gnosis Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 I posted this as a reply on another thread, but then it occurred to me it might be best to post it separately. It took some work, but I was able to get a working (if a bit buggy) version of IE6 running on OS X via WINE. I used the installer script from IEs4Linux. After resolving its dependencies, it ran through the IE6 install just fine, then hung during the IE5.5 install, at which point I killed it. If I remember correctly, the version of WINE I am running was obtained here (but don't quote me on that, I installed it a while ago). I installed cabextract using DarwinPorts (because the version available through Fink was apparently too old). Should be fairly straightforward, thanks to the IEs4Linux installer script. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
120 Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 ...But Dear God, what you want to do with IE 6...????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scothiam Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 ...But Dear God, what you want to do with IE 6...????? LOL!! I'm always looking for ways to run as many browsers on one platform as possible, keep it up!! I think it's time all you intelligent coders and hackers and crackers got together and came up with a linux distro that would run ANY software you threw at it, without virtual environments!! Any takers? Pro-bono of course... just a thought... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnosis Posted June 2, 2006 Author Share Posted June 2, 2006 ...But Dear God, what you want to do with IE 6...????? Well, for one thing, render web pages with it. LOL!! I'm always looking for ways to run as many browsers on one platform as possible, keep it up!! I think it's time all you intelligent coders and hackers and crackers got together and came up with a linux distro that would run ANY software you threw at it, without virtual environments!! Any takers? Pro-bono of course... just a thought... Unfortunately, I'm not even close to a coder. I'm just curious and willing to take a few risks, and it came out in my favor. I used other people's code (with a few modifications of the installer script to reflect weirdness in my system that the script didn't indicate, and that I wasn't able to resolve prior to running the script for lack of know-how), all I did was install it, more or less, as recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted June 2, 2006 Share Posted June 2, 2006 AHHH! IE! Get back! Get away! IE on a Mac! EWW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnosis Posted June 2, 2006 Author Share Posted June 2, 2006 Jesus, it's a web browser. One that 90% of people on the Internet use. It's really useful for anyone devloping a website to know how it will work on IE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antman Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 I wanna do this I access some sites that require IE6 to view correctly this would be very benificial.. I am confused on how ya did it.. Also the Wine link says bandwidth problem.. Would love a detailed install method.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antman Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Link for WINE still says: We're Sorry You have requested a page that is not currently available due to data transfer restrictions. If the page you requested is yours, click here for more information. really wanna do this would be very benificial instead of rebooting to windows when i need IE6... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
node64 Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 wow that would be great cuase then i wudnt need paralells to test pages. IE renders stuff sooo terribly imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guyin916 Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 IE6 seems to be the most myspace friendly browser :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antman Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 I am lost on how to do this.. plus that WINE site is down.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moseschrist Posted June 14, 2006 Share Posted June 14, 2006 can you please upload your wine version so we can d/l it... thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 I'm working on it and I can create a guide when I'm done if anyone would like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moseschrist Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 the 0.9.7 link is back on... i'm currently d/l it ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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