The prerequisites for installing IE in Linux is wine and cabextract. To install these 2 packages in Ubuntu, simply run the following command;
$ sudo apt-get install wine cabextract
Next is to download and run the installer script provided by the nice guys at the IEs4Linux project;
$ wget http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/downloads/ies4linux-latest.tar.gz $ tar xf ies4linux-latest.tar.gz $ ies4linux-*/ies4linux
The installer will then download and install the neccessary files and programs after clicking the Ok button at the following screen;
In the end, just execute the following command to run the installed Internet Explorer version of choice;
$ ~/bin/ie6
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After installing Ubuntu and its derivatives on a Dell XPS Studio, the headphone jacks are both unusable. Plugging in earphone to the jack produces no sound, and the system still output the sound on the laptop’s speaker.
This problem is confirmed to affect Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx), up to the latest version (currently 12.10, Quantal Quetzal)
The problem is related to alsa
. To fix it, follow these steps.