How To Install Microsoft Internet Explorer for Linux

Hi,


I have tried the following steps, and it works smoothly on Ubuntu 8.04, hope this little contribution can help you installing IE 6 on your machine.

We can install IE on the following Linux Flavors

1. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu
2. Fedora
3. Gentoo
4. Debian
5. Suse
6. Mandriva
7. PCLinuxOS

1. Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu
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 using
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:
i) wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
ii) sudo apt-get update
iii) sudo apt-get install wine cabextract.
6) Download IEs 4 Linux and install
i) wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
ii) tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
iii) cd ies4linux-*
iv) ./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 with feisty 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

2. Fedoro

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

1) yum -y install wine*
2) yum -y install cabextract

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

3) wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
4) tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
5) cd ies4linux-*
6) ./ies4linux

3. Gentoo

Open a terminal. Log in as root to install wine and cabextract:
1) emerge wine cabextract
Logout and install IEs 4 Linux with your normal user account:

2) wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
3) tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
4) cd ies4linux-*
5) ./ies4linux
4. Debian

Debian Sarge needs some steps before you install IEs4Linux:
1) You need a rather recent wine and libxxf86dga1, get it from backports.org: in /etc/apt/sources.list, add:

#wine
deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ binary/

#backports
deb http://www.backports.org/debian/ sarge-backports main

2) Login as root and do:
apt-get update
apt-get install wine libxxf86dga1 libxxf86vm1 cabextract
3) Logout and login with a user account. Download and install IEs4Linux:
i) wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
ii) tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
iii) cd ies4linux-*
iv) ./ies4linux

4. Suse

Instructions for SLED 10 from Novell.
Step 1 - Add the Wine repository and package:
i) rpm --import http://software.opensuse.org/openSUSE-Build-Service.asc
ii) rug sa http://software.opensuse.org/download/Emulators:/Wine/SLE-10/ "Wine Repository"
iii) rug sub "Wine Repository"
rug install wine

Step 2 - Insure cabextract is installed:
rug install cabextract

NOTE: cabextract is usually installed by default, it may return a message which states it is already installed or no new version is available.

Step 3 - Download and run IEs4Linux:
i) wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
ii) tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
iii) cd ies4linux-*
iv) ./ies4linux

5. Mandriva

Instructions for Mandriva 2007.

1) Open a terminal

2) First, let's install cabextract and wine (as root):
su
urpmi wine cabextract
exit

3) Install IEs4Linux (as normal user):

i) wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
ii) tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
iii)cd ies4linux-*
iv) ./ies4linux

6. PCLinux

Instructions for PCLinuxOS 2007.

1) Open a terminal

2) First, let's install cabextract and wine (as root):
su -
apt-get install wine cabextract
exit

3) Install IEs4Linux (as normal user):
i) wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
ii) tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
iii) cd ies4linux-*
iv) ./ies4linux


All The Best

Narasimha Raju.
INDIA