[Wine] internet explorer

[Alexander Sirotkin]

On 8/24/06, James Hawkins <truiken at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/24/06, Alexander Sirotkin <demiourgos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/24/06, James Hawkins <truiken at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 8/24/06, Alexander Sirotkin <demiourgos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 8/24/06, James Hawkins <truiken at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > On 8/24/06, Alexander Sirotkin <demiourgos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > On 8/24/06, James Hawkins <truiken at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > On 8/24/06, Alexander Sirotkin <demiourgos at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Help!
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I tried nearly everything I could and still was not able to get IE
> > > > > > > > working with wine 0.9.19.
> > > > > > > > Manual install using App DB, winetools, ies4linux, etc... everything
> > > > > > > > fails, with different problems and error messages of course.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > It's really frustrating. Is there a way to install IE that actually works ?
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If you use ies4linux or WineTools, you won't get much help from this
> > > > > > > crowd.  Those tools are not supported by Wine developers.  Is your
> > > > > > > home directory on a remote machine/hard drive?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Well, it does not have to be WineTools or ies4linux, I was actually
> > > > > > asking for a working manual install guide.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > And no, my home dir is local.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=469
> > > > >
> > > > > Read the HOWTO section.  What version of Wine are you using?
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > I did. Which part of it is up to date ? It is very confusing, there
> > > > are a few very different guides to installing IE.
> > > >
> > >
> > > The HOWTO only lists one set of instructions for installing IE under
> > > the heading "Installation".  The point is, you don't need instructions
> > > anymore because it runs with 'wine ie6setup.exe'.  Make sure to 'rm
> >
> > Well, the point of my email is that it does not.
> >
>
> Note that I said *installing* and i specifically referenced
> ie6setup.exe, not running IE itself, and yes installing IE6 does work.
>
> > > -rf .wine' before trying again.
> >
> > rm -rf ~/.wine
> > wine ie6setup.exe
> > wine IEXPLORE.EXE
> >
> > It than asks to install Gecko, which I accept, it downloads and
> > apprently installs it.
> > After that IE works in a very weird way - it does render html pages,
> > but there are no IE menus, nothing...
> > >
>
> You're not running native Internet Explorer if those were your
> commands.  As far as I know, no one has been able to get native IE
> running in quite a while.  Someone speak out if they've figured out
> how to get it running.
>

Well, is there any section in the howto that explains how to install
IE so that it will actually run ?

> --
> James Hawkins
>