This walkthrough will guide the user with installing Thinkorswim's thinkdesktop
software for Ubuntu Linux (version 7.10 was the current version at the time of this.
Installing Thinkdesktop on Ubuntu Linux: ----------------------------------------------------------by Emmett George
[email protected]
This walkthrough will guide the user with installing Thinkorswim's thinkdesktop software for Ubuntu Linux (version 7.10 was the current version at the time of this installation) . To complete this task will require a general knowledge of the linux/unix command line tools such as chmod, mv, and apt-get. This document is designed with Ubuntu Linux in mind, but will work with any Linux version using the apt-get package manager, which is available via http://www.aptget.org/.
Getting the thinkdesktop software: Log onto http://www.thinkorswim.com to download the free software. Save the program to your desktop
Installing Thinkdesktop on Ubuntu Linux 7.10 Open a terminal on your system and run the following commands (Screen shot follow)
This will take advantage of the apt-get package manager to update the Java Runtime on your LinuxBox. The command points to the most recent Jre available through the package manager. You can also download the Java Runtime Environment from http://java.sun.com/
Use the following commands to set the Java Path variable. This will configure the Java version for use with Thinkdesktop: (Screenshot)
Move the thinkorswim file you downloaded from your desktop to your current directory:
Run the mkdir command to create a directory called thinkorswim in your current directory (To look up your directory use the command pwd at the command line)
run the command chmod 700 on the thinkorswim installer file (This resets the permission, so you can run the installer script).
Run the install script: (The first few lines are a review of the command so far, the forth is the actual command to run the install shell script. $ ./thinkorswim_installer.sh
The setup wizard will give you menu options to install the software: Accept the license agreement:
In the screenshot examples we used the tosuser directory. Replace ‘tosuser’ with your username Home directory. Click browse to select the install location.
Select the options for your desktop:
This will let you know that you have successfully completed the installation:
When you run thinkdesktop, you will receive the following splash page indication that you have a newer version of the Java Runtime Environment installed. Thinkdesktop require Jre 1.5. The version we installed previously is much newer so Click Continue and ignore this page.
You are done! Use your username and password to access the software!
