User:Nasdack/Thinkorswim
Thinkorswim by TD Ameritrade (branded as "thinkorswim" and often referred to as "tos") is a trading platform for stock, options and futures traders.
Installation
While no official support exists for Arch Linux specifically, there is a broad installation approach for most Linux distributions.
Install both zulu-11-binAUR and zulu-17-binAUR. Both versions are required during the installation process.
Download the thinkorswim installation script, or get it by following the instruction given in the official website.
Execute the script by running:
$ sh thinkorswim_installer.sh
When prompted, it is recommended to install thinkorswim into your /home/$USER/thinkorswim
directory to avoid permissions issues, rather than /opt/thinkorswim
.
Java environment versioning
Setting default environment
For thinkorswim to work properly, it requires zulu-17-binAUR as the default java environment. Set it as default by executing:
$ archlinux-java set zulu-17
Explicitly configuring non-default environment
In case it it's not desirable to set zulu-17-binAUR as default java environment, it's possible to directly edit the ~/thinkorswim/thinkorswim
startup shell script and provide path to JVM via environment variable INSTALL4J_JAVA_HOME_OVERRIDE
:
#!/bin/sh # Uncomment the following line to override the JVM search sequence INSTALL4J_JAVA_HOME_OVERRIDE=/usr/lib/jvm/zulu-17 # Uncomment the following line to add additional VM parameters # INSTALL4J_ADD_VM_PARAMS=
Post-installation
After successful installation and configuration, you can safely remove Zulu 11 if you don't need it for other applications:
$ sudo pacman -R zulu-11-bin
Configuration
Since thinkorswim is a Java application, creating a .desktop
file in /.local/share/applications
or /usr/share/applications
is recommended as it enables application indexing.
Here is an example configuration. Replace the $USER
parameter with your own username.
[Desktop Entry] Type=Application Name=thinkorswim GenericName=Trading platform Comment=Trading platform Icon=thinkorswim Exec=env app_java_home=/usr/lib/jvm/zulu-17 /home/$USER/thinkorswim/thinkorswim Path=/home/$USER/thinkorswim Terminal=false StartupNotify=true Categories=Java;
Troubleshooting
If thinkorswim hangs on "installing updates" when starting up, configuring the system with some additional name servers to the system, e.g. Google's name servers, may resolve the issue.