Dependency problems on Linux Mint

[fherman]

fherman last edited by

opera-stable depends on libqt5gui5 (>= 5.10.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.10.0); however:
Version of libqt5gui5:amd64 on system is 5.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu2.6.
Package libqt5gui5-gles is not installed.

This is an ongoing problem for a last few upgrades of opera-stable. Is this too hard to fix?

[fherman]

fherman @fherman last edited by

@fherman said in Dependency problems on Linux Mint:

Package libqt5gui5-gles is not installed.

Also, Package libqt5gui5-gles is not in the repository, so I can't install it.

[sorenfeodor]

sorenfeodor @fherman last edited by

@fherman I imagine you are on an "older" version of Mint? I have libqt5gui5 version 5.12.8 in Mint 21.3.

Consider updating Mint; I think it will be easier than working out how to get a newer version of libqt5gui5 than what is available for your version of mint. Alternatively, try installing opera via snap.

[fherman]

fherman @sorenfeodor last edited by

@sorenfeodor Yes, you're right, I have an older version of Mint, 19, and maybe will upgrade soon. Always risky even with backups and timeshift.

I did try the snap version which did install OK, but it was unable to completely sync with the deb version, either though I have opera synced on 4 devices. I saw no way to import bookmarks & passwords from another local installation, so I abandoned the the snap installation.

Thanks for your response.

[pindos]

pindos @sorenfeodor last edited by

@sorenfeodor said in Dependency problems on Linux Mint:

I have libqt5gui5 version 5.12.8 in Mint 21.3.

Perhaps, you mean Linux Mint 20.3? There is no 21.3 yet. The actual release is 21 now.

[sorenfeodor]

sorenfeodor @pindos last edited by

@pindos You are right, of course: 20.3, not 21.3.

[User-Opera1982]

User-Opera1982 @fherman last edited by

@fherman
Maybe there is a Program that prevents the libqt5gui5 update.
Try this:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libqt5gui

after that maybe you get a hint what program is preventing the update of that library.

Just my 2 cents,
User-Opera1982

[fherman]

fherman @User-Opera1982 last edited by

@user-opera1982 I believe this all stems from my having an older version of Mint. I decided it was time to do a major upgrade, but as usual, the upgrade failed miserably on the final step because of the virtual file system on the machine. Since it was time to also upgrade hardware, I did a build on a newer box. I had sufficient backups, but because I had a lot of development packages, it was a very time consuming process.

Yes, I had previously tried your suggestion, but that didn't resolve things. Thank you anyway.

[fonm]

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# dpkg --install --ignore-depends=libqt5gui5-gles opera-stable_93.0.4585.37_amd64.deb ?

[fherman]

fherman @fonm last edited by

@fonm That probably would solve the dependency problem. But I went through the pain and suffering of the long overdue rebuilding of my workstation to upgrade both the hardware and to install Mint 20. The dependency problem didn't occur anymore.

However, even now, Opera will still not work with things like Twitch and a few other stream content formats. I still get : This video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser. (Error #4000)

I tried adding all kinds of codecs to try to solve the problem, but get the usual error code. I tried to remove ad and tracking blockers to see if that would help. Nope.

Is it too hard for the Opera" developers to test their browser against popular websites, and fix problems which I find are reported extensively for Linux installations?

I'm an end-user, not a browser developer. I've wasted way too much time on this and other issues with Opera. Except for the very good text-flow function on Android apps which works great on my tablet, Opera has no compelling reason to be used over browsers such as Firefox.

Sorry for the rant, but I've had it with Opera.

Thank you for your suggestion. --Fred

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @fherman last edited by

@fherman said in Dependency problems on Linux Mint:

However, even now, Opera will still not work with things like Twitch and a few other stream content formats. I still get : This video is either unavailable or not supported in this browser. (Error #4000

Hopefully this post will help with that. Opera can't do anything about it for legal reasons.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426

but there's no problem with every other browser

have you got a link to Opera's explanation about the legal reasons

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@u1travio1et See https://forums.opera.com/post/150324

[fherman]

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[A Former User]

A Former User @leocg last edited by

@leocg thanks for that
weird that Vivaldi (a smaller company) on Linux Mint works as expected

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@u1travio1et Vivaldi is in the same boat as Opera. Vivaldi just takes the chance and includes a script that automatically fetches libffmpeg.so.

[A Former User]

A Former User @burnout426 last edited by

@burnout426 thus doing what Opera can't

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer @Guest last edited by

@u1travio1et Yep.

[teddkon]

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I've been using Opera as a snap package with Linux Mint for several versions and it seems to work well.

[fherman]

fherman @teddkon last edited by

@teddkon Yes, I tried that. I think I reported that. The problem I had was, for whatever reason, the snap installation was unable to import/use the bookmarks, passwords, etc, (of which I had a lot) from the .deb installation, so it was worthless for me. Yes it did solve some of the codec issues.

I have abandoned Opera and moved back to FireFox which has greatly improved since I use it a few years back. Plus I don't have to concern myself that Opera is now essentially owned by the ChiComs and all the dirty tricks these folks play in their cyber warfare.