In this tip we will see how to run MS Internet Explorer 7/8 on Ubuntu 11.04/11.10, also applicable on older Ubuntu versions.
This will be possible with the help of Wine and winetricks. To install Wine 1.3 on Ubuntu 11.10/11.04, check this article(winetricks will be installed automatically with Wine 1.3). Then open the terminal and run one of these commands to install IE 7/8:
Internet Explorer 7
To download IE7, use this command:
winetricks ie7
Then run IE7 with this command:
wine 'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore'
Internet Explorer 8
Run this command to download IE8:
winetricks ie8
To start IE8, run this command:
wine 'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore'
Note: You may encounter bugs while testing IE 7/8 using Wine.
That's it!
This will be possible with the help of Wine and winetricks. To install Wine 1.3 on Ubuntu 11.10/11.04, check this article(winetricks will be installed automatically with Wine 1.3). Then open the terminal and run one of these commands to install IE 7/8:
Internet Explorer 7
To download IE7, use this command:
winetricks ie7
Then run IE7 with this command:
wine 'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore'
Internet Explorer 8
Run this command to download IE8:
winetricks ie8
To start IE8, run this command:
wine 'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore'
Note: You may encounter bugs while testing IE 7/8 using Wine.
That's it!
