Thanks Shawn! If you're a web developer you need this script! I was in the same boat, tried 500 howtos and never a 100% working IE. Well, 100% as far as IE 'works' anyway.
Never been happier about installing software I loathe. Nick On Thursday 09 March 2006 11:55 pm, Shawn wrote: > Hi all. I came across this link today and thought I would share with those > who may not be aware of it already. > > http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/en/instructions/ > > I've been fighting to get Wine working properly on my box, and kept running > into problems that the "known" fixes didn't seem to do anything for. I > came across a reference to the "ies4linux" script that would automagically > install and configure IE in a wine environment. I figured I couldn't hurt > anything anymore than it already was, so gave it shot. Have to say I am > VERY impressed (with the script, not IE, or needing it on Linux). > > It downloads the necessary files, and creates a wine drive and config file > for you, then drops a script in ~/bin called ie6 (or one of the other > versions you can install). Then you simply run this script and IE opens > up. No fuss (other than having Wine installed first). In the past when > I've seen IE running on Linux, it was unstable, and slow. This script got > something right, as IE runs faster than I've ever seen it run - even on a > windows box. The delays I am seeing (testing against local network > servers), are clearly related to the speed of the server and the web > application I'm testing. > > I no longer have to open a remote desktop session to my server just to test > my app - but I'll still need that remote session for managing the > database... hmm... wonder if I can install SQL Manager here... :) I can > tell what I'll be trying out this weekend.... > > Now, I just need to see if I can get Civ4 to install on this wine drive... > er... I mean my other development tools... :) > > Hope this is useful for someone. > > Shawn > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
