:

sudo ./thinkorswim

ct987654321 commented Aug 15, 2020

Hello,
Thank you for your work here.
I was able to get the application to work but ran into a few issues.
after I logged out of the program I was able to start the program without running the installer again.
can you please help?
I am running ubuntu 18.04
I am also having difficulties installing a desktop icon or having something show up in the applications of ubuntu.
Thanks in advance

ct987654321 commented Aug 15, 2020

nevermind I got it.
I was confused by your use of
sudo ./thinkorswim

for example to start the program scratch you have to do
/usr/local/bin/thinkorswim/thinkorswim if you install it as your path.

Thanks for your work.