Is there any way to compile MT5 MQL5 code in a linux environment?

[Fernando Henrique Gielow]

I want to compile an EA on linunx because I would like to create a platform that automatically compiles EA images with some differences upon request (for instance, programatically locking an EA to a specific account number).

Is it possible to somehow get an EA compiled on a Linux based server? 

Thanks,
Fernando 

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Fernando Henrique Gielow:

I want to compile an EA on linunx because I would like to create a platform that automatically compiles EA images with some differences upon request (for instance, programatically locking an EA to a specific account number).

Is it possible to somehow get an EA compiled on a Linux based server? 

Thanks,
Fernando 

No. You cannot automate compilation inside the editor. 

There's a number of other viable options you might wanna consider.

[Fernando Henrique Gielow]

Nelson Wanyama:

No. You cannot automate compilation inside the editor. 

There's a number of other viable options you might wanna consider.

I do not want to automate compilation from inside the editor, but rather use command-line.

I know this is viable in Windows machines, but I enquire about Linux because I find it prefferable to manage Linux based servers, if that's possible of course. 

Regardless- you mention other viable options, could you point me to them?

Thanks

[Aleksandar Petrinic]

Yes, you can. iirc I did something like that years ago. Basically you can use wine to run the metaeditor from command line and compile the sources, check the command line options for that.

Anyway If you have any skills with bash, you can do a lot of things and of course the locking one you are asking for.

Edit:

Start from here

https://www.metatrader5.com/en/metaeditor/help/beginning/integration_ide

[Sardion Maranatha]

Fernando Henrique Gielow:

I do not want to automate compilation from inside the editor, but rather use command-line.

I know this is viable in Windows machines, but I enquire about Linux because I find it prefferable to manage Linux based servers, if that's possible of course. 

Regardless- you mention other viable options, could you point me to them?

Thanks

not sure if you have existing windows vps that you use to test your strategy or others (unless you're all running linux)

- in your linux server, you could setup nfs share that will contain your autogenerated mql source code

- mount that nfs share to your windows server, donwload the mql compiler and place it in the nfs share

- enable ssh server in your windows server

- create bash script to ssh in to window server and run one liner parameterized compile command (or cmd file inside the share that accepts arguments, later invoke the cmd)

- the ex output physically inside your linux server

- best is to have the servers in the same network, public route is possible just but needs security configuration

- you could do the other way around, windows as the nfs..

this is just an alternative if you're not comfortable using wine and want separation of concern

[Fernando Henrique Gielow]

Aleksandar Petrinic:

Yes, you can. iirc I did something like that years ago. Basically you can use wine to run the metaeditor from command line and compile the sources, check the command line options for that.

Anyway If you have any skills with bash, you can do a lot of things and of course the locking one you are asking for.

Edit:

Start from here

https://www.metatrader5.com/en/metaeditor/help/beginning/integration_ide

Hmm was afraid of using Wine for this, but I might as well try it.

Thanks!