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To set up Wolfram Finance Platform on your Linux machine, you first need to download Wolfram Finance Platform and its documentation from the Wolfram User Portal, install both on your machine, then activate Wolfram Finance Platform.

Note:

• You may choose to install Wolfram Finance Platform without its documentation. Any documentation search in your Wolfram Finance Platform installation then redirects to the online Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center and requires an active internet connection.
• The Wolfram Finance Platform installer for Linux is a bash script that is run in the Linux terminal. If you’re not familiar with the terminal, please read a brief guide on how to use the terminal. The setup is an easy-to-follow dialog.

Downloading the Wolfram Finance Platform + Documentation Installers

1. Quit any previous installations of Wolfram products that are running on your machine.
2. Go to Wolfram Finance Platform product page in your User Portal.
   
3. Click the Linux link in the “Wolfram Finance Platform (Web Documentation Only)” line and “Direct File Download” column. This downloads the Wolfram Finance Platform installer without its documentation.
4. To also download the documentation installer, click the Linux link in the “Documentation Only (English)” line and “Direct File Download” column.
5. Wait for the download to finish.

Installing the Documentation

1. Open a terminal and change the directory to where the Documentation installer is located. For example, if the installer is located on your desktop, run:

    cd Desktop 

2. Installing Wolfram Language Documentation under its default locations typically requires administrative privileges.
   Use the command sudo to run the installer script in that case. For example, if the installer is called “DocumentationInstaller.sh”, run:

   sudo bash DocumentationInstaller.sh

   sudo asks you to enter your password on the machine. After providing it, the installer starts.
   sudo can be omitted when installing to a location for which you have the necessary write permissions.

   The installer asks whether to proceed with the installation of the documentation as all users of the computer will be able to use it.

   WARNING: Wolfram Language 14.0 English Documentation is protected by copyright law and international treaties. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law.
   
   All users of this computer will be able to use this software.
   
   Proceed with installation? (Y/n)
   > 
   

3. To install documentation, type “y”; otherwise, type “n”.
4. Wait for the installation of the Wolfram Language Documentation to complete.

Installing Wolfram Finance Platform

1. Start the downloaded Wolfram Finance Platform installer.

   sudo bash ProductInstaller.sh

   sudo asks you to enter the password on the machine. After providing it, the installer starts. sudo can be omitted when installing to a location for which you have the necessary write permissions.

   The installer prompts you to enter an installation directory.

   Enter the installation directory, or press ENTER to select 
   /usr/local/Wolfram/WolframFinancePlatform/14.0:

2. Press Enter to install Wolfram Finance Platform to the default directory.

   Otherwise, type the full file path to your desired installation directory and press Enter.

   The installer prompts you to choose where you want to place the executables.

   Type the directory path in which Wolfram Finance Platform
   script(s) will be created, or press ENTER to select
   /usr/local/bin:

3. Press Enter to place them in the default directory.

   Otherwise, if you want to place them elsewhere, type in the full file path and then press Enter.

   The installer then asks if you want to install wolframscript, an optional add-on to execute Wolfram Language code to be run from the command line or by using a script.

   WolframScript allows Wolfram Language code to be run from the command line and from self-executing script files. It is always available from /usr/local/Wolfram/WolframFinancePlatform/14.0/Executables/wolframscript.
   WolframScript system integration makes the wolframscript binary accessible from any terminal, and allows .wls script files to be executed by double-clicking them in the file manager.
   
   Install WolframScript system integration? (y/n)

4. To install wolframscript, type “y”; otherwise, type “n”.

The installation is now complete. Next, activate Wolfram Finance Platform to start using it.