Saturday, September 3, 2011

Installing Metatrader 4 under Ubuntu 11.04

To install Metatrader 4 or MT4 under Ubuntu 11.04, make sure Wine Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer and Winetricks has been installed. If not, you can go to Ubuntu Software Center and install those.


Then, double click on the MT4 installer (.exe file) to start the installation of MT4. The process should run just like how it is run under Windows. After the installation complete there will be a shortcut for MT4 created under your desktop. Try to run MT4 using the shortcut. If your Winetricks is not installed with vcrun6, then it will pop out a windows saying that the MCF34.dll file is missing. 

To solve the dll missing problem, install vcrun6 under Winetricks. Run your ubuntu terminal and run the command "winetricks vcrun6".


Let the installation complete and try to run MT4 using the desktop shortcut. Now, your MT4 should be running nicely.
Posted by tph at 8:00 AM
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9 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 11, 2012 at 2:38 AM

    Hi, did exactly as you instructed but when i double click on the MT4 .exe file i get this error message.

    "Archive: /home/knox/Downloads/liteforex4setup.exe
    Zip file size: 426976 bytes, number of entries: 35803

    [/home/knox/Downloads/liteforex4setup.exe]:
    Zipfile is disk 55614 of a multi-disk archive, and this is not the disk on
    which the central zipfile directory begins (disk 24900)." dont know what the problem is.

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    1. tphDecember 11, 2012 at 2:43 AM

      If your installer file comes as a zip file, I think you will need to first extract the file to somewhere and run the extracted exe file.

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    2. UnknownDecember 11, 2012 at 2:46 AM

      How can i change Zipfile from disk 55614 to disk 24900?

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    3. UnknownDecember 11, 2012 at 2:49 AM

      Thanks alot for your quick response. am actually installing from online. there isnt a standalone installer

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    4. tphDecember 11, 2012 at 3:15 AM

      I really not sure on how to comment, as I am very beginner in Ubuntu. I will say try to download the exe file to your desktop and run it. Other than that, I really can't help much. Sorry.

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  2. UnknownDecember 11, 2012 at 2:50 AM

    .....and there are options for .zip files and .exe files. i selected the .exe file.

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  3. UnknownDecember 11, 2012 at 3:19 AM

    Just got it installed. Realized there was something i was not doing right. i needed to right click and select "open with wine windows loader."

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