help with a .tar.gz file
 

I am running Ubuntu 9.10 and i have tried on a number of occasions to download and install the Opera web browser using the .deb format. For some reason(s) unknown to me i can never find the file despite doing a search of the file system.

So i have now attempted to download and install the Opera web browser using the .tar.gz format.

I managed to get a .tar.gz file and placed it in my "Downloads" folder.

Now i opened a terminal and navigated to The Downloads folder which contained the .tar.gz file and then typed:

tar -zxvf opera-10.10.gcc4-shared-qt3.i386.tar.gz
A lot of text flew by on the screen and when i checked the Downloads folder it now contains the following:

opera-10.10.gcc4-shared-qt3.i386.tar.gz


opera-10.10-4742.gcc4-shared-qt3.i386

Could someone take pity on a tired, baldy old git who only wants to use the latest version of the Opera browser please.

That's a source 'tarball' you have there and with Ubuntu there really should be no reason for you to need to build it yourself.

Easiest way to install it: Forget the tarball and click 'system' > 'administration' > 'Synaptic Package Manager' and search for Opera.

You'll be cooking on gas in no time ;-)

failing that:
sudo apt-get install opera

or even find that .deb you downloaded and run:
dpkg -i <name_of_deb_file>.deb

HTH
Caveat - just noticed you said 'latest' version. This is what I'm running on my 8.10:
Clicking on ABOUT > CHECK FOR UPDATES tells me I have the latest version :-) {which makes a change for me}

In the terminal, cd to
read te readme files

Since opera is *very* non-free software, it shouldn't be a source tar ball: as far as I know they only distribute binaries. Related to this non-free status, is that it may not be in the default Ubuntu repositories: you may have to enable/add additional sources.

A quick google, gave this http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-ins...a-plugins.html
as the first hit.

Cheers,

evo2.

My apologies - I overlooked the 'non-free' status of Opera. Despite the fact it is 'free' it is not 'free';-)

It's certainly shown available in my Synaptic:
But feel free to untar the gzip archive and use that if you wish :-)

might as well hook up your whole sources.list and get binaries instead
you can also get the Chromium-browser too

so, here it has both opera and chromiumm plus more
http://repogen.simplylinux.ch/

just tell it country and version of buntu
then click boxes you want

No matter what i do i still get an error. I've decided to give Opera a miss and apologize to you guys for wasting your time. Thanks

EDIT: Ignore this, proven wrong by a later post. (It won't do any damage mind)

My guess is opera-10.10-4742.gcc4-shared-qt3.i386 is itself the executable file.

So do

Code:

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chmod ugo+rx opera-10.10-4742.gcc4-shared-qt3.i386
./opera-10.10-4742.gcc4-shared-qt3.i386

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And Opera, or perhaps an Opera installer, should run.

Fine, so you are just going to walk out on us now :-)

Can you paste the link you got it from so we can take a look? Have some faith - you can get it working, don't let it intimidate you {it's a nice, sexy browser and worth it}

I've just taken a look myself. The archive unpacks to a directory called 'opera-10.10-4742.gcc4-shared-qt3.i386'.
Inside are:

All you need to do is cd into this directory and run the install.sh script.

If that does not tickle your fancy, cd into the directory where you downloaded the .deb file earlier on and run this:
sudo dpkg -i opera_10.10.4742.gcc4.qt3_i386.deb