Friday, March 21, 2008

Howto: Install Safari on Ubuntu with Flash and Shockwave! (Hulu, Youtube, Shockwave Works!)


Ok ive been browser hunting and seen a lot of hype about Safari browser's speed so I decided to give it a whirl, I managed to get it install with Flash and it works very well with youtube and hulu ! Here is how I got it installed, let me know how it goes if you decide to check it out!

By the way im impressed with the speed, its as fast as firefox, if not faster! (unforunately its not open-source :(

First lets install Microshit's Core Fonts and wine within the Terminal Applications->Accessories->Terminal
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts wine

Second Make sure wine is set to use the windows version Xp, just click Applications/Wine/Configure Wine
or type "winecfg" in the terminal

Third lets copy Microshits Core Fonts to the wine font directory!
cp /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Arial*.ttf ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts/
cp /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/Times_New_Roman*.ttf ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts/
Make sure wine is set to use the windows version Xp, just click Applications/Wine/Configure Wine
or type "winecfg" in the terminal
Lets download my backup of Safari or download here
wget http://ubuntu-debs.googlecode.com/files/SafariSetup.exe
wine SafariSetup.exe
Uncheck ”Install Bonjour for Windows” and “Automatically update Safari and other Apple Software.” after accepting the terms then click install!

Ok now that Safari is Sucessfully installed in Ubuntu lets install flash for safari!
wget http://ubuntu-debs.googlecode.com/files/install_flash_player.exe
wine install_flash_player.exe

Now Safari is Installed with the correct fonts and has flash, so lets execute Safari From Applications->Wine->Programs->Safari

Install Shockwave:
You gotta download and install shockwave slim or full from the adobe site http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/ then:
You need to copy the files located in the adobe shockwave dir to the Safari plugin dir
ie:
cp -R ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/Adobe/Director/* ~/.wine/drive_c/"Program Files"/Safari/Plugins


Then Check Safari's Installed Plug-ins under the Help menu to see which plug-ins Safari is able to find, it should be there!
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14 comments:

  1. defconMarch 21, 2008 at 4:22 AM

    the only problem with it is bookmarks and https connections:
    http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10480

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  2. AnonymousMarch 21, 2008 at 7:00 AM

    On mine, the user interface looks terrible; otherwise, it works fine.

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  3. UnknownMarch 22, 2008 at 6:07 PM

    Safari may not be open source but Webkit (the rendering engine) is completely open if you wanted to tinker around. It also going to become the defacto standard rendering on mobile devices with the iPhone, iPod touch and certain Nokia phones using it now and Google's Android platform using it as it's rendering engine.

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  4. Willy Sudiarto RaharjoMarch 22, 2008 at 7:06 PM

    I tried to install it on Slackware using the latest Wine version, but i always get a dump core after i execute the Safari.exe

    Does the fonts are crucial to the installation?

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  5. defconMarch 22, 2008 at 8:19 PM

    Willy the fonts are crucial, it will not run without them, you will get constant core dumps without the ms core fonts

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  6. Willy Sudiarto RaharjoMarch 23, 2008 at 12:21 AM

    Hm... no wonder it always failed on my system. I don't have that fonts

    What if i copied those fonts from Windows system? Will it work??

    Thanks Kyle :)

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  7. Willy Sudiarto RaharjoMarch 23, 2008 at 12:55 AM

    Safari is finally installed on my Slackware. It's reported on my SlackBlogs

    Thanks Kyle for the info :)

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  8. JohnMarch 25, 2008 at 2:15 AM

    Can you install shockwave too? My kids would like to use shockwave on some sites.

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  9. UnknownMarch 25, 2008 at 9:00 AM

    Works great unless I try to go to Preferences, then Safari locks up. Anybody else?

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  10. defconMarch 25, 2008 at 3:46 PM

    John, yes it will support shockwave, you gotta download and install shockwave slim or full from the adobe site http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/ then:
    You need to copy the files located in the adobe shockwave dir to the Safari plugin dir
    ie:
    cp -R ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/system32/Adobe/Director/* ~/.wine/drive_c/"Program Files"/Safari/Plugins


    Then Check Safari's Installed Plug-ins under the Help menu to see which plug-ins Safari is able to find, it should be there!

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  11. UnknownMarch 27, 2008 at 11:33 AM

    @scott h
    me too.. :(

    but it hangs also in so many situations that is unusable!

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  12. AnonymousMarch 27, 2008 at 5:37 PM

    I successfully installed it. I do agree on what @stopsatgreen said. I guess all of the bold fonts too were rendered exaggeratedly including the it's menu bar. Take a look at the Screenshot.

    But, anyways, thank you so very much. Finally, I have Safari on my Ubuntu. Thank you.

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  13. AnonymousMarch 28, 2008 at 3:18 PM

    Hang on my computer at home, too (when I go to preferences), but not at my one at work -- weird.

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  14. dooglieApril 1, 2008 at 4:32 PM

    I've tried installing shockwave on both firefox.exe and safari.exe but both do the same thing, lock up. Running Ubuntu Hardy beta. Firefox is stable in wine without Shockwave and Safari seems to work also without Shockwave.

    I've also tried Shockwave v11 and v8.5 but both lock up the wine session. Oh and CrossOverOffice also did not work for Shockwave. :-/

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