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Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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Opera Version:77.0.4054.146 is giving problems... First I updated Opera. Then problem started. I uninstalled it / or so I thought.

This is the msg returned when I tried to uninstall opera:

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E: The package opera-stable needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
E: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report.

W: Ignoring file 'signal-xenial.listsudo' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
I am running OS Linuxmint 19.3 Mate... with opera Version:77.0.4054.146
In addition to the above msg which was copied from the Synaptic Manager, my Software Manager will not open/start - or uninstall/install.. Recover of Opera was performed and was uneventful... My Terminal says opera must reinstall but cannot locate an archive???
Any help or thoughts are welcome
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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Can you show:

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ls -l /etc/apt/sources.list.d

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inxi -r
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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Hi spamegg, this is what shows????

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~$ ls -l /etc/apt/sources.list.d
total 16
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 130 Jul  8 17:36 gezakovacs-ppa-bionic.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 479 Jul  9 19:03 official-package-repositories.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   0 May 27 15:42 signal-xenial.listsudo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  81 Jul  8 10:38 virtualbox.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 173 Jul 10 00:09 vivaldi.list

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david@david-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC:~$ inxi -r
Repos:
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  1: deb cdrom:[Linux Mint 19.3 _Tricia_ - Release amd64 20191216]/ bionic contrib main non-free
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gezakovacs-ppa-bionic.list 
  1: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gezakovacs/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
  2: deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gezakovacs/ppa/ubuntu bionic main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia main upstream import backport
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic contrib
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list 
  1: deb http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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We need to delete the file signal-xenial.listsudo but to be SAFE let's look at its contents first. Tell us the output of

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.listsudo
Click on the </> button and put the output between the two code blocks: [code]put the results in here[/code]
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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Hi spamegg, btw great online moniker!!! I have a confession "I already deleted 'signal-xenial.listsudo' from Software Sources-Additional Repositories... Was that a mistake???
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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Thanks. Is the problem gone? Can you do sudo apt update now without issues?
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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Here is the response when I tried to uninstall Software Manager:

There seems to be a programming error in aptdaemon, the software that allows you to install/remove software and to perform other package management related tasks.

Details:

org.debian.apt: E: isn't a valid package name


Here is the response to sudo apt update :

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david@david-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for david:          
Ign:1 cdrom://Linux Mint 19.3 _Tricia_ - Release amd64 20191216 bionic InRelease
Err:2 cdrom://Linux Mint 19.3 _Tricia_ - Release amd64 20191216 bionic Release
  Please use apt-cdrom to make this CD-ROM recognized by APT. apt-get update cannot be used to add new CD-ROMs
Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease                     
Hit:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gezakovacs/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease          
Hit:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease                        
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88,7 kB]    
Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88,7 kB]      
Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74,6 kB]    
Get:9 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [48,5 kB]
Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main i386 Packages [1.312 kB]
Get:11 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [57,8 kB]
Get:12 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2.464 B]
Hit:13 http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian bionic InRelease       
Ign:14 http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable InRelease                     
Get:15 http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable Release [3.831 B]             
Get:16 http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable Release.gpg [833 B]           
Get:17 http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb stable/main amd64 Packages [1.172 B] 
Ign:18 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia InRelease                          
Hit:19 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia Release                            
Get:21 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages [2.131 kB]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [294 kB]
Get:23 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [288 kB]
Get:24 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2.464 B]
Get:25 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [9.268 B]
Reading package lists... Done                                                  
N: Ignoring file 'signal-xenial.listsudo' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
E: The repository 'cdrom://Linux Mint 19.3 _Tricia_ - Release amd64 20191216 bionic Release' does not have a Release file.
N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default.
N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details.
david@david-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC:~$
I am just an old retired guy mired in ???????
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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Open Software Sources and click on Additional Resources. Uncheck CD-ROM (Installation Disc). Close Software Sources.
Reboot
Open a terminal and run the following command:

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sudo apt update
Please post the results in your reply.
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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Hello, dave1new.
  • Let us start by removing the 0 byte file (empty file) named signal-xenial.listsudo from the directory /etc/apt/sources.list.d.
    Terminal command to do so:

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    sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.listsudo
    (You cannot remove this file from inside Software Sources)
    .
  • Next launch Software Sources and disable the CDROM repository.
    deb cdrom:[Linux Mint 19.3 _Tricia_ - Release amd64 20191216]/ bionic contrib main non-free
    Close Software Sources.
    .
  • Then execute the command sudo apt update again and share its screen output with us one more time, please.
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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Hello, dave1new.

About the problem when trying to uninstall Opera (package opera-stable), reported in your initial post at the top of this thread:
The error message

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E: The package opera-stable needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
E: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report.
implies 2 things:
  1. The software package opera-stable has been uninstalled only partially and is in an inconsistent state. This is why, following its inbuilt logic, the software management system first wants to re-install opera-stable in order to be able to remove it completely afterwards. (Really.)
  2. The other thing is that the repo, which once pointed to Opera software, is no longer in your software repositories. Cf. your own repository list shared above.
Please, execute the following terminal command and share its complete output with us: dpkg --list 'opera*'
This should tell us in which state your Opera installation is.

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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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Hi Karlchen etal,
Sorry for my tardiness. I haven't actioned the above suggestions yet.

My Synaptic Package Mgr is showing:

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E: The package opera-stable needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
E: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report.

W: Ignoring file 'signal-xenial.listsudo' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
My Update Mgr is showing an identical msg as shown above plus it says it cannot refresh updates!!
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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Karlchen, Here is the data from your first reply:

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david@david-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.listsudo
[sudo] password for david:          
rm: cannot remove '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/signal-xenial.listsudo': No such file or directory
david@david-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC:~$ sudo apt update
[sudo] password for david:          
Get:1 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease [10,2 kB]           
Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [88,7 kB]    
Get:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic/partner amd64 Packages [1.592 B]
Get:4 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic/partner i386 Packages [1.588 B]
Get:5 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu bionic/partner Translation-en [1.004 B]
Get:6 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages [1.784 kB]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gezakovacs/ppa/ubuntu bionic InRelease [15,4 kB]
Get:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gezakovacs/ppa/ubuntu bionic/main Sources [808 B]
Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease [242 kB]               
Get:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gezakovacs/ppa/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages [792 B]
Get:11 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gezakovacs/ppa/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages [792 B]
Get:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/gezakovacs/ppa/ubuntu bionic/main Translation-en [436 B]
Get:13 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88,7 kB]     
Get:14 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main i386 Packages [1.006 kB]
Get:15 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74,6 kB]   
Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main Translation-en [329 kB]
Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [48,5 kB]
Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/restricted i386 Packages [19,2 kB]
Get:19 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/restricted amd64 Packages [365 kB]
Get:20 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/restricted Translation-en [48,9 kB]
Get:21 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe i386 Packages [983 kB]
Get:22 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages [1.019 kB]  
Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 Packages [1.130 kB]
Get:24 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe Translation-en [256 kB]
Get:25 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [57,8 kB]
Get:26 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse i386 Packages [6.480 B]
Get:27 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 Packages [19,2 kB]
Get:28 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse Translation-en [4.412 B]
Get:29 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2.464 B]
Get:30 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main i386 Packages [1.007 kB]   
Get:31 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main Translation-en [516 kB]    
Get:32 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [477 kB]
Get:33 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted i386 Packages [9.156 B]
Get:34 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted amd64 Packages [9.184 B]
Get:35 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/restricted Translation-en [3.584 B]
Get:36 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages [8.570 kB]
Ign:37 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia InRelease                          
Get:38 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia Release [24,1 kB]                  
Get:39 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia Release.gpg [833 B]                
Get:40 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia/main i386 Packages [14,3 kB]       
Get:41 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia/main amd64 Packages [14,9 kB]      
Get:42 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia/upstream i386 Packages [43,0 kB]   
Get:43 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia/upstream amd64 Packages [43,0 kB]  
Get:44 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia/import i386 Packages [7.817 B]     
Get:45 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia/import amd64 Packages [9.044 B]    
Get:46 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia/backport amd64 Packages [79,4 kB]  
Get:47 http://packages.linuxmint.com tricia/backport i386 Packages [79,4 kB]   
Get:48 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages [8.531 kB]
Get:49 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe Translation-en [4.941 kB]
Get:50 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [3.287 kB]
Get:51 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse i386 Packages [144 kB]
Get:52 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse amd64 Packages [151 kB]
Get:53 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse Translation-en [108 kB]
Get:54 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [49,7 kB]
Get:55 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages [2.132 kB]
Get:56 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main i386 Packages [1.312 kB]
Get:57 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main Translation-en [422 kB]
Get:58 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [294 kB]
Get:59 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/restricted i386 Packages [25,8 kB]
Get:60 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/restricted amd64 Packages [389 kB]
Get:61 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/restricted Translation-en [52,8 kB]
Get:62 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe i386 Packages [1.568 kB]
Get:63 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 Packages [1.739 kB]
Get:64 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe Translation-en [371 kB]
Get:65 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [288 kB]
Get:66 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages [26,6 kB]
Get:67 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse i386 Packages [11,6 kB]
Get:68 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse Translation-en [6.792 B]
Get:69 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [2.468 B]
Get:70 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/main amd64 Packages [10,0 kB]
Get:71 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/main i386 Packages [10,0 kB]
Get:72 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/main Translation-en [4.764 B]
Get:73 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 Packages [10,3 kB]
Get:74 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe i386 Packages [10,3 kB]
Get:75 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe Translation-en [4.588 B]
Get:76 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [9.272 B]
Fetched 44,4 MB in 1min 20s (553 kB/s)                                         
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
25 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
david@david-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC:~$
Software Sources would not respond...
Thank you for the help.
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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Karlchen, here is the data from dpkg --list 'opera*' ....

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david@david-HP-Pavilion-g7-Notebook-PC:~$ dpkg --list 'opera*'
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
un  opera          <none>       <none>       (no description available)
iHR opera-stable   77.0.4054.14 amd64        Fast, secure, easy-to-use web bro
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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karlchen wrote: ⤴Tue Jul 13, 2021 12:08 pm Hello, dave1new.

About the problem when trying to uninstall Opera (package opera-stable), reported in your initial post at the top of this thread:
The error message

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E: The package opera-stable needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
E: Internal error opening cache (1). Please report.
implies 2 things:
  1. The software package opera-stable has been uninstalled only partially and is in an inconsistent state. This is why, following its inbuilt logic, the software management system first wants to re-install opera-stable in order to be able to remove it completely afterwards. (Really.)
  2. The other thing is that the repo, which once pointed to Opera software, is no longer in your software repositories. Cf. your own repository list shared above.
Please, execute the following terminal command and share its complete output with us: dpkg --list 'opera*'
This should tell us in which state your Opera installation is.

Regards,
Karl
Karl, thanks for the response... Below are the results for the terminal entries you suggested... But I still have several issues:1/ I made a change in Software Sources... 2/ Software Mgr will not conduct install/uninstall processes .. 3/ The Update Mgr has a big X on the shield and will not do updates/ refers to Opera update error!!!

I am recovering from a heart event and I am having good days and not so good days. My tardiness is not intentional. I am retired and trying to return to Canada for testing but covid and reaction to meds is restricting my ability to travel... My old computer is my literal life-line... Any help rendered is much appreciated... Thank you, David
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

Post by mikeflan »

Hi @dave1new. These guys will probably come up with more ideas soon.
In the meantime, do you run Timeshift? Have you ever restored a snapshot?
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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Hi Mikeflan, I do have snapshots but have never used one... :lol:
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

Post by dave1new »

Mikeflan Etal, I have checked Timeshift and the only one available that is pre this event is in Dec,2020. I fear massive time with updates etc.. But can someone also advise me of the possible ramifications if my current problems are a virus or some such malware???
Thank you all, David
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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I say try Timeshift if nobody comes up with a better idea. You can timeshift backwards and then return to the current if you need to for some reason.

I also recommend taking a whole disk (or whole partition) image every once in a while. They can come in handy at times like these.

Forget about viruses and malware. They are so rare on Linux you are unlikely to see one this decade.
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Re: Problem with Opera and LM uninstall/install

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I would highly recommend avoiding Opera (https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/opera.html). This might be your opportunity to find a better browser (like Ungoogled Chromium, in the Software Mgr).
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