IEs4Linux
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Ubuntu operating system. | |
Original author(s) | Tatanka |
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Developer(s) | Tatanka |
Initial release | October 28, 2005[1] |
Stable release | 2.99.0.1
/ February 6, 2008 |
Multilanguage | |
Type | Web browser |
License | GPL |
Website | http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/ (Defunct) |
IEs4Linux is a free and
was loaded into the IE6 interface, which works well enough to demonstrate how the target page looks in IE7).This application is oriented towards web developers: it allows users of non-Windows operating systems to view their web pages in a similar manner to how they look on Windows and user who need to use web applications targeted to IE users.[2]
There was a blog post on January 5, 2011, announcing that the developers are now working to support IE9 and will soon release a new version after almost three years of inactivity, however there was never a new release.[3]
Technical notes
Version 2.99.0.1 does not work out-of-the-box on newer Wine and KDE versions. The solution is to create a symlink with
sudo ln -sv /usr/bin/winecfg /usr/bin/wineprefixcreate
and then run ./ies4linux
with the --no-gui
command line option.[4]
Discontinuation
IEs4Linux has not received any updates in 16 years as of 2024.[5][6]
Further reading
- David Pendell (September 18, 2008) IEs4Linux lets you install Internet Explorer under Linux, Linux.com
- Fernando Cassia, (September 26, 2006) "IE for Linux" hack offers one more reason not to boot Windows: First INQpressions Foolproof Wine installer script made in Brazil, The Inquirer
- Rickford Grant, Ubuntu for Non-Geeks: A Pain-Free, Project-Based, Get-Things-Done Guidebook, 3rd ed., No Starch Press, 2008, ISBN 1-59327-180-8, p. 169
Notes and references
- ^ "Index of /ies4linux/downloads". IEs4Linux. 5 December 2019.
- ^ "Internet Explorer, Edge and other Browsers on Linux and Mac | Alura Cursos Online". Alura. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012.
- ^ "Supporting IE9 on Linux". IEs 4 Linux News. IEs4Linux. January 5, 2011. Archived from the original on February 24, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
- ^ "How to Install IEs4Linux under Wine in Ubuntu 12.04". Archived from the original on 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2013-02-27.
- ^ "IEs4Linux 2.99.0.1 fixes blank screen bug". IEs 4 Linux News. IEs4Linux. February 6, 2008. Archived from the original on August 18, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2014. : IEs4Linux was not mentioned on the blog Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine since this article.
- ^ "Installing IEs4Linux on Ubuntu". : Note in the top says "I'm retiring this tutorial, because IEs4Linux appears to be no longer maintained."
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