Re: internet explorer

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On 8/24/06, James Hawkins <truiken@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 8/24/06, Alexander Sirotkin <demiourgos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 8/24/06, James Hawkins <truiken@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On 8/24/06, Alexander Sirotkin <demiourgos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On 8/24/06, James Hawkins <truiken@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > On 8/24/06, Alexander Sirotkin <demiourgos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > On 8/24/06, James Hawkins <truiken@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > > On 8/24/06, Alexander Sirotkin <demiourgos@xxxxxxxxx> 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


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