Install Internet Explorer 6 on Linux

Filed in: Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Tips — April 5th, 2006

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 xterm to 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]

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  • http://linuxlah.blogspot.com/ linuxlah

    Have you personally try?

  • http://linuxlah.blogspot.com linuxlah

    Have you personally try?

  • http://www.resiny.org/ Jesse

    Why the #%$& would you want to?

    :)

  • http://www.resiny.org Jesse

    Why the #%$& would you want to?

    :)

  • Cahit Oz

    Yes it sounds cool but I hardly ever use IE even though I am using windows 99% percent of my time

  • Cahit Oz

    Yes it sounds cool but I hardly ever use IE even though I am using windows 99% percent of my time

  • http://linuxlah.blogspot.com/ linuxlah

    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

  • http://linuxlah.blogspot.com linuxlah

    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

  • Dustin

    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?

  • Dustin

    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?

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  • http://www.mp3keyfi.com/ mp3ler

    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

  • http://www.mp3keyfi.com mp3ler

    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

  • Kade

    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

  • Kade

    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

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