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Mrinal jain
Asked: 2019-12-06 12:38:56 +0800 CST

Problem in installing internet explorer 8

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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.

software-installation ie 18.04

1 Answers

  1. 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  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Winetricks/winetricks/master/src/winetricks
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:

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