internet explorer under wine

**squimmy** · 07-09-2005

to try and get IE running under wine (don't ask why i want to do that) i went here: http://sidenet.ddo.jp/winetips/config.html

yet when i try to install it using option 1 i get this:

SETUP STAGE 3
Setting up wine configuration ...
Downloading Internet Explorer 6 setup ...
./ie6setup_EN-US.exe: Permission denied
ERROR: Download failed, Please download ie6setup.exe manually and try again.
Setup aborted.

can anyone help me fix this.
thanks.

**tstolber** · 07-09-2005

Hi

I am not that hot on linux but have a reasonable understanding of how it works.

It sounds to me like with the user account you are using you don't have write permission to where you are downloading it?
Logon as root or su and try the same.

If it still doesn't work change the permissions. I know the command is chmod but I am not exactly sure of the top of my head what permissions you need to set.

Sorry, I know you said don't ask but why IE on linux? Is it to do browser testing for web sites?

Good luck

**squimmy** · 07-09-2005

when i try to run the setup as root it says "cannot run setup as root"

lol i knew someone would ask. basicly, some sites simply don't work with firefox or any other browser apart from IE. so for this i need ie. and it is a bit of a hassle to keep rebooting to windows for 1 site.

**squimmy** · 07-09-2005

never mind, i figured it out. in fact im writing this is IE on linux now. shame that simple sites like google don't work tho. luckily the one site that i wanted to work worked.

to fix it i just tryed to reinstall under another account and it worked!

**budman7** · 07-09-2005

shame that simple sites like google don't work tho

Which site doesn't work with Google?
I have tried many browsers:links, dillo, Firefox, Konqueror, IE5.5-6, Mozilla and Netscape.
Never had a problem with any of them.

**techieMoe** · 07-09-2005

Originally Posted by squimmy

to try and get IE running under wine (don't ask why i want to do that)

Sorry, my curiosity has gotten the best of me. Why do you want to do that?

**squimmy** · 07-09-2005

Originally Posted by squimmy

lol i knew someone would ask. basicly, some sites simply don't work with firefox or any other browser apart from IE. so for this i need ie. and it is a bit of a hassle to keep rebooting to windows for 1 site.

google doesnt run under IE 6.0 (wine)
runs fine for me under windows

**Vergil83** · 07-10-2005

I thought opera could "pretend" to be IE

**lakerdonald** · 07-10-2005

Originally Posted by squimmy

to try and get IE running under wine (don't ask why i want to do that) i went here: http://sidenet.ddo.jp/winetips/config.html

yet when i try to install it using option 1 i get this:

SETUP STAGE 3
Setting up wine configuration ...
Downloading Internet Explorer 6 setup ...
./ie6setup_EN-US.exe: Permission denied
ERROR: Download failed, Please download ie6setup.exe manually and try again.
Setup aborted.

can anyone help me fix this.
thanks.

As to the original question:

Code:

chmod +x ie6setup_EN-US.exe

from the directory where you've downloaded it.

**squimmy** · 07-10-2005

thanks lakerdonald. i now have it installed though. and good point,Vergil83,i may try making opera fake it being IE. maybe that will work.

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