[SOLVED] Remove Opera Browser on Ubuntu 11.10

ruario · 11-13-2011, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlinkels

That is why Windows is so much easier.

To install: download and say "yes" to the installer.
To uninstall: either run the uninstall widget or use Control Panel -> Add/Remove programs.

Not sure how you see the difference. If he used the correct package (the deb) on Ubuntu

To Install: Double click the package to start software center and click install
To uninstall: Start software center and click remove next to Opera

What is the difference?

jlinkels · 11-13-2011, 04:25 PM

In Linux you have to know the name of your distro, the version, perhaps what package manager you have, you have to decide whether to install through the package manager, or download the deb, rpm or tarball...

Maybe a few things are self-explanatory but you do have a choice.

Windows users, or users coming from windows don't have a clue. They have a computer and want to install certain software. Just like I do that on my iPhone. I click the icon of an app I want to install, magic things happen and a few minutes later I have that app. Do you think I would know or care which version OS I have. What is an OS anyway?

jlinkels

ruario · 11-14-2011, 03:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlinkels

That could be the only improvement to Opera's installer: have it sense the package manager and warn accordingly.

We have had a bit more debate about this internally and looked at how many users actually reported that they didn't like the warning (not many!), compared with how many users (like the original poster) who we think might make a mistake and select the wrong package. In summary we have decided to bring this back.

So thanks to you for bring this up again.

ruario · 11-25-2011, 01:57 AM

The latest development version reintroduces the warning:

http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog...-html5-install