[Flathub/SteamOS]Opera GX doesn't open

[kalenhop9]

kalenhop9 last edited by

OS - SteamOS
Version - 129.0.5823.49
Browser does not open even when uninstalling and reinstalling. The new update/version entirely broke the browser so unless you downgrade the version of opera gx you cannot use this browser on linux anymore with flathub.
How to reproduce - Click install from the browser in flathub, simply try to open the browser after that it just won't open even though it should.
Additional Note: trying to run it with konsole (steamos console) gives you this
/app/opera-gx/opera-gx: symbol lookup error: /app/opera-gx/opera-gx: undefined symbol: av_dynamic_hdr_smpte2094_app5_to_t35

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @kalenhop9 last edited by

@kalenhop9 Why that old version? Current one is 134.

[Rylee12325]

Rylee12325 last edited by

While they fix this, here's a temporary solution.

sudo flatpak update --commit=42ca2227b989ec879b8e9771b9634a7928b680ab03cfdf00bc16b65e1fc67cca com.opera.opera-gx

It's just manually downgrading to the version that worked. You just need to make sure you don't reupdate it until there is a new release

[kalenhop9]

kalenhop9 @leocg last edited by

@leocg Because downgrading is the only option to use the browser.
the latest update from
flathub (specifically this app’s update) broke the linux client.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @kalenhop9 last edited by

@kalenhop9 So none of the versions above 129 worked?

[kalenhop9]

kalenhop9 @leocg last edited by

@leocg unless there's a recent update as of now no you can only downgrade to a specific version before this one

[burnout426]

burnout426 Volunteer last edited by burnout426

See https://www.reddit.com/r/OperaGX/comments/1vj3c0d/flatpak_died/ and https://github.com/flathub/com.opera.opera-gx/issues/42 and https://github.com/flathub/com.opera.opera-gx/pulls.