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Install Internet Explorer 6 on Linux
Thanks to WINE, you can run Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 on Linux quite well by now. Techblogging shows us the instruction to install Internet Explorer 6 on Linux.
- Get recent wine.
- Add a new user named “windows” to your system.
- Use
gksu -u windows xtermto open a shell as the windows user. - Download dcom98.com and ie6setup.exe, save them to /tmp.
- Type the following commands:
cd
wget http://www.kievinfo.com/2/ie6_overrides.reg
wine regedit ie6_overrides.reg
wine /tmp/dcom98.exe
wine /tmp/ie6setup.exe
exit - Now, you can run IE by following command:
gksu -u windows wine C:\Program\ Files\Internet\ Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE
[via Techblogging]
Have you personally try?
Why the #%$& would you want to?
:)
Yes it sounds cool but I hardly ever use IE even though I am using windows 99% percent of my time
Jesse,
I really want it. Some of the apps at my office are IE specific. I have to login to reboot, rdekstop or vmware to other windows os just to use IE. Well if this really work I can mkefs /dev/hda1 …if you know what I’m saying :p
I followed these instructions ‘exactly’ and I get an error message after entering the command (wine /tmp/dcom98.exe), it says that it can only be installed on windows 98. I run Suse 10.1. Anyone else had this problem?
The link to http://www.kievinfo.com/2/ie6_overrides.reg is dead..
try this:
http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux
Jesse,
I really want it. Some of the apps at my office are IE specific. I have to login to reboot, rdekstop or vmware to other windows os just to use IE. Well if this really work I can mkefs /dev/hda1 …if you know what I’m saying :p
oh my god i’m so new to linux it’s not even funny. I know how to do a little bit but thats about it. i really need IE though. i’m not that much of a tutorial person…i need to hear and see to do complicated things like that, not just read and do. All well maybe i’ll try again later