Install Internet Explorer 8 on Linux

How to Install Internet Explorer 8 on Linux. Internet Explorer is a web browser that was one of choice for most users and vendors. PC users, primarily using the Windows operating system will by default use this browser. No one is if the vendor web-based applications such as e-banking and e-commerce to limit their support in this browser.

Linux distribution to users, would feel upset if a web service must use IE. They inevitably have to turn briefly to a Windows PC. But it's not linux users if not creative, we can still be running Internet Explorer Linux environments.

What we need just the installer for Internet Explorer 8 and Wine. Wine or Wine Is Not Emulator is a free linux/mac layer API that provides Windows environments * nix, so the software can only run on Windows can run on Linux properly.

1. Installing Wine
For Ubuntu, the installation of wine can be done easily via apt-get: apt-get install wine

2. Wine configuration information
Run a terminal/xterm/console and type in winecfg to run the Wine configuration window. The Libraries menu tab and add the following configuration with the Add button:

3. Copy additional libraries from Windows
For this trick we have to use the library / libraries of Windows is genuine:
- Msctf.dll
- Msimtf.dll
- Uxtheme.dll

The third place is in the library in /home/user/.wine/dosdevice/windows/system32.

4. Download and run Winetricks
We need to do advanced configuration of Wine, for that we use the script from Winetricks Kegel.com. download from:
http://www.kegel.com/wine/winetricks

winetricks to change the script executable with: sudo su chmod +x winetricks

then run winetricks: ./winetricks

5. Download and Install Internet Explorer 8
First download Internet Explorer 8 from Microsoft.com.

after finished downloading, run the installation through the terminal IE8 with: wine IE8-WindowsXP-x86-ENU.exe

Any risk of damage to hardware, software and data from this tutorial is not the responsibility of the author.:)