Tuesday 18 September 2012

Installing Internet Explorer On Ubuntu

I.E. is something which you really can't do without. You need to test your presentation code on it whether you like it or not :) .

So, here are some steps which helped me get the job done. Hope it helps you as well.

1) Install wine. 
Open a terminal by Applications > Accessories > Terminal
or Alt + F2 , then type gnome-terminal, press enter.
2) Type sudo apt-get install wine
3) [sudo] password for nikhil: my-password-here
4) Next, open winetricks by (Applications->wine->Winetricks)
5) Choose the already selected option, which says "Select the default wine prefix", and press OK button.
6) Choose the option, "Install a Windows DLL or component" and click OK.
7) Now you can choose a whole host of things including I.E. 6,7,8 and others. Just pick any one and install.
8) To test, go to Applications -> wine -> Browse C: Drive -> Program Files -> Internet Explorer -> Run "iexplore.exe" with "wine"
 9) Congratulations !!!! You are a proud owner of I.E. on Ubuntu.

Hope it helps.
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