How to Install Opera Browser in Debian
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To Install Opera Browser in Debian
Opera is a fastest and easy-to-use web browser used for Linux distributions. It is designed with a built-in ad blocker, battery saver and free VPN. Some of its advanced features are speed dial, pop-up blocking, private browsing and tabbed browsing. Installation of Opera Browser in Debian is explained in this article.
Installation of Opera Browser
First install gdebi packages with following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install gdebi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
autopoint diffstat gettext gir1.2-vte-2.90 gksu hardening-includes
intltool-debian libapt-pkg-perl libarchive-zip-perl libasprintf-dev
libclone-perl libdigest-hmac-perl libemail-valid-perl libgettextpo-dev
libgettextpo0 libgksu2-0 libio-pty-perl libio-socket-inet6-perl
libipc-run-perl liblist-moreutils-perl libnet-dns-perl
libnet-domain-tld-perl libnet-ip-perl libperlio-gzip-perl libsocket6-perl
libtext-levenshtein-perl lintian patchutils sudo t1utils
Suggested packages:
gettext-doc binutils-multiarch libyaml-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
autopoint diffstat gdebi gettext gir1.2-vte-2.90 gksu hardening-includes
intltool-debian libapt-pkg-perl libarchive-zip-perl libasprintf-dev
libclone-perl libdigest-hmac-perl libemail-valid-perl libgettextpo-dev
libgettextpo0 libgksu2-0 libio-pty-perl libio-socket-inet6-perl
libipc-run-perl liblist-moreutils-perl libnet-dns-perl
libnet-domain-tld-perl libnet-ip-perl libperlio-gzip-perl libsocket6-perl
libtext-levenshtein-perl lintian patchutils sudo t1utils
0 upgraded, 31 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 5,335 kB of archives.
After this operation, 18.7 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main sudo amd64 1.8.10p3-1+deb8u3 [855 kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main libgettextpo0 amd64 0.19.3-2 [138 kB]
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Setting up libio-pty-perl (1:1.08-1+b4) ...
Setting up libipc-run-perl (0.92-1) ...
Setting up liblist-moreutils-perl (0.33-2+b1) ...
Setting up libperlio-gzip-perl (0.18-3+b1) ...
Setting up libtext-levenshtein-perl (0.11-1) ...
Setting up patchutils (0.3.3-1) ...
Setting up t1utils (1.38-4) ...
Setting up lintian (2.5.30+deb8u4) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u6) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (215-17+deb8u5) ...
Download the opera.deb latest file from its official site.
Click on download now option.
Select on OK option to save the file.
Once the download is completed, move it to the Downloads directory.
root@linuxhelp:~# cd /home/user1/Downloads/ root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads# ls -l total 106204 -rw-r--r-- 1 user1 user1 48086530 Nov 18 08:28 opera-stable_41.0.2353.56_amd64.deb -rw-r--r-- 1 user1 user1 60654199 Aug 26 2013 VMwareTools-9.6.0-1294478.tar.gz drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Aug 26 2013 vmware-tools-distrib
Now its time to install Opera browser by using the following command.
root@linuxhelp:/home/user1/Downloads# gdebi opera-stable_41.0.2353.56_amd64.deb Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Building data structures... Done Building data structures... Done Requires the installation of the following packages: apt-transport-https libcurl3 Fast and secure web browser Opera is a fast, secure, and user-friendly web browser. It includes web developer tools, news aggregation, and the ability to compress data via Opera Turbo on congested networks. Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y Get:1 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable/main apt-transport-https amd64 1.0.9.8.3 [138 kB] Get:2 http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates/main libcurl3 amd64 7.38.0-4+deb8u5 [259 kB] Fetched 397 kB in 0s (0 B/s) Selecting previously unselected package libcurl3:amd64. (Reading database ... 146955 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libcurl3_7.38.0-4+deb8u5_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libcurl3:amd64 (7.38.0-4+deb8u5) ... Selecting previously unselected package apt-transport-https. . . .. . . Preparing to unpack .../apt-transport-https_1.0.9.8.3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking apt-transport-https (1.0.9.8.3) ... Setting up libcurl3:amd64 (7.38.0-4+deb8u5) ... Setting up apt-transport-https (1.0.9.8.3) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.19-18+deb8u6) ... Selecting previously unselected package opera-stable. (Reading database ... 146970 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack opera-stable_41.0.2353.56_amd64.deb ... Unpacking opera-stable (41.0.2353.56) ... Setting up opera-stable (41.0.2353.56) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1) ... Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6) ... Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ... Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.3-1) ...
Opera browser is ready to use. Open the opera browser in the Unity Dashboard.
Opera Browser welcome page is shown below,
Search your favorite sites. Have fun!
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