Opera 124.0.5705.42 Stable update

TheLamer

TheLamer @Opera-QA-Team

The deb is busted since this release:

11.74 Setting up opera-stable (124.0.5705.42) ...
11.82 update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/opera-stable doesn't exist
11.85 dpkg: error processing package opera-stable (--configure):
11.85  installed opera-stable package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2

Tested on bookworm, Trixie, and Noble. Related to renaming the package but the deb contents do not contain that bin.

./bin
./bin/opera

The problem is specifically in your postinst in the deb:

EOF
            chmod 755 /etc/cron.daily/opera-browser
            # Run once now to add Opera's pgp key to apt's keyring
            /etc/cron.daily/opera-browser > /dev/null 2>&1


        update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-www-browser x-www-browser /usr/bin/opera-stable 120 \
                --slave /usr/share/man/man1/x-www-browser.1.gz x-www-browser.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/opera-stable.1.gz
        update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser gnome-www-browser /usr/bin/opera-stable 120 \
                --slave /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-www-browser.1.gz gnome-www-browser.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/opera-stable.1.gz
        ;;

esac

Because the name was changed your deb build env looks like it templates that name into the post install hooks and every deb is failing now.

Kilian01

Kilian01

Linux release is now available but fails to properly install. Please fix this immediately. I may remind you that this is calld stable, not beta or developer.

Scrofa

Scrofa

After the 124.0.5705.42 update I am unable to even open Opera in Ubuntu. Fix this.

ironbone

ironbone

The snap opera version does not work with Wayland on Ubuntu

ironbone

ironbone @Scrofa

@scrofa: try as a temporary solution
opera --ozone-platform=x11

Scrofa

Scrofa @ironbone

@ironbone Thanks. It opens with that command but how can I keep it opened without closing the terminal?

lfr1138

lfr1138 @TheLamer

@TheLamer I am also experiencing this on Linux Mint 22.1. After uninstalling and attempting to reinstall from the downloaded .deb I see a message saying "Dependency is not satisfiable: libglib2.0-0(>=2.39.4)" and cannot install. A search of my installed packages yields:
"ii libglib2.0-0t64:amd64 2.80.0-6ubuntu3.4 amd64 GLib library of C routines"

Clearly multiple things are amiss with this .deb installer.

filbo

filbo @Opera-QA-Team

@opera-qa-team: same thing as @thelamer

The Linux APT .deb for opera-stable (specifically) is failing on install due to:

update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-www-browser x-www-browser /usr/bin/opera-stable 120 \                                                                  --slave /usr/share/man/man1/x-www-browser.1.gz x-www-browser.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/opera-stable.1.gz                                         update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser gnome-www-browser /usr/bin/opera-stable 120 \                                                          --slave /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-www-browser.1.gz gnome-www-browser.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/opera-stable.1.gz

-- which tries to link /usr/bin/opera-stable as /usr/bin/{x,gnome}-www-browser. Since the binary is /usr/bin/opera (sans -stable), this fails.

I note that it fails despite the priority 120 being lower than other choices (which means it will never in fact need to follow the path you've supplied). This seems like a tiny bug in update-alternatives(1), fwiw.

This should be fixed by changing the code to tell it to link /usr/bin/opera. You could also actually rename the binary, but if you do that, there will be many other changes elsewhere in your packaging, so I wouldn't go that way.

Meanwhile, your code also has a few other anomalies in this area. The postinst scripts for opera-developer, opera-beta, and opera-stable all give the same priority of 120. Other browsers give a higher priority to their 'stable' branch and successively lower for less stable branches.

And you instruct it to link man pages which do not in fact exist. This apparently doesn't bother update-alternatives even if your candidate is the winner, oddly enough.

filbo

filbo @filbo

A simple workaround for this install issue: cd /usr/bin; sudo ln -is opera opera-stable.

This can be done before the install; or after a failed / partial install. Then run apt reinstall opera-stable to finish.

Opera-QA-Team

Opera-QA-Team Opera @Urby938

@urby938: Hi, thanks for pointing this out. Are they working for you in another browser? I checked and cannot trigger it in Chrome. Could you check?

thelittlebrowserthatcould

thelittlebrowserthatcould @Kilian01

@kilian01: fixed, when I booted up at 07:45 UTC, 2025-11-26.

thelittlebrowserthatcould

thelittlebrowserthatcould

Now that my Linux version has successfully installed, I did have to update the location for the lib_extra folder.
My libffmpegDOTso from September still seemed OK, but I updated it anyway, from: https://github.com/Ld-Hagen/fix-opera-linux-ffmpeg-widevine/releases/latest

ironbone

ironbone @Scrofa

@scrofa: I have change for this moment, on the login page, Wayland to x11, to use it. Then opera will start without problems

bbildman

bbildman @Opera-QA-Team

@Opera-QA-Team said in Opera 124.0.5705.42 Stable update:

@bbildman: Hi, thanks for the feedback, we will investigate the issue. So this happened after update to v122? Is it only about your old SpeedDials, or also newly added? What icons can you see when you go to opera://bookmarks -> folder Speed Dials? Are they OK or also changed?

I got so frustrated with it, I opened all the blank Speed DIal icons and just uploaded a new icon (Set Cistom Image)...of course now I have icons in all. However I have one icon that I did not change, and opening it in opera://bookmarks displays the same blank icon as before. SO it's not just the SPeed Dial page it also with the opera://bookmarks page

Urby938

Urby938 @Opera-QA-Team

@opera-qa-team: in every other browser youtube notifications works good for me so it has to be some serious bug in Opera

raphaelbm

raphaelbm

Changelog is broken. I get Error 404
Please fix asap. Thx Raphael

see https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/changelog-for-124/

Opera-QA-Team

Opera-QA-Team Opera @Kilian01

@kilian01: Hi, thanks for reporting! The issue is already fixed, please check the latest version for Linux: 124.0.5705.70.

Opera-QA-Team

Opera-QA-Team Opera @Scrofa

@scrofa: Hi, thanks for reporting! The issue is already fixed, please check the latest version for Linux: 124.0.5705.70.

Opera-QA-Team

Opera-QA-Team Opera @ironbone

@ironbone: Hi, thanks for reporting! The issue is already fixed, please check the latest version for Linux: 124.0.5705.70.

raphaelbm

raphaelbm @raphaelbm

@raphaelbm: @raphaelbm: now fixed on. 13:15