How to install opera browser on Lubuntu

 

Besides mozilla firefox and google chrome, you can also install opera web browser on your lubuntu, in this article i will show you how to install opera web browser on lubuntu.

Why i want three different web browser on my computer? i only need one browser to surf the web. Welll, maybe you are a web developer so you need to test your web app on different browsers, you definitely need to add opera on your computer.

NOTE:

This tutorial only works for lubuntu 64 bit version, because opera choose not to support 32 bit linux anymore, so make sure you have 64 bit lubuntu.

Step by step how to install opera web browser on lubuntu

• Download the latest opera browser from opera official website (debian package .deb)
• Open command line/terminal/console and go to the directory where the debian package is located, assume that it's on "Downloads" folder inside your home folder, to go there type this command:



cd ~/Downloads



• Finally install the opera itself using sudo dpkg -i command followed by the name of the debian package, for example mine was opera-stable_33.0.1990.115_amd64.deb so i type this command:



sudo dpkg -i opera-stable_33.0.1990.115_amd64.deb



• There will be a confirmation "Do you want to update Opera together with the rest of the system?" select "Yes".



kernelpanic@kernelpanic:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i opera-stable_33.0.1990.115_amd64.deb 
[sudo] password for kernelpanic: 
Selecting previously unselected package opera-stable.
(Reading database ... 109076 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack opera-stable_33.0.1990.115_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking opera-stable (33.0.1990.115) ...
Setting up opera-stable (33.0.1990.115) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/opera to provide /usr/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/man1/x-www-browser.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/man1/opera.1.gz (of link group x-www-browser) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/opera to provide /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser (gnome-www-browser) in auto mode
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-www-browser.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/man1/opera.1.gz (of link group gnome-www-browser) doesn't exist
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58ubuntu1) ...






• Done, now you have opera web browser on your lubuntu
 

 

That's it, that's how you install opera web browser on lubuntu operating system, pretty easy isn't it?

~ enjoy ~