Problems downloading Opera 9.50 for Ubuntu

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> I am using Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 and the Opera version 9.50 Beta 2.
> When I try to download the newest version from
> http://www.opera.com/download/ Ubuntu says I already have a newer
> version. Isn't the 9.50 version on that download page the newest? Thanks
> for any answer.
>
> Artie
>
Same here with 9.50beta build 1643.
I'll be interested to read the fix for this.

Carl

Ian Anderson wrote:

> I'm familiar with Opera on Windows but new to Ubuntu which I've
> recently installed. I've downloaded and installed Opera 9.5 without
> problems but when I try to edit 'opera6.adr' I can't get access.
>
> Can anyone help or point me in the right direction?

Did you try to edit the file opera6.adr _not_ in your
home directory (e.g. /usr/share/opera/opera6.adr or
/usr/share/opera/locale/en/opera6.adr)?
How about the opera6.adr _in your home directory_
(/home/$YOUR_USERNAME/.opera/opera6.adr)?

BTW here are some Linux/Unix essentials:

http://www.linuxbasis.org/linux-howtos.html#newbie

Ubuntu documentation:

https://help.ubuntu.com/


Ciao,
Christian
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On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:51:36 +0200, Christian Hoeller
<spam-nirvana RemoveThis @news.linux-drivers.org> wrote:

> Arthur Engh wrote:
>> I am using Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 and the Opera version 9.50 Beta 2.
>> When
>> I try to download the newest version from http://www.opera.com/download/
>> Ubuntu says I already have a newer version. Isn't the 9.50 version on
>> that
>> download page the newest? Thanks for any answer.
>
> Maybe the old beta version looks newer for the package system because
> of the number behind the "9.50". So a 'dpkg -r opera' before installing
> Opera 9.50 final should help
>
>
> Ciao,
> Christian
>
Thanks for the suggestion but I didn't understand the dpkg -r bit. Never
been very good with terminals, they seem to be put in just to get me
terminally confused. Then I checked out Synaptic and found that I could
remove the previous Opera version and install the new one without losing
my preferences and stuff. New Opera works fine for me.

Artie

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On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:27:04 -0400, Ian Anderson <ando DeleteThis @127.0.0.1.invalid> wrote:

> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:36:21 +0200, Christian Hoeller
> <spam-nirvana DeleteThis @news.linux-drivers.org> wrote the following:
>>How about the opera6.adr _in your home directory_
>>(/home/$YOUR_USERNAME/.opera/opera6.adr)?

> Opera isn't listed in the above /home directory.

If you're using a gui file manager, such as konqueror, files and directories
that start with a period are considered hidden. You'll have to select view,
then show hidden files, to be able to see it there, or manually enter the
~/.opera in the location.

Regards, Dave Hodgins

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Op Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:17:43 +0200 schreef Carl Hansen
<cipher99 DeleteThis @sonic.net>:

>> I am using Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 and the Opera version 9.50 Beta 2.
>> When I try to download the newest version from
>> http://www.opera.com/download/ Ubuntu says I already have a newer
>> version. Isn't the 9.50 version on that download page the newest?
>> Thanks for any answer.
>>
>> Artie
>>
> Same here with 9.50beta build 1643.
> I'll be interested to read the fix for this.

Uninstalling the test builds first seems to do the trick.

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