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| IEs4Linux | |
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 IEs4Linux rendering theEnglish Wikipedia with theUbuntu operating system. | |
| Original author | Tatanka |
| Developer | Tatanka |
| Initial release | October 28, 2005; 20 years ago (2005-10-28)[1] |
| Stable release | 2.99.0.1 / February 6, 2008; 18 years ago (2008-02-06) |
| Operating system | Linux/FreeBSD (or any platform that wine supports) +Wine |
| Platform | Linux/Mac OS X |
| Available in | Multilanguage |
| Type | Web browser |
| License | GPL |
| Website | http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/(Defunct) |
IEs4Linux is a free andopen sourcescript that allows a user to runInternet Explorer (IE) usingWine. It is possible to install Internet Explorer versions5,5.5, and6, along with partial functionality ofIE7 (thelayout engine 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-Windowsoperating systems to view their web pages in a similar manner to how they look onWindows 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 supportIE9 and will soon release a new version after almost three years of inactivity, however there was never a new release.[3]
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]
IEs4Linux has not received any updates in 16 years as of 2024.[5][6]
