Debian-Opera
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Installing Opera on Debian.
0) Requirements.
Like most web browsers, Opera is a graphical browser, as opposed to something like lynx which is text only. You will therefore need some form of windowing system. There are as many opinions as to which is the best as there are definitions of the word "best". With that in mind, if you have "KDE" installed then you should be able to run opera with no problems, so that is probably a good choice - you can always change later if you wish.
1) Getting opera.
It is generally wise to install the most recently available version.
I find that the downloads from opera.com generally work straight off.
Go to: www.opera.com -> download --> linux
Or click on: Direct Link
You will be presented with a page which starts something like this:
Choose one option:
deb
QT Shared Potato and Woody 3.6 MB
QT Shared Sarge and Sid 3.6 MB
QT Static 4.9 MB
But which one to download? If you don't know whether you are "Potato and Woody" or "Sid and Sarge", then open up a shell (command line) and type:
cat /etc/debian_version
If the response is: testing/unstable Then you should choose: QT Shared Sarge and Sid 3.6 MB
If you have "Stable", then you should choose: QT Shared Potato and Woody 3.6 MB
Aha, but what about "QT Static"? You should use this if the "QT Shared" install doesn't work.
Once you have chosen, choose your local mirror and click on "download now" at the bottom of the page. At this point you should make a note of where you are saving this file.
If you don't have a web browser then you could use a friends machine to do the download.
2) The actual install.
Once you have downloaded your file, go back to your shell (command line) and go to the place where you saved the file (you did note it down didn't you?).
To this by typing:
cd /whereever/you/stored/the/file
Then type: ls -aldh o*
This should give you a listing of all of the files in that directory beginning with "o". One of these files should be called something like: opera_7.51-20040602.5-shared-qt_en_i386.deb
To install opera, type:
dpkg -i opera_7.51-20040602.5-shared-qt_en_i386.deb
If all goes well and you have a following wind, opera should be installed automatically.
If it doesn't work then try using "QT Static".
3) Using Opera
It is always a good idea to go to the menu bar at the top of the screen and choose:
Tools --> Quick Preferences --> Block Unwanted Popups
This will stop quite a lot of annoying nasties from leaping onto your screen and spoiling your "browsing experience".
--- Tuxhead
