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To Install Internet Explorer you will need to install two components first, wine and cab extract.

sudo aptitude install wine cabextract

To finish the install you need to download Internet Explorer. ["http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page"]

wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
tar zxvf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz
cd ies4linux-*
./ies4linux

{{{Welcome, ! I'm IEs4Linux. I can install IE 6, 5.5 and 5.0 for you easily and quickly. You are just four 'enter's away from your IEs.

I'll ask you some questions now. Just answer y or n (default answer is the bold one)

IE 6 will be installed automatically. Do you want to install IE 5.5 SP2 too? [ y / n ] }}} Select y if you want to install IE 5.5 SP2.

And do you want to install IE 5.01 SP2? [ y / n ] 

IEs can be installed using one of the following locales:
EN-US PT-BR DE FR ES IT NL SV JA KO NO
DA CN TW FI PL HU AR HE CS PT RU EL TR
Default is EN-US. Hit enter to keep it or choose a different one:

Hit enter to select the default language or choose another.

By default, I will install everything at /home/seth/.ies4linux
I will also install Flash 9 plugin and create Desktop shortcuts.
Is that ok for you? (To configure advanced options type n) [ y / n ]

It is now installing IE for you!

sudo gedit ~/.ies4linux/ie6/user.reg

Look for the following entry:

[Software\\Wine] 1195606950

"Version"="win98"

Change to:

[Software\\Wine] 1195606950

"Version"="win2k"


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