Installing Internet Explorer 6 on Ubuntu Linux
How to easily install Internet Explorer 6 with Flash 9 on Ubuntu Linux using ies4linux. At least some Active X stuff also appears to work. There is a screenshot in my blog.
Before you start
You'll need to have enabled the Universe repositories in Ubuntu.
Install WINE
First things first, you'll need to install WINE, the WINdows Emulator for Linux. This can be accomplished easily using Synaptic package manger or apt-get. From a command line, run:
sudo apt-get install wine
Answer yes to all the prompts and hopefully you'll have a working WINE installation.
Install cabextract
You'll also need cabextract, which again can be installed using Synaptic or apt-get:
sudo apt-get install cabextract
Installing ies4linux
Download the latest version from the IEs 4 Linux web site (currently 2.0)
wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-2.0.tar.gz
Extract and run the installation script
tar -zxvf ies4linux-2.0.tar.gz cd ies4linux-2.0 ./ies4linux
Follow the prompts and choose which versions of Internet Explorer you want to install, and it should automatically download and install the applications for you.
Note: If a WINE window pops up asking you if you want to debug, click 'Yes'.
Running Internet Explorer
The installation script will set up an icon on your desktop. Double click on the icon to run Internet Explorer!
If you have any feedback on this document, please comment on my blog.
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