Installing Metatrader 5 on openSUSE

The article explains the installation of Metatrader 5 on Linux openSUSE Leap 15.2

Install PlayOnLinux

sudo zypper in PlayOnLinux


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Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:

    #1) Respect the privacy of others.
    #2) Think before you type.
    #3) With great power comes great responsibility.

[sudo] password for root:
Loading repository data...
Warning: Repository 'Update Repository (Non-Oss)' appears to be outdated. Consider using a different mirror or server.
Reading installed packages...
Resolving package dependencies...

The following 232 NEW packages are going to be installed:
  alsa-oss-32bit alsa-plugins-32bit ........ wine-gecko
  wine-mono winetricks wxWidgets-lang

232 new packages to install.
Overall download size: 322.9 MiB. Already cached: 0 B. After the operation, additional
998.8 MiB will be used.
Continue? [y/n/v/...? shows all options] (y): y


(231/232) Installing: wine-mono-5.0.0-lp152.1.1.noarch [done]
(232/232) Installing: PlayOnLinux-4.3.4-lp152.2.2.noarch [done]

Prepare a configuration file for PlayOnLinux

Put the following setting in a file called "mtconfig". Check the wine version on winehq.com . It is recommended to take the latest stable version. Adjust the WINEVERSION below accordingly.


#!/usr/bin/env playonlinux-bash
[ "$PLAYONLINUX" = "" ] && exit 0
source "$PLAYONLINUX/lib/sources"

TITLE="MetaTrader 5 SQ"
PREFIX="MT5SQ"
WINEVERSION="5.10"

POL_SetupWindow_Init
POL_Debug_Init

POL_SetupWindow_presentation "$TITLE" "$TITLE" "http://www.metatrader5.com/" "AVA" "$PREFIX"
POL_Wine_SelectPrefix "$PREFIX"
POL_Wine_PrefixCreate "$WINEVERSION"
POL_Wine_InstallFonts truetype
Set_OS "win10"
cd "$WINEPREFIX/drive_c"
POL_Download "http://files.metaquotes.net/metaquotes.software.corp/mt5/mt5setup.exe"
POL_Call POL_Install_LunaTheme
POL_Wine_WaitBefore "$TITLE"
POL_Wine --ignore-errors "mt5setup.exe"
POL_Wine_WaitExit "$TITLE"
POL_Shortcut "terminal.exe" "$TITLE"

POL_SetupWindow_Close
exit

Run PlayOnLinux

Next call playonlinux

Ignore message "PlayOnLinux cannot find 7z (from P7ZIP full).

--> tools --> Run a local script -> next -> Browse -> select mtconfig -> Next (Ignore warning) --> [x] I Agree metatrader5 will be installed in: /home/.../.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/metatrader5-SQ Wine Mono Installer --> Install Microsoft Fonts aren't installed. I'll install them for you --> Next --> [] Agree

Call Metatrader 5

After successful installation you can start Metatrader on Linux with this command.


wine /home/yourUser/PlayOnLinux\'s\ virtual\ drives/MT5SQ/drive_c/Program\ Files/MetaTrader\ 5/terminal.exe

Published: June 28, 2020

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