Finally ... opera

[noshellswill]

Gents:

Don't remember how many times I failed installing OPERA browser. Let's
say N-times ... This time, from the OPERA site I DLoaded ( with FireFox )
the Ubuntu version which turned out to be a *.deb file , and punched it up
on my desktop. Hit "open" for the Nth+1 time ... and get the same
inscrutable error message which to the casual lusr reads something
like ...%^$!#((#@@##^)~)&!-... ???

"Flocked again" I think and grab 2x shot of WTurkey from the fridge
thinking I+machine have caught an early version of birdflue ... and then I
remember a comment that < DPKG > is the part of debian that makes the
entire distro unusable, so imagining that my DESKTOP is magically
connected to the /home/myname directory I <copy> the debfile_name & type
in a console:

sudo dpkg -i (*).deb

.... and the blasted featherbrained sucker installs .........................


I need another drink

nss
****************

[Margaret Wilson]

noshellswill wrote:
<snip>

>
> sudo dpkg -i (*).deb
>
> ... and the blasted featherbrained sucker installs .........................

Even though I'm not a gent, ;-) thanks for that post. This information
will come in very handy!!

Regards,

Margaret

[Florian Diesch]

noshellswill <noshellswill@hotmail.com> writes:

> Don't remember how many times I failed installing OPERA browser. Let's
> say N-times ... This time, from the OPERA site I DLoaded ( with FireFox )
> the Ubuntu version which turned out to be a *.deb file , and punched it up
> on my desktop. Hit "open" for the Nth+1 time ... and get the same
> inscrutable error message which to the casual lusr reads something
> like ...%^$!#((#@@##^)~)&!-... ???
>
> "Flocked again" I think and grab 2x shot of WTurkey from the fridge
> thinking I+machine have caught an early version of birdflue ... and then I
> remember a comment that < DPKG > is the part of debian that makes the
> entire distro unusable, so imagining that my DESKTOP is magically
> connected to the /home/myname directory I <copy> the debfile_name & type
> in a console:
>
> sudo dpkg -i (*).deb
>
> ... and the blasted featherbrained sucker installs .........................
>
>
> I need another drink

Reading the Ubuntu Starter Guide would be helpful too.


Florian
--
You're suggesting MS stands for 'Mimick or Steal', right?
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[noshellswill]

On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:52:08 -0500, Margaret Wilson wrote:

> noshellswill wrote:
> <snip>

>>
>> sudo dpkg -i (*).deb
>>
>> ... and the blasted featherbrained sucker installs .........................

>
> Even though I'm not a gent, ;-) thanks for that post. This information
> will come in very handy!!
>
> Regards,
>
> Margaret

Ms Wilson:

Pleased to help. Now if I ONLY had a clue howto generate an
"assertable" icon on my desktop for OPERA ( & Mathematica, & Aegis ... ) I
would go out drinking tonight instead of grading final-exams.

ray aka nss
**************

[KC1DI]

noshellswill wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Mar 2006 09:52:08 -0500, Margaret Wilson wrote:
>

>> noshellswill wrote:
>> <snip>

>>> sudo dpkg -i (*).deb
>>>
>>> ... and the blasted featherbrained sucker installs .........................

>> Even though I'm not a gent, ;-) thanks for that post. This information
>> will come in very handy!!
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Margaret

>
> Ms Wilson:
>
> Pleased to help. Now if I ONLY had a clue howto generate an
> "assertable" icon on my desktop for OPERA ( & Mathematica, & Aegis ... ) I
> would go out drinking tonight instead of grading final-exams.
>
> ray aka nss
> **************
>

rigth click on the desktop and click Launcher.