[clug] Safari on Linux: anyone do it?

Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.clug at gmail.com
Mon Apr 1 22:54:38 MDT 2013


On 02/04/13 15:23, steve jenkin wrote:
> I've a bunch of Safari 'webarchive' files that I'd like to be able to
> get to in a Linux environment:
>  - search with index tool like Google [anything Open Source out there?]
>  - open with a browser
> 
> Before I go writing code to convert 'webarchive' into other browser save
> formats (I've read the docs, the binary plist format used is well
> documented), I'd like to know if this is a well-solved problem.
> 
> A quick google suggests that running Safari-for-windows under WINE is
> possible:
>  - does that work reliably?
>  - any 'gotchas' people have found??
> 
> Anything else I need to be aware of?
> 
> Thanks in Advance
> 
> steve
> 

I run Safari 3.1.2 on Linux (used PlayOnLinux to install it).  No
gotchas. And no, I haven't tried to upgrade it.


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