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Microsoft Internet Explorer running on Linux

If you want to use Microsoft Internet Explorer running on Linux (Linux dedicated server or any OS running Wine like Mac OS X and other BSDs) the simpler to do is install IEs4Linux. 

No clicks needed. No boring setup processes. No Wine complications. Just one easy script and you’ll get many IE versions to test your Sites. And it’s free andopen source.

Currently support IE6, IE5.5 and IE5. There is also beta support for IE7, IE8 and IE9.

 

OK let see from the original website on: www.tatanka.com.br

 

Who is the target public?

  • WebDesigners that want to move to Linux but still need to test their sites on IE.
  • People who have to open IE-only sites that do not work on Linux browsers

The IEs installations are smaller than usual because they include only the necessary files to have a good test browser (there is no Outlook, Media Player etc).

Please, don’t use any of these IEs to navigate!! Get Firefox.

 

Specific instructions

General instructions

IEs 4 Linux needs two packages: cabextract and Wine. You can install them using your Linux package manager (synaptic, apt-get, yum, emerge etc) or go to their sites.

After that, download IEs 4 Linux. Extract it. Run ‘ies4linux’. Follow the instructions.

In a terminal, you can do:

wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
cd ies4linux-*
./ies4linux

Note: Please see these legal notices before using IEs4Linux.

 

Installation:Ubuntu


You have to enable universe packages first. It is also recommended that you use the official winehq ubuntu package:

1) Open a terminal

2) Open /etc/apt/sources.list

 sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

3) Uncomment (or add) following lines:

 deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy universe

4) Add this line:

 deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt edgy main

5) Close gedit. Update and install wine and cabextract:

 wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install wine cabextract

6) Download IEs 4 Linux and install

 wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
 tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
 cd ies4linux-*
 ./ies4linux

Note for Dapper users: if you use ubuntu dapper, replace edgy with dapper on lines above. Note for Feisty users (7.04): if you use ubuntu Feisty, replace edgy withfeisty in the lines above. Also replace gedit with kedit if running Kubuntu instead of Ubuntu.

For “Fiesty” K/Ubuntu Users (and 64-bit “Fiesty): http://www.winehq.org/site/download-deb

 

Installation:Fedora


Open a terminal. Log in as root to install wine and cabextract:

yum -y install wine*
yum -y install cabextract

Logout and install IEs 4 Linux with your normal user account:

wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
cd ies4linux-*
./ies4linux
Microsoft Internet Explorer running on Linux

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