HowTo get Internet Explorer for Mandriva Linux

For various reasons it may be helpful to have Internet Explorer installed on Mandriva Linux for instance I have a client whose website requires IE Oko.

Turns out its pretty easy

1. Download the installation script and extract it
2. Open a terminal and run the install script
3. Follow on-screen directions and presto you're done

Requirements

• have an internet connection
• have 'wget' installed -- true for most Mdv distributions
• have 'cabextract' and 'wine' installed
  • # urpmi cabextract wine
• run the install script in the extracted directory
  • # ./ies4linux

Resources

• http://www.winehq.org/
• http://appdb.winehq.org/
• http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=240
• http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Installation

Notes

• Contrary to defaults I installed ies4linux in my home directory
  • ~/local/ies4linux and ~/local/ies4linux/bin
• All of IE 5, 5.5, 6 (default) are available but I only wanted 6
• I accepted Flash but declined desktop shortcuts
• See 'known issues'… use not recommended as primary browser!