Other Help Topics :: ies4linux, internet explorer, dsl-dpkg, cabextract



This is an odd mix of issues to therefore I am posting here.

I would like to install ies4linux
http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page

The reason for my doing this is that a few sites require Internet Explorer 6 or higher or I can't even log in. It works great in all of the ubuntu versions.

The ies4linux installer calls for cabextract so I did the following:
I have dsl-dpkg enabled, I did:
apt-get update.  
apt-get install cabextract

All went well.  

When I do a ./ies4linux in the directory for the installer, it still calls for cabextract.  Perhaps a more recent version is needed.

There are different directions for "debian" and I tried those by adding a more recent repository to my apt sources list, but there are dependency issues and I can't seem to work around them.
Which dependencies are unmet? DSL is friendly-ish through Debian Woody. Beyond that, you're going to have headaches and frustration.
Based on the debian instructions, I need to install It want's to install libxxf86dga1 libxxf86vm1 cabextract, but it wants newer versions of dependencies for first two things that are already installed, so I don't think I am going to be able to install this based on your question.

Thanks for your help though.  Some people sometimes have found "easy" ways of doing things but I don't think this issue is one of those easy things.  I have tried a "raw" install of ie6 using wine, but it just can't do it.

Synaptic would be nice... or even aptitude.  Those frontends sometimes help out with such things.
Which version of DSL are you using? Has synaptic been deprecated in recent versions?
I am using 3.3.  I thought I had remember seeing "synaptic" somewhere on some previous version, or as an installable app, but I can't seem to find it.  

I don't use dsl a lot.  I have a multiboot with grub: kubuntu feisty, win xp, dsl as options.  I use it on the weekends when I don't want my desktop running the hard drive (kubuntu doesn't suspend properly and every half minute or so, I see the hd light go on, even with manual hdparm settings), and don't want to use windows XP (why? - just because :;):   The toram hard drive install of DSL just hangs out in ram and uses energy minimally.  My CPU never seems to get warm: a good indicator of low power consumption.  And it just just really fast on my athalon XP 3200+ with 2 GB ram.

So if I want to use internet explorer, I can just reboot to some other os.  Sometimes I think I just do these things for the sake of solving a puzzle.  

Know anyone who has IE6 successfully running on DSL with wine?
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