this opera is giving me a headache

boxerboy · 09-17-2005, 05:22 PM

i have tried the package manager i have tried in terminal

Code:

root@boxer:~# apt-get install opera
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package opera is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
E: Package opera has no installation candidate

does that mean i cant have opera on ubuntu breezy??????? if i can how do i get it.

aysiu · 09-17-2005, 05:31 PM

1. Go to the Opera website and download the Ubuntu .deb to your desktop. Then rename the file to be opera.deb.

In a terminal, type this in

Code:

cd Desktop
sudo dpkg -i opera.deb

Type in your password, and an install wizard will appear.

2. The repositories are quite extensive, though, especially if you enable extra repositories.

After you do that, you can

Code:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install opera-static

I'd advise method #2, of course.

Edit: Never mind. I don't think #2 will work. I thought opera-static was in the repositories because it showed up in my Synaptic search, but I think it was put there because I installed it using #1.

boxerboy · 09-17-2005, 05:54 PM

ok i tried it the second way first cause i already had all repos multi uni and all and i got

Code:

Reading package lists... Done
boxerboy@boxer:~$ sudo apt-get install opera-static
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package opera-static

so with that not working i tried it the first way renamed it opera.deb and got this

Code:

boxerboy@boxer:~$ cd Desktop
boxerboy@boxer:~/Desktop$ sudo dpkg -i opera.deb
Selecting previously deselected package opera-static.
(Reading database ... 107951 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking opera-static (from opera.deb) ...
Setting up opera-static (8.02-20050727.1) ...

than it left me at the commandline ~desktop so heres what happened

Code:

boxerboy@boxer:~/Desktop$ opera
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.

however the installer came up and asked if i agreed and i yesed it and than here you go with the final stuff i got

Code:

Opera encountered a problem during plug-in setup.
Plug-ins will not work properly.
Check your installation.

Could not start plug-in executable 'operamotifwrapper'.
/home/boxerboy/.mozilla/plugins/operamotifwrapper-3
Please install Motif.

Plug-in path
(Path can be modified in Preferences dialog)

/usr/lib/opera/plugins
/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
/home/boxerboy/.mozilla/plugins

i dont know what the hell a motif is nor where to find it or get it and if thats all i need where do i find it?

boxerboy · 09-17-2005, 05:57 PM

ok for some reason after all that i close that last error box out and it works but still not in my applications menu in gnome but i think i remember how to do that. i dont get why all errors than poof it just starts working

aysiu · 09-17-2005, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by boxerboy
ok for some reason after all that i close that last error box out and it works but still not in my applications menu in gnome but i think i remember how to do that. i dont get why all errors than poof it just starts working

Are you launching Opera from the terminal and the errors appear in terminal? Or does a new dialogue box pop up when you use the run command to launch Opera?

To create an applications menu for it, you need SMEG. You can also just add a panel launcher by right-clicking on the panel and selecting "add launcher to panel" and using the command opera.

http://ubuntuguide.org/#extrarepositories
http://ubuntuguide.org/#menu-editor

In Breezy, SMEG comes with the regular installation.

P.S. Are these the "errors" you're getting?

Code:

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.
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.
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.
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.

boxerboy · 09-17-2005, 06:19 PM

just the first 2 the awt and jvm and yes those errors are in terminal the other errors the last set are on the page that opens when opera is ran. iw ill try the launcher and ill let you know thank you oh btw do i need those libs and can i get them from sypnatic?

aysiu · 09-17-2005, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by boxerboy
just the first 2 the awt and jvm and yes those errors are in terminal the other errors the last set are on the page that opens when opera is ran. iw ill try the launcher and ill let you know thank you oh btw do i need those libs and can i get them from sypnatic?

What libs? Try the launcher thing. I don't think you should get any errors.

craigevil · 09-17-2005, 07:03 PM

This howto was written for Hoary but it should work just as well for Breezy:
Ubuntu Forums - HOWTO: Install Opera in Ubuntu Hoary

Motif or Openmotif should be in Synaptic.

boxerboy · 09-18-2005, 07:06 PM

ok i got opera working i added the launcher thank you for that. real fast i downloaded rox-filer thinking it was the desktop but for some odd reason its not in my choices i clicked on craigevils link for rox and it gives debian but not ubuntu. is the debian and ubuntu download/install the same? oh and thank you i addded the motif or oomotif i cant remember. but yeah opera works great

boxerboy · 09-25-2005, 06:13 PM

ok i have opera most of the way done to wher ei like it just one very big issue (to me) i need java plug in for opera i have it for firefox already can i use that same javaplug in? i re downloaded it just in case but i dont have 1st clue on how to get it in opera. but if i am able to use same plug in how do i attach it to opera and keep it with firefox? this is starting to upset me cause i got firefox that has java but i cant get sound to play midi ebedded files and opera that plays the files but no java. i would like one for both if you get what i mean. plz help

kingsidy · 09-26-2005, 12:45 AM

i am using breezy col 5 all i had to do was to download opera 8.5 for debian (etch) and did dpkg -i, and then i installed libmotif3 because of some of the error i was getting. and that was it perfect. then i use smeg to put in the menu

craigevil · 09-26-2005, 02:16 AM

Enabling Java in Opera for Linux
Opera Software - Knowledge Base

boxerboy · 10-05-2005, 06:44 AM

ok i had to reinstall breezy once again and now opera installs but i never see the setup screen and it wont run. any ideas?