ib-tws Package Helpers

Source and helpers for the [Interactive Brokers] (http://interactivebrokers.com/) Traders Workstation [ib-tws] (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ib-tws/) AUR package.

This project assists maintain ib-tws. It is necessary because TWS is downloaded from a generic, non-versioned URL. The downloaded file does not provide a version number, instead requiring execution of the software to determine the version. These conditions complicate maintenance of the Arch package, as the package must report the correct TWS version number plus reflect the md5sum of the currently-available TWS URL.

Setup

Install software:

 sudo pacman -S wget java-environment bash base-devel namcap pkgbuild-introspection

From the Git cloned ib-tws directory, add symbolic links for the utilities:

 ln -s `pwd`/tws_scripts/tws_get_version $HOME/bin/tws_get_version
 ln -s `pwd`/tws_scripts/tws_check_update $HOME/bin/tws_check_update

Verify correct execution by running tws_check_update. It should report a TWS version number and store files in $HOME/.tws_scripts/.

Usage

If you are not the current AUR maintainer, run update. This will:

• Run tws_check_update
• Update the PKGBUILD to reflect the reported version and hash codes
• Build the package, including a source version
• Run namcap to verify package quality (the build will fail if any warnings are reported)

If you are the current AUR maintainer, run upload. This will:

• Run update (refer above)
• If any changes were made, a Git commit and push is performed

If you are the current AUR maintainer but used tws_check_update and it updated the version, simply rm $HOME/.tws_scripts/ and use upload.

License

All contents of this repository are provided under the [Apache License, Version 2.0] (https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html).