I am installing internet explorer 8 using playonlinux. However after downloading and extracting all the files a pop up arises saying:
The installation does not support your operating system's current service pack version
Please someone help in resolving this issue.
1 Answer
Rather than use playonlinux use wine and the latest winetricks. I have managed a successful installation of ie8 on Bionic Beaver using the following 3 steps:
1. Install Wine and Winetricks
Install the repository Wine but a more 'cutting edge' version of winetricks:
sudo apt-get install wine cabextract
sudo apt-get remove winetricks
wget
chmod +x winetricks
sudo mv -v winetricks /usr/local/bin
2. Set a 32bit prefix and install ie8
You will need a small amount of command line athleticism to create the 32bit prefix required by ie8's installation:
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine_32 winecfg
WINEPREFIX=~/.wine_32 winetricks ie8
3. Run this aged browser
To get it all running from the command line run the following:
WINEPREFIX=~/.wine_32 wine 'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore'
And there you will see this ancient, Windows browser in all of its glory! Obligatory screenshot here of the successful installation on my own system:
