wine users - Aug 2009 - iSky installs iTunes, Internet Explorer and Skype on Ubuntu

##A copy of the announcement posted on the Ubuntu Forums - just thought it may
be of interest to someone

iTUNES, INTERNET EXPLORER and SKYPE INSTALL EASILY AND WORK PERFECTLY

Hello all,
I'd like to announce a script I wrote called iSky. It is an interactive
terminal-based installer for Skype, iTunes and Internet Explorer. It is designed
for users with minimal expertise in Linux and Wine.

Put simply: By selecting "Install Dependencies", iSky automatically
adds the WineHQ repos to the user's sources list.
Then, iSky installs the latest versions of wine and cabextract.

Users can then choose to install Skype, iTunes, or Internet Explorer.

The Skype option is merely a useful script which fetches and installs the
package from the website, and saves the user from having to use nasty non-free
repos, many of which hold out of date versions anyway.

The iTunes option fetches and installs iTunes 8.0 (under Wine). I have tested
this, and it works like a charm. N.B: I do not own an ipod, but iTunes installs
and runs perfectly.

The Internet Explorer option fetches the latest release of ies4linux, extracts
the tarball and runs the installer that is a part of that project.



iSky is simply a shell script, so all that is needed is to download it from the
site: https://sourceforge.net/projects/isky/
Copy it into the /usr/bin directory and then make it executable and run it.
Contact me if you need baby-steps instructions as to how you do this.

So, please download it, let me know if you find it useful.
Contact me with questions, suggestions, thanks, rants etc etc
oh and yes I know Internet Explorer is a piece of sh1t, but some people are
forced to use it for online banking etc, and if you ignore them they will go
straight back to windows.

Thanks
Eddie

Hello

I have been trying your iSky app. I have installed skype and itunes successfully
(after updating).  However, when I try and install ie it appears to download ie,
it gets to 96% that I can see.  Then the terminal closes and nothing further
happens.  I am running Ubuntu jaunty.  Any ideas what I am dong wrong?

Thank you.  :(

I have now fixed the above error. Thank you for a useful package for us newbies.

Thanks. :D

rpfitzy wrote:
> I have now fixed the above error. Thank you for a useful package for us
newbies.
> 
> Thanks. :D


Thanks a lot, glad you liked it.
iSky is now updated to 1.50 and the Kubuntu version is on a par with the Ubuntu
one, this solved a number of issues.

So, I also made 64-bit versions, if anyone uses them please let me know that
they work alright.