Safari on Linux

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This is a four step guide to get Apple’s Safari browser running on Linux.

  1. Run winecfg, set Windows version to WinXP
  2. Copy the core windows fonts: cp /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts/{Arial,Times_New_Roman}*.ttf ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts/
  3. Download Safari for Windows from the Apple homepage

  4. Run the Safari installer with Wine. Do not install Bonjour or the Apple updater
  5. Run Safari

Remind that the msttcorefonts is required ;)

Thanks to Erich Schubert for providing the guide

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10 Comments »

  1. Kumar said,

    July 2, 2008 @ 10:53

    I did verify that winecfg Windows Version is WinXP

    I am running Ubuntu and I do not have this folder – /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msttcorefonts

  2. eddiewan said,

    July 10, 2008 @ 20:14

    I followed the guide, works almost great. I can’t access any Secure Webpages via Safari/wine. The advanced setup tab opens but I can’t get to internet settings (called proxies on here). All plug ins look good, accepting cookies, yada, yada.. any ideas?

    Thanks Ed

  3. akw said,

    July 28, 2008 @ 13:55

    Kumar: type the following
    sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

  4. Jessica Six said,

    September 1, 2008 @ 17:41

    Rather than emulating, what seems to be the problem with having a real version for Linux? Especially with the latest greatest Firefox3′s poor/slow performance, people are looking for a new/better option for Linux.

  5. someone said,

    September 4, 2008 @ 8:30

    “latest greatest Firefox3’s poor/slow performance”
    ???
    I found the exact opposite. It flies along and has a far smaller memory footprint.

  6. another ubuntu user said,

    June 6, 2009 @ 23:12

    i accidently allowed it to install bonjour and apple updater, can i go back and fix that somehow?

  7. kikyz said,

    June 13, 2009 @ 21:39

    hi! i’ve installed safari, and its seems to be in my desktop, but when i clck on it it never runs, and i didn’t undestand the core windows font, where should i paste it? sorry i recently donwnload ubuntu, im learning :S please help me!

  8. James said,

    August 3, 2009 @ 12:26

    xxxx@xxxxx:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Safari$ wine Safari.exe fixme:heap:HeapSetInformation (nil) 1 (nil) 0
    fixme:advapi:GetCurrentHwProfileA (0x32fcc8) semi-stub
    fixme:win:WIN_CreateWindowEx Parent is HWND_MESSAGE
    fixme:dwmapi:DwmIsCompositionEnabled 0x32fe24
    fixme:system:SystemParametersInfoW Unimplemented action: 8204 (SPI_GETFONTSMOOTHINGCONTRAST)

    xxxx@xxxx:~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Safari$ ls ~/.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts/
    Arial_Black.ttf Times_New_Roman_Bold_Italic.ttf
    Arial_Bold_Italic.ttf Times_New_Roman_Bold.ttf
    Arial_Bold.ttf Times_New_Roman_Italic.ttf
    Arial_Italic.ttf Times_New_Roman.ttf
    Arial.ttf

    So I have the fonts in there but still no joy in getting it running. have wine 1.0.1 , Ubuntu 8.10 anyone with similar issue? any ideas?
    Cheers
    James

  9. antipaucity » safari on linux? said,

    August 25, 2009 @ 9:55

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  10. saurabh said,

    November 5, 2009 @ 20:04

    Hi
    Why is Apple not releasing its Linux version of safari? Isn’t there any other options except WINE ? Thanks

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