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| = Opera Browser For Ubuntu = Instructions to install & configure Opera 8 in Hoary, based off [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=40467 this Ubuntu Forum thread.], updated for Opera 8.50 == Download the Latest Ubuntu Opera .deb == Opera now provides .deb files specifically for Ubuntu (Hoary only as of July 2005). Go to [http://www.opera.com/download/ Opera Download], make sure you choose the Ubuntu package, and pick a download mirror. (not all of Opera's mirrors have all the Linux packages, it seems) Or get the latest Preview from [http://snapshot.opera.com/unix/ Opera Preview and Betas] Save the file to somewhere you can find it - either Desktop or your own home directory is best. == Install Opera == Open a terminal. Type: {{{ sudo dpkg -i opera<Tab key>.deb password: }}} Tab completion can be a major help with long, complex filenames. Provided you're in the correct directory, just typing "Opera" and then hitting the Tab key where it says <tab> in the above command should get Ubuntu to finish the filename for you. Opera will take a minute to install. == Ubuntu-izing Opera == Unlike many programs from Ubuntu's repositories, Opera won't add itself to Ubuntu's Application menu. That's easy to fix, though. We'll also get Opera to use Ubuntu's default file handler. Back in terminal: {{{ sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/opera.desktop }}} And in gedit, type: {{{ [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Name=Opera Web Browser GenericName=Web Browser Comment=Simply the Best Internet Experience Exec=opera %u Terminal=false MultipleArgs=true Type=Application Icon=/usr/X11R6/include/X11/bitmaps/opera.xpm Categories=Application;Network MimeType=text/html;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png }}} Save this file, and go back to Terminal. Type: {{{ mkdir ~/.opera gedit ~/.opera/filehandler.ini }}} In gedit, paste the following: {{{ Opera Preferences version 2.0 ; Do not edit this file while Opera is running ; This file is stored in UTF-8 encoding [Settings] Default File Handler=gnome-open ,1 Default Directory Handler=gnome-open ,1 }}} Save this file, and exit gedit. == Setting Opera as default browser == To set Opera as the system default browser and mailreader. Follow this steps: * Go to System -> Preferences -> Preferred Applications * Under the Web Browser tab select "Custom" and, in the Command box, enter: {{{ opera -newpage "%s" }}} * Under the Mail Reader tab select "Custom" and, in the Command box, enter: {{{ opera -newmail "%s" }}} == Start the browser == You can now start up the best browser known to mankind by going Application menu --> Internet --> Opera Web Browser. == Troubleshooting == === Missing package === If you have choosen the qt-shared version, you need the libqt3c102-mt package. This is libqt3-mt in Ubuntu Breezy. === Operamotif problems === If you get any {{{operamotif}}} problems try the static version! === Java problems === If you start opera from the console you can see the following error message when java doesn't work correctly: {{{ ERROR: ld.so: object 'libjvm.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored. ERROR: ld.so: object 'libawt.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored. }}} To fix it, correct the Java path under {{{Tools -> Preferences -> Content -> Java options}}}. It should look similar to that: {{{ /usr/lib/j2re1.5-sun/lib/i386/ }}} your java runtime version could be different from this one After a restart of the browser, you can [http://www.java.com/en/download/help/testvm.xml test your Java Virtual Machine (JVM)] ---- CategoryDocumentation |
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