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using winetricks to install msie7

Asked by John Houston

I have winetricks inside of Installed Software>Wine Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer.

I need to install msie7.exe. i have downloaded it in downloads.

Under "Installation using Winetricks in a new prefix without previous IE install"
somebody at wine suggested "sh winetricks msie7.exe"

sh complains "sh: Can't open winetricks"

there is no file named "winetricks"

I have done "sudo apt-get install winetricks"

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marcus aurelius (adbiz) said : 		#1

is there a specific reason you need to install msie7? there are lots of browers available in linux that are superior to msie.

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John Houston (jbhdbr) said : 		#2

I need it to help a friend. Me, I use Firefox.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Most likely for web testing, making sure the pages render correctly...

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=25

Doesn't run. There is ies4linux but it's pretty poor. If you are testing I suggest you install a virtualbox and use IE in that in seamless mode. This will require resources to run a full Windows OS as well as an install medium and legal license.

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John Houston (jbhdbr) said : 		#5

No web page testing. The second suggestion is not bad.

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John Houston (jbhdbr) said : 		#6

Just checked XP is not available anymore.

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Christian Dannie Storgaard (cybolic) said : 		#7

http://www.wine-reviews.net/wine-reviews/applications/how-to-install-internet-explorer-8-ie-8-on-linux.html

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Christian Dannie Storgaard (cybolic) said : 		#8

Sorry, that guide was for IE8.

If you want a completely point'n'click interface, Vineyard or PlayOnLinux will install IE7 for you.
There's a very easy guide for installing IE7 with PlayOnLinux here:
http://www.liberiangeek.net/2010/11/install-run-programs-designed-windows-ubuntu-10-0410-10-maverick-meerkat/

Or a guide here for installing it without Vineyard or PlayOnLinux:
http://stream-recorder.com/forum/install-internet-explorer-7-ie7-ubuntu-10-t6721.html

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John Houston (jbhdbr) said : 		#9

So far much better. The current status is Internet Explorer 7 is on the desktop. It gets an untrusted application launcher message. How to make it trusted?

Also it is running and displaying Bing. I don't know how it got there or how to get it back.

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#10

right click the windows binary and mark it as executable

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John Houston (jbhdbr) said : 		#11

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.