Installing Opera

thedoctor818 · 05-24-2009, 04:08 AM

I am trying to install Opera on Ubuntu 9.04. I tried the CLI, typing: sudo apt-get install opera, but got the following: Package opera has no installation candidate. I then proceeded to the website, and downloaded the package from there, but when I tried to open it, I got the following:
gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Any help???

-The Doctor

jdkaye · 05-24-2009, 04:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thedoctor818

I am trying to install Opera on Ubuntu 9.04. I tried the CLI, typing: sudo apt-get install opera, but got the following: Package opera has no installation candidate. I then proceeded to the website, and downloaded the package from there, but when I tried to open it, I got the following:
gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Any help???

-The Doctor

The name of the package (at least in Debian) is

Quote:

opera9-binary

and not opera.
Try this command from a terminal.

Code:

sudo aptitude update

and then

Code:

sudo aptitude install opera9-binary

and that should sort you out. Notice that I recommend using aptitude rather than apt-get.
Cheers,
jdk

thedoctor818 · 05-24-2009, 08:03 AM

I did that as suggested, but I cannot find opera9. Shouldn't it be under Applications -> Internet???

thedoctor818 · 05-24-2009, 08:05 AM

Also, when I ran sudo aptitude update, I got the following: W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net gutsy Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY E9575F9081AFF0CF
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

What does that mean???

repo · 05-24-2009, 08:29 AM

Quote:

I did that as suggested, but I cannot find opera9. Shouldn't it be under Applications -> Internet???

Did you have errormessages when you installed opera
eq

Code:

sudo apt-get install opera9-binary

Quote:

Also, when I ran sudo aptitude update, I got the following: W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net gutsy Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY E9575F9081AFF0CF
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems

You need to install the key

Code:

sudo apt-get install debian-archive-keyring
sudo gpg --keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys E9575F9081AFF0CF
sudo gpg --armor --export E9575F9081AFF0CF | apt-key add -

thedoctor818 · 05-24-2009, 08:37 AM

Sorry for being such a newb.

When I tried the first line of command code, i got the following:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

repo · 05-24-2009, 08:48 AM

Quote:

When I tried the first line of command code, i got the following:
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

There is probably another instance running, like update manager, auto update ....
Make sure every packetmanager is closed.

thedoctor818 · 05-24-2009, 08:56 AM

The first command workes, but the second did not. It gave me the following:

gpg: WARNING: unsafe ownership on configuration file `/home/thedoctor/.gnupg/gpg.conf'
gpg: external program calls are disabled due to unsafe options file permissions
gpg: keyserver communications error: general error
gpg: keyserver receive failed: general error

repo · 05-24-2009, 09:05 AM

try

Code:

chmod 600 ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf

or use

Code:

sudo -i

not

Code:

sudo

thedoctor818 · 05-24-2009, 09:16 AM

i'm still getting error messages, but i am not sure i understand what you are saying to do. Am I supposed to add -i after sudo & before gpg in the 2nd & 3rd commands??? If so, that is not working either, I get the following:
/usr/bin/gpg: /usr/bin/gpg: cannot execute binary file

I am sorry to be giving you so much trouble & putting you out so badly.

repo · 05-24-2009, 09:28 AM

type
sudo -i
password
apt-get install debian-archive-keyring
gpg --keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys E9575F9081AFF0CF
gpg --armor --export E9575F9081AFF0CF | apt-key add -
apt-get update
apt-get install opera9-binary

did you have errormessages when you did

Quote:

sudo apt-get install opera9-binary

before?

However, to get back to the original question:

Quote:

gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file
tar: Unexpected EOF in archive
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Any help???

What file did you downloaded?
What command did you used?

Download the deb file from here

http://www.opera.com/download/
then

Code:

sudo dpkg -i file.deb

thedoctor818 · 05-24-2009, 09:38 AM

Unfortunately, my terminal will not go that far back [or at least, I do not know how to do so]. I typed in everything you just told me to, and ALL of it worked EXCEPT: apt-get install opera9-binary when I typed that in, I got back:E: Couldn't find package opera9-binary

I feel I am so close, & I REALLY thank you for all your help, if you could just help me to finish the download - I would be SO grateful...

repo · 05-24-2009, 09:45 AM

Quote:

I typed that in, I got back:E: Couldn't find package opera9-binary

Opera is not in the repo's

But don't worry:
I would suggest to download the file from
http://www.opera.com/download/
It should be a deb file

then in a terminal type

Code:

cd path_where_you_downloaded_the_file

then

Code:

sudo dpkg -i file_you_downloaded.deb

jdkaye · 05-24-2009, 09:48 AM

Doctor,
Can you type (you don't need sudo just for doing search)

Code:

aptitude search opera

and paste the response here.
It should look something like this:

Code:

~$ aptitude search opera
v   opera                             -                                            
v   opera-l10n                        -
v   opera8                            -
p   opera8-binary                     - Opera Web Browser
p   opera8-l10n                       - Opera Web Browser (Language files)
v   opera8-static                     -
p   opera8-static-binary              - Opera Web Browser (static)
v   opera9                            -
p   opera9-binary                     - Opera Web Browser
p   opera9-l10n                       - Opera Web Browser (Language files)
v   opera9-static                     -
p   opera9-static-binary              - Opera Web Browser (static)

thedoctor818 · 05-24-2009, 09:54 AM

That finally worked, thanks SO much. BYW, why did you have me using sudo aptitude, rather than sudo apt-???