Beginner and need to install Wine IExplore

asiangoddess · Post by **asiangoddess** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:00 pm

I have recently downloaded puppy to my computer. The version is Lucid version 5.2.8, released Aug 2011. It is the only running OS in a very old machine that use to run Windows 2000 Professional. I believe I downloaded the full-package, I'm not sure if the installation was a frugal process.

I am trying to run Wine IExplore it is telling me to download gecko so that HTML will run. How do I do that? I need step by step instructions, please. Newbie, here.

I don't know which gecko I should get and I don't know all the console commands. Every time I try to type anything in the console, it gives me the message :

sh-4.1# $ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wine/w ... .4-x86.msi
sh: $: command not found

What am I doing wrong and how do I fix it? Please help and thanks!

Post by **dimesio** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:43 pm

asiangoddess wrote: sh-4.1# $ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wine/w ... .4-x86.msi
sh: $: command not found

What am I doing wrong and how do I fix it? Please help and thanks!

Apparently you don't have wget installed. Either install it (using your distro's package manager), or just use your browser to download the file from SourceForge.

jjmckenzie · Post by **jjmckenzie** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 1:51 pm

On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 10:00 AM, asiangoddess
<[email protected]> wrote:

sh-4.1# $ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wine/w ... .4-x86.msi
sh: $: command not found

You need to ask on the Puppy Linux forums how to install wget.

James

asiangoddess · Post by **asiangoddess** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 2:49 pm

Thanks, I will!

asiangoddess · Post by **asiangoddess** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:13 pm

I still don't know how to get wget but I followed your advice and downloaded the file wine_gecko-1.4-x86.msi from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/. It got saved in 'mount home' and I moved the file to my applications.

What is the next step? I followed the window when it told me to install the file and I did. But when I open Wine IExplorer, nothing happens. I don't see anything on the page and nether can I go to any page.

Did I download it and install it to the wrong place? If so, how do I fix this?

Please, help, thanks!

Post by **dimesio** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 3:54 pm

asiangoddess wrote:I still don't know how to get wget but I followed your advice and downloaded the file wine_gecko-1.4-x86.msi from http://downloads.sourceforge.net/. It got saved in 'mount home' and I moved the file to my applications.

What is the next step? I followed the window when it told me to install the file and I did. But when I open Wine IExplorer, nothing happens. I don't see anything on the page and nether can I go to any page.

Did I download it and install it to the wrong place? If so, how do I fix this?

Please, help, thanks!

The file you downloaded should be put in /usr/share/wine/gecko.

You didn't mention what version of Wine you're using. If it's not 1.3.33 or later, upgrade; gecko-1.4 is not meant for older versions.

Usurp · Post by **Usurp** » Thu Dec 22, 2011 4:43 pm

dimesio wrote:
asiangoddess wrote: sh-4.1# $ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wine/w ... .4-x86.msi
sh: $: command not found

What am I doing wrong and how do I fix it? Please help and thanks!
Apparently you don't have wget installed. Either install it (using your distro's package manager), or just use your browser to download the file from SourceForge.

Reread the original post - it doesn't says "wget: command not found", but "$: command not found"

Maybe asiangoddess hasn't got wget installed, but you didn't spot the typo.

Asiangoddess : just remove the "$" in front.
wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wine/w ... .4-x86.msi

asiangoddess · Post by **asiangoddess** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:14 pm

Hello! Thank you, everybody! All your suggestions have helped me to successfully download and install Pwsget secure file downloader. Not sure if that's a version of wget but I think it is based on what I've read.

I'm sorry I forgot to add what version of Wine I have installed on my computer. I downloaded Wine-1.3.6-i486-sfs4 from QuickPet and I also installed Wine-1.3.13-Lucid 52 which is a Windows Compatibility Layer.

I attempted to download the file http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wine/w ... .4-x86.msi and install it on /usr/share/wine/gecko and this window comes up. Message reads: Directory '/usr/share/wine/gecko' not found. I thought the gecko file is downloaded automatically when I download the Wine files?

How do I fix this? Please help, thanks! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, all!

asiangoddess · Post by **asiangoddess** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:34 pm

I was wondering, is my version of Wine programs not compatible with the gecko file?

asiangoddess · Post by **asiangoddess** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 11:37 pm

Also, another question. Is Wine IExplore not compatible with Lucid Puppy? I'm just wondering....

Post by **dimesio** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:12 am

asiangoddess wrote: I'm sorry I forgot to add what version of Wine I have installed on my computer. I downloaded Wine-1.3.6-i486-sfs4 from QuickPet and I also installed Wine-1.3.13-Lucid 52 which is a Windows Compatibility Layer.

Both of those versions of Wine are old, and neither is compatible with gecko 1.4. As I said before, gecko 1.4 only works with Wine 1.3.33 or later (the current development release is 1.3.35). Older versions of Wine need older versions of gecko. http://wiki.winehq.org/Gecko

I attempted to download the file http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wine/w ... .4-x86.msi and install it on /usr/share/wine/gecko and this window comes up. Message reads: Directory '/usr/share/wine/gecko' not found.

You need to create that directory.

asiangoddess · Post by **asiangoddess** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:12 am

Thank you for all your help. I was able to create a blank file gecko and successfully downloaded the file wine_gecko 1.4x86.msi. Inside the file gecko, I now have the files 'mirrorproblem?failmirror=iweb.dl.sourgeforge.net' and wine_gecko 1.4x86.msi. It says the files don't have a run action command, though when I click on them.

Wine IExplore is still not running on Lucid Puppy Sad

Please help me, thanks!

Post by **dimesio** » Sun Dec 25, 2011 10:04 am

asiangoddess wrote:Thank you for all your help. I was able to create a blank file gecko and successfully downloaded the file wine_gecko 1.4x86.msi. Inside the file gecko, I now have the files 'mirrorproblem?failmirror=iweb.dl.sourgeforge.net' and wine_gecko 1.4x86.msi. It says the files don't have a run action command, though when I click on them.

First, did you upgrade Wine to 1.3.35 as I told you to? If you didn't, the version of wine-gecko you downloaded will not work with the old version of Wine you said you had installed.

Second, assuming by "a blank file gecko" you really meant "an empty directory named gecko," is the full path to the directory you created /usr/share/wine/gecko? That's where Wine will look for gecko; creating a "gecko" directory somewhere else will not work.

Third, you don't run the msi file directly; Wine uses it to install gecko to the wineprefix. You run Wine's iexplore by typing

Code: Select all

wine iexplore

at the command line.

asiangoddess · Post by **asiangoddess** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:11 pm

Thank you. I will try that and see if it works!