March 17th, 2009
At some point in time, no matter how much you dread it, you will need to use Internet Explorer. That’s right, the same IE that comes from the evil Microsoft. I use it strictly to test websites, which is the only thing I recommend it for. Anyways, if you need to install it in Arch Linux, do the following.
Install IEs4Linux:
pacman -S ies4linux
That will automatically install Wine for you also, if you don’t already have it. Now that you have the installer installed, it’s time to install (say that 3 times fast):
ies4linux --beta-install-ie7
This will bring up a GUI to install IE 5 through 7. Now it’s as simple as hitting OK to install.
To launch IE6:
~/.ies4linux/bin/ie6
