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le hollandais volant

[Solved] Opera

Post by le hollandais volant »

Hi all.

I've upgraded to LM Julia for a week, but I can't install Opera from the *official* repository :

I ran this command line to active the repository and add the GPG Key :

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sudo bash -c 'echo "deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ sid non-free" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list' && wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
- The repository appears to be checked in Ubuntu-tweak (so it is activated)

BUT :
- Aptitude do not take it in count : (I still have Opera 10.62, instead of 10.63)
- Synaptic do not take it in count : it do not appear in the left sidebar (It do not take any of my repos in count : VirtualBox, Wine, Opera…).
- The /usr/bin/software-properties-gtk craches as soon as I typed my password (It allready did this in LM9), so impossible to check if the repository is really took in count.

My Question : is there anyway to install Opera (and OperaBeta) from the official Opera repository, and not from the outdated Linux Mint repository ?
(without using the .deb downloaded manually : I need to use de repository).

Thanks.

PS : I've removed LM software manager, since I only use Aptitude or Synaptic.
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DrHu

Re: Opera

Post by DrHu »

http://www.opera.com/support/mastering/ ... n/#install
http://www.opera.com/docs/changelogs/unix/1100b/

You can always try one of their available files, just understand that it may not work
  • This is exactly the reason, apart from time constaints/resources, that Linux distributions delay inlcuding the latest application version and prefer that any application update come via their control, that is that distributions's repository..
--and the application developers usually concur with that position, and thus recommend using your system's udate process to manage updates

Any repository available to install Opera 10.63 or later ?..
Or, you can try a Ubuntu PPA addint it to your /etc/apt/sources.list file
http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/packages/show/201954
--again, since it is not exactly Mint, there may be some other dependencies (such as Gnome) that Ubutu has, that mint doesn't

Gdebi is another option, if there is a .deb file available..
You can also try using Gdebi , an application you can install that will find a .deb file (including dependencies), and do the installation
--you need an internet connection for that to function..
le hollandais volant

Re: Opera

Post by le hollandais volant »

I exactly did what was explained on your first link.

But, the opera repository gives the version 10.63 (see here : http://deb.opera.com/opera/dists/stable ... 6/Packages )

And the LM repos gives the 10.62.

Why is it not updated with a

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sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
?

And why is it not appearing in Synaptic, even if a reload the packages : http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/7566/captureqz.png ?
le hollandais volant

Re: Opera

Post by le hollandais volant »

Oh, fine : this seems to be the reason :

in the file /etc/apt/preferences you can see the "priorities" for repositories. Deleting that file fixes all my problems.

(even if it will create many more…)

Thanks a lot :)
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