WINE: Cannot install Internet Explorer 6 on 64-bit system

Wintershade · 2010-09-12 22:26:59

Hi everyone

I'm running the 64-bit version of Arch Linux, with WINE 1.3.2 from [multilib] and winetricks installed.
When I try to install ie6 via winetricks (which I need for both work and a game I'm trying to install ), I get the following error message:

The Windows Update: Internet Explorer and Internet Tools cannot be installed on this computer. This product does not install on 64-bit platforms.

After closing this window (i.e. clicking OK), I get another error message, which informs me that "regsvr32.exe has encountered a serious error and needs to close."

So, what gives? WineHQ shows claims of people being able to install it on a 64-bit Linux system; namely, Ubuntu and openSUSE... no Arch results, and I don't want to post "Garbage" if I'm doing something wrong here.

If anyone would help me shed some light on this (and perhaps even fix it!) I'd be very grateful.
Thanks in advance!

hume's doona · 2010-09-13 02:33:32

will wine-gecko work? it's wine's fake IE, I think it's in AUR, but I've never needed it

Wintershade · 2010-09-13 06:41:33

I know about wine-gecko. However, that's not it

edit: update to the problem: I've switched to bin32-wine-suse from AUR. Now I can install IE6, yay

However, something's still bothering me.
bin32-wine-suse complains about every wineprefix made by "stock" (multilib) WINE being a 64-bit environment, and thus impossible to work with.
So the [multilib] WINE apparently makes a 64-bit Windows-like environment, whatever that would mean to them. I don't really think that's right, knowing how some apps - namely, IE6 and such - complain about this.

Any ideas?

Last edited by Wintershade (2010-09-13 06:45:32)

iggy · 2010-09-14 16:55:17

You can still use the wine-package from [multilib]. Here you find more information about that. Just change your WINEARCH prefix and you can install ie6.

sxe · 2010-09-28 15:36:54

Here is the "solution", i had the same problem.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=102422

Wintershade · 2010-09-28 23:05:31

Thanks guys! Didn't know about WINEARCH until now. Quite useful

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#1 2010-09-12 22:26:59

WINE: Cannot install Internet Explorer 6 on 64-bit system

#2 2010-09-13 02:33:32

Re: WINE: Cannot install Internet Explorer 6 on 64-bit system

#3 2010-09-13 06:41:33

Re: WINE: Cannot install Internet Explorer 6 on 64-bit system

#4 2010-09-14 16:55:17

Re: WINE: Cannot install Internet Explorer 6 on 64-bit system

#5 2010-09-28 15:36:54

Re: WINE: Cannot install Internet Explorer 6 on 64-bit system

#6 2010-09-28 23:05:31

Re: WINE: Cannot install Internet Explorer 6 on 64-bit system

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