Problem in installing internet explorer 8

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: