Problems installing browser updateForum: Apps Topic: Problems installing browser update started by: PaulFXH Posted by PaulFXH on Aug. 19 2007,14:47
Just about a week ago I installed Opera 9.22 without problems.Now I'm trying to install the update (9.23) and just can't remember how I did it the last time. The download comes as a .tar.gz file. So, I unzipped it (gunzip) and then untarred it( tar xvf) and CDed into the resulting directory. Here I tried dsl-dpkg.dsl which gives a "command not found error" (although I had just downloaded this). Then I tried "install.sh" and it started off fine but stopped after a few lines complaining that I didn't have write permssion for some directory or other. So, then I tried "sudo install.sh" and this time I get a "no such file or directory error". I know this has to be simple but the solution is eluding me. Please help Paul Posted by PaulFXH on Aug. 19 2007,16:05
Well, I finally got the update installed by using dpkg -i on the .deb file version of the download.Strangely, I'm sure I used the .tar.gz the last time but I really cannot find how to install this. Although I don't need this urgently, it would be good to know what I overlooked. Thanks Paul Posted by curaga on Aug. 19 2007,16:25
You don't need to install it, just untar it whereever you need and launch opera with "opera" in the unpacked dir..
Posted by PaulFXH on Aug. 19 2007,16:42
Ah, OK.That might explain why the "dpkg -i" that I did on the .deb package seemed to finish in 1-2 seconds when in Ubuntu it might take 10-20 seconds. Perhaps the untar that I had already done was the real reason that Opera 9.23 became available to me. Thanks for the clarification |