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xdissent / iectrl

Command line interface and Node module for managing ievms virtual machines
http://xdissent.github.io/iectrl
MIT License
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'IE8 - Win7' combo not supported #4

Closed thom4parisot closed 6 years ago

thom4parisot commented 10 years ago

While looking in ievm.coffee, IE8 - Win7 is listed as a valid combo.

However when I try to install it, I have this error:

$ iectrl install "IE8 - Win7"
ERROR: no matching virtual machines found

Any idea?

zamber commented 10 years ago

There is no IE8 for Win7 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/internet-explorer-8-details.aspx ;).

the line should be changed to "IE8 - Vista".

kfriend commented 10 years ago

Apparently there is, and a download is provided by Modern.ie:

http://modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools#downloads

streetlogics commented 9 years ago

You have to make sure ievms downloads / installs it by not letting it reuse the xp images (not entirely intuitive). This command will get you just IE8 on Win7. If you want all IE versions, just remove IEVMS_VERSIONS="8"

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xdissent/ievms/master/ievms.sh | env IEVMS_VERSIONS="8" REUSE_XP="no" bash

After doing this, I can issue commands like iectrl reinstall 'IE8 - Win7' and they complete successfully.

jasonkarns commented 9 years ago

So there's no way to install IE8/Win7 without resorting back to ievms?

streetlogics commented 9 years ago

@jasonkarns - iectrl is just a wrapper around ievms, so the curl I posted above ensures your system will install ievms correctly to "open" up the option to use "IE8-Win7" with iectrl. The problem is that the default ievms installation that iectrl uses installs IE8 by "reusing" the Windows XP image, so therefore the IE8+Win7 combo isn't available.