wine users - Mar 2011 - Help ! Need to run IE on 64 bit machine

Hi Everyone,

I don't know what the hell I am doing and would appreciate some explicit
instructions please.

I have fedora 14 installed on a 64 bit laptop and  want to run any version of
internet explorer so I can access to some websites that won't work in
firefox or google chrome.

I just installed wine today by typing "yum install wine", and
downloaded IE 8 for 32 bit XP and then when I tried installing it with wine got
an error message saying incompatible with 64 bit. I did this by right clicking
on the executable and then selected open with Wine.

If possible I'd like two sets of instructions first how to install IE with
wine, and second who, what, where, when and how to install and use wine's
version of IE.

Thank you.

On 3/5/11 7:21 PM, Godzilla's Mistress wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I don't know what the hell I am doing and would appreciate some
explicit instructions please.
>
> I have fedora 14 installed on a 64 bit laptop and  want to run any version
of internet explorer so I can access to some websites that won't work in
firefox or google chrome.
>
> I just installed wine today by typing "yum install wine", and
downloaded IE 8 for 32 bit XP and then when I tried installing it with wine got
an error message saying incompatible with 64 bit. I did this by right clicking
on the executable and then selected open with Wine.
One, please use Winetricks to install ANY version of IE.
Two, IE8 will install in Wine but at last check will not launch.

Suggestion, use IE7 instead.  I have not encountered a site that relies 
on using IE8, yet.  I did have issues with the Web Cache at my work 
location, but that is a configuration problem, not an IE problem.

The FAQ contains instructions on how to obtain and use winetricks as 
well as other information on using IE under Wine.

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ

James McKenzie

I installed winetricks and found the instructions and have pasted them below,
but none of it makes sense, there are too many gaps in the information presented
for me to connect the dots. Could you tell me what I need to do, or put on the
command line?

Thanks
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7.7. How do I install Internet Explorer in Wine?

If you just want an application to think you have IE installed, see My
application won't run, and says it needs Internet Explorer above.

The Wine project does not support installing the real Internet Explorer, as it
requires a huge number of native DLLs, which is hard to configure.

If you really need the real IE use winetricks. Set your fake Windows version to
win2k and then select 'ie6' or 'ie7'. IE installed from
winetricks is far from fully functional, but works well enough to, e.g., test
web page rendering. Please do not ask the Wine project for help if you run in to
problems.

You should put IE in a separate wineprefix, with whatever app really needs it.

You may also try commercial solutions, such as CrossOver and Bordeaux, but if
you do so and run into problems, do not seek help on the forum/mailing list or
IRC, as third party applications such as these are not supported here.
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DanKegel wrote:
> 
>   export WINEARCH=wine32
>   
That should be win32, not wine32.