IEs4Linux Hates Wine 1.1.x?
by admin on May.21, 2009, under Linux
I have posted before about IEs4Linux and what a good tool it is. It is unfortunate but Internet Explorer is sometimes a necessary evil. I have some sites for classes which uses active X, and some which use Adobe Shockwave (come on guys updates your sites!) and thus every now and then you have to fire up IE on Linux. IEs4Linux makes this pretty simple and installs multiple versions of IE for you. Unfortunately if you are running Wine 1.x it will complain:
“IEs4Linux 2 is developed to be used with recent Wine versions (0.9.x). It seems that you are using an old version. It’s recommended that you update your wine to the latest version (Go to: winehq.com). ”
You can circumvent this by ignoring the message, not using the GUI installer and just directly installing the versions you want:
paracelsus@Callandor:~/ies4linux-2.99.0.1> ./ies4linux –no-gui –install-ie7
If you like you can also modify the functions.sh script in the lib/ directory and alter the Wine version detection, see this post:
http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-886205.html
In my case (Suse 11.1) I have not had much luck with IE7, I have however been able to get IE6 to function moderately well.
Also, if you have trouble with IEs4Linux you might just want to move you .wine directory and delete the .ies4linux directory and try again.
A further option is to just skip IEs4Linux and install IE directly under wine.
This site was helpful in this regards: http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/HOWTO_Install_Internet_Explorer_6_SP1
wget http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie6sp1/finrel/6_sp1/W98NT42KMeXP/EN-US/ie6setup.exe
paracelsus@Callandor:~> wine ie6setup.exe /c:”ie6wzd.exe /d /s:””#E”
paracelsus@Callandor:~> wine ~/.wine/drive_c/iexplor/ie6setup.exe
(Follow the additional steps at the Gentoo link as well.)
If you have trouble installing Shockwave in IE, you can also find a stand alone Shockwave installer, and try that method. Dig around the Adobe site: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/158/tn_15895.html and you will eventually find the Shockwave insatller. With this method I was able to get a recent (11.x) Shockwave to work in IE.
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May 21st, 2009 on 6:10 pm
When you say “Shockwave” do you mean “Flash”? Really, who is using Shockwave in 2009?
May 25th, 2009 on 7:58 am
Sadly no – I do mean Shockwave. You get a pop up requesting you install Shockwave and are directed to the auto install site – which of course fails. After installing Shockwave via the stand alone installer, it works – though it causes Wine to consume a ridiculous amount of resources. Still, it at least lets me view the material without having to use Windows. I wrote a strongly worded letter to the customer support of this (paid subscription) educational site pointing out the poor logic in using a old media technology and limiting themselves to one platform.
July 27th, 2009 on 12:51 pm
Thanks! This was extremely helpful for me on Fedora 10 x86_64. Just had to do the manual install without the gui.
August 6th, 2009 on 4:29 pm
Hey Johnny,
Great! I am glad it worked for you.
Cheers,
Pete