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VirtualBox/Ubuntu stuff: shared-folder and mounting / installing wine for older IE test
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# enable guest additions for virtualbox
# in settings > shared folders, add a shared-folder
# make folder to mount windows/mac shared-folder to
mkdir windows-share-folder
# where 'Shared' below matches the name from the settings dialog
sudo mount -t vboxsf Shared ~/windows-share-folder
# testing old IE in Ubuntu:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
# install latest stable version of wine
sudo apt-get install wine1.4
# install ie8 (ie9 not installable via winetricks (as of right now))
winetricks ie8
# launch
wine 'C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore'
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