Opera 9.0 issue

[simonium]

I'm having a problem running Opera 9.0, after aparently succesfully installing it on my 300mhz G3 iBook. While there will be an icon in the applications internet menu, nothing happens when I click on it. Earlier versions of Opera wouldn't install on my computer at all, so this is the closest I've come to being able to use a program I've used for years and years. It's fairly frustrating.

I'd really appreciate any assistance anyone can offer.

Thanks!

[evilghost]

Try running Opera from the terminal and see if it segmentation faults. If so, it's likely due to a plugin issue. Opera will use plugins from Firefox and some are not compatible. When I was using Opera I had to move a few. I'm away from my Linux box at the moment so hopefully tonight I can give you more information.

[simonium]

Running Opera from Terminal landed me this:

ERROR: ld.so: object 'libjvm.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
ERROR: ld.so: object 'libawt.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
/usr/lib/opera/9.0-20060616.3/opera: error while loading shared libraries: libst dc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Thanks so much for your help. What does this mean to you?

[evilghost]

The first two are actually 'normal', looks like you're missing libstdc++.

In terminal, type:


sudo apt-get install libstdc++5


After it installs libstc++5 re-run Opera in the terminal and post any output if Opera fails to load.

[simonium]

Thank you sooo much! That worked, and Opera does too. Firefox was like walking through molasses on my little computer, so it's nice to have Opera back.

Now, can I use that code to fix other missing files I might come across in the future?

Thanks again. Happy fourth!

[evilghost]

Sure, apt is what Debian/Ubuntu uses for the package management system. apt-get is really a subset of apt for the command-line. The GUI version is called Synaptic Package Manager.

Happy Independence Day to you as well. :)

[Deacon Nikolai]

:KS Good to know as I planned to install Opera 9.0 too, Thank you and happy Independence Day to you both!

[kadymae]

The first two are actually 'normal', looks like you're missing libstdc++.


Bless you! I've been wrestling with failed Opera installs for 3 weeks now.

Installed this via synaptic and HHJJ! it worked!

[RavenOfOdin]

I had the libstdc problem as well, and I also had to install libqt3-mt.

But I'm running it now and 9.0 quite honestly looks like a job well done on the part of the Opera developers. I'm not a big fan of some of the clauses in the license agreement that popped up on first run, but I'll keep it around anyway.