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**claydoh** · Feb 25, 2015, 01:20 PM

Opera is not officially available via a repo in Muon, as far as I know. It won't matter if you are using Muon or apt-get (they are the same thing under the skin).

You can go and download it, it comes as a debian/ubuntu deb file you can double-click to install, but you will not get updates in your package manager.

**urdrwho5** · Feb 25, 2015, 01:59 PM

Ok

Thanks

Originally posted by claydoh View Post

Opera is not officially available via a repo in Muon, as far as I know. It won't matter if you are using Muon or apt-get (they are the same thing under the skin).

You can go and download it, it comes as a debian/ubuntu deb file you can double-click to install, but you will not get updates in your package manager.

**Wheel Inventor** · Feb 25, 2015, 02:01 PM

Opera

The Opera browser can be downloaded from the http://www.opera.com .

The Opera is available as the Debian package. The Debian package has a postinst script. The scrip will add the Opera to the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list. After installation the Opera will be show in the package management system and the the updates will be available.

Opera script as example - AskUbuntu - How can I create a .deb file that adds a repository to sources.list.d?: http://askubuntu.com/questions/19443...sources-list-d

**urdrwho5** · Feb 25, 2015, 02:11 PM

Got it.

So from what I take the scrip will add it to the management system without any manual commands.

I only have 7.5 gigs of HD remaining and Opera says that it will be a 145 MIB install. Not sure if I want to do it and I am surprised at the size of the install. Although FF my current browser could be just as big, I just don't remember.

Originally posted by Wheel Inventor View Post

The Opera browser can be downloaded from the http://www.opera.com .

The Opera is available as the Debian package. The Debian package has a postinst script. The scrip will add the Opera to the /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list. After installation the Opera will be show in the package management system and the the updates will be available.

Opera script as example - AskUbuntu - How can I create a .deb file that adds a repository to sources.list.d?: http://askubuntu.com/questions/19443...sources-list-d

**vinnywright** · Feb 25, 2015, 02:15 PM

I I think that installing Opera with the .deb file also installs it's PPA ,,,,,,so ,,,,you will get updates.

VINNY

EDIT : oops ,,,little late I see

**vinnywright** · Feb 25, 2015, 02:18 PM

Code:

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ apt show firefox
Package: firefox
Priority: optional
Section: web
I[COLOR=#ff0000]nstalled-Size: 95.6 MB[/COLOR]

not quite ..................

VINNY

**urdrwho5** · Feb 25, 2015, 02:23 PM

Hm? That is quite a difference in mib's.

I need to use Opera for a proprietary site that I use in my business and it doesn't play well with Firefox. I know it is weird but it is so.

I'm not a fan of Chrome. I guess I could always use my desktop for accessing the business site and save HD space on the old laptop.

Originally posted by vinnywright View Post

Code:

vinny@vinny-Bonobo-Extreme:~$ apt show firefox
Package: firefox
Priority: optional
Section: web
I[COLOR=#ff0000]nstalled-Size: 95.6 MB[/COLOR]

not quite ..................

VINNY

**vsreeser** · Feb 25, 2015, 03:33 PM

FF shows 95.6MB installed. I don't use chrome. Anti-fan of google

**Goeroeboeroe** · Feb 25, 2015, 04:05 PM

Maybe it doesn't matter for you, but there are two Operas at the moment for Linux. And they are completely different.
The old one is stable, but hasn't been updated for about a year now. It uses presto as rendering engine and has a lot of things that made Opera Opera.
The new one is still in beta and uses Blink as rendering machine and has almost everything removed that made Opera Opera. Blink is the same rendering machine as Chromium and Google Chrome use. This new version is still in beta, but I've read it's pretty stable by now.
On this page you can download the old version, but there's a link to the new version too.
Edit: if I promise a link, I should give it...
http://www.opera.com/download/guide/?os=linux-i386

**urdrwho5** · Feb 25, 2015, 04:29 PM

It does matter. I would like the older Opera, I like the older Opera stuff better than the new stuff.

Went to the link but couldn't find anything for AMD64. The package sniffs out that I am AMD 64 and it tells me that I can't install.
Now that I know about an older app, I'll try to find one for AMD 64.

http://www.oldapps.com/linux/opera.p...12855?download

I am not famaliar on how to install from a tar file. I extracted to a folder (opera-12.16-1860.x86_64.linux) and can start Opera using the Opera file. It loads and works without installing

I am not sure if anything was installed or if it is just working out of the extracted folder.

Originally posted by Goeroeboeroe View Post

Maybe it doesn't matter for you, but there are two Operas at the moment for Linux. And they are completely different.
The old one is stable, but hasn't been updated for about a year now. It uses presto as rendering engine and has a lot of things that made Opera Opera.
The new one is still in beta and uses Blink as rendering machine and has almost everything removed that made Opera Opera. Blink is the same rendering machine as Chromium and Google Chrome use. This new version is still in beta, but I've read it's pretty stable by now.
On this page you can download the old version, but there's a link to the new version too.
Edit: if I promise a link, I should give it...
http://www.opera.com/download/guide/?os=linux-i386

**Wheel Inventor** · Feb 26, 2015, 02:10 AM

Available

Direct link to the debs: http://deb.opera.com/opera/pool/non-free/o/

Opera is

[ ] opera_12.16.1860_amd64.deb 24-Feb-2015 15:17 13M
[ ] opera_12.16.1860_i386.deb 24-Feb-2015 15:17 12M

Opera Next is

[ ] opera-next_12.16.1860_amd64.deb 24-Feb-2015 15:17 13M
[ ] opera-next_12.16.1860_i386.deb 24-Feb-2015 15:17 12M

Opera Stable is

[ ] opera-stable_27.0.1689.76_amd64.deb 24-Feb-2015 15:17 41M

Opera Beta is

[ ] opera-beta_28.0.1750.31_amd64.deb 24-Feb-2015 15:17 40M

Opera Developer is

[ ] opera-developer_29.0.1785.0_amd64.deb 24-Feb-2015 15:17 39M

**urdrwho5** · Feb 26, 2015, 10:11 AM

got it and installed using the deb file and it did add it to Muon.

Originally posted by Wheel Inventor View Post

Direct link to the debs: http://deb.opera.com/opera/pool/non-free/o/

Opera is

[ ] opera_12.16.1860_amd64.deb 24-Feb-2015 15:17 13M
[ ] opera_12.16.1860_i386.deb 24-Feb-2015 15:17 12M

Opera Next is

[ ] opera-next_12.16.1860_amd64.deb 24-Feb-2015 15:17 13M
[ ] opera-next_12.16.1860_i386.deb 24-Feb-2015 15:17 12M

Opera Stable is

[ ] opera-stable_27.0.1689.76_amd64.deb 24-Feb-2015 15:17 41M

Opera Beta is

[ ] opera-beta_28.0.1750.31_amd64.deb 24-Feb-2015 15:17 40M

Opera Developer is

[ ] opera-developer_29.0.1785.0_amd64.deb 24-Feb-2015 15:17 39M

**Goeroeboeroe** · Mar 06, 2015, 07:06 AM

I've just stumbled on this article about Vivaldi. It's what Opera 15 should have been, the makers say. It's available for Linux too, link in the article.
It uses Blink, just like Opera, but it's aiming to look more like the 'old' Opera.
http://www.sitepoint.com/vivaldi-ope...ual-successor/

**LinkBot** · Mar 06, 2015, 10:02 AM

Opera offspring

Kubuntu forums threads

- Otter browser (Rant: Are we *ever* going to get a decent web browser in KDE?): https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...browser-in-KDE

- Vivaldi browser from former Opera folks: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/showth...er-Opera-folks

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