How to install IE6 on Mac OS X (Intel)
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With the advent of my gorgeous new MacBook Pro, I obviously want to
take advantage of having an Intel-based machine.  One of those
advantages is executing Windows binaries using Wine.

Now, I've got Parallels set up with Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux,
allowing me to test things in foreign browsrs like IE and Konqueror
quite easily.  However, those VMs are on an external hard drive (due
to their size) and may not always be required if you're just checking
whether something renders correctly in IE or not.  The approach
discussed here only needs approximatly 150 MiB and integrates IE6 as
an X11 window.

Here's how I got IE6 running "natively" on OS X:

1. Install prerequisites:

   * XCode **including** the X11 SDK (which didn't seem to be
     installed with a default XCode installation).  Both are on the
     DVD that came with the machine.  Oh, and you need X11 itself as
     well, of course.

   * MacPorts_ (formerly known as DarwinPorts_)

2. Install necessary ports (using ``sudo port install <name>``):

   * ``freetype`` (needed by WINE)

   * ``fontforge`` (needed by WINE)

   * ``wget`` (needed by ies4linux)

   * ``cabextract`` (needed by ies4linux)

3. Get WINE_ sources and compiled them:

   * I know there's Darwine_ which aims at integrating WINE nicely
     into OSX (you can double click on an .exe), but it's not
     sufficient for ies4linux_.

   * Add ``/usr/X11R6/bin`` to your ``PATH``, without it the
     ``configure`` script doesn't seem to find the OpenGL headers
     (yeah, it sounds weird, but trust me)::

       export PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin

   * Execute the ``configure`` script.  If it complains about any
     libraries missing even though you installed the corresponding
     ports, try pointing it to the right library and include paths
     manually::

       export CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/local/include
       export LDFLAGS=-L/opt/local/lib

   * When there are no complaints about missing stuff from
     ``configure``, execute ``make depend``, ``make`` and finally
     ``sudo make install``.

   * Try out WINE by executing one of the simple Windows programs like
     ``NOTEPAD.EXE``::

       wine NOTEPAD.EXE

     If it complaints about freetype not being available, try
     symlinking the libraries to a place where WINE can find them,
     e.g.::

       sudo ln -s /opt/local/lib/libfreetype.* /usr/local/lib

4. Get ies4linux_ and install it by simply executing the ``ies4linux``
   script.  It will guide you through the setup and automatically
   download IE6 and set it up.  Note that I did not try installing IE7
   yet.

.. _MacPorts: http://macports.org
.. _DarwinPorts: http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/
.. _WINE: http://winehq.com
.. _Darwine: http://darwine.opendarwin.org
.. _ies4linux: http://www.tatanka.com.br/ies4linux/page/Main_Page

**Update: Screenshot**

.. image:: http://worldcookery.com/Private/ie6osx.png
   :width: 274
   :height: 236