How to install, and run the Opera 20 for Windows, under Linux box, using the Wine app.

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

Additional notice: to launch the latest Opera 21 (currently version 21.0.1432.5) for Windows under Linux (using Wine) by following the above steps, you no longer need to add the " --disable-gpu" switch, you can run the Opera 21 as follows:

/usr/bin/wine launcher.exe --no-sandbox --ppapi-startup-dialog &>/dev/null

Therefore, one can edit the launch script for the Opera 21, and safely remove this switch.

Of course, can still be the graphics card, for which the graphics hardware acceleration is not supported yet in this version of Opera 21, and in that case (when you will see a black screen), you need to reedit the launch script, and add the switch back.

[ukbeast]

ukbeast last edited by

I followed your directions on kubuntu 14.04 using wine1.7.14 but there is no window, but "welcome to opera" window bar is shown

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

One important correction (forgot to mention, please excuse me) - you need to copy also three files from main installation dir: go to the installation root (mentioned in step 1), and copy the "installation_status.xml", installer_prefs.json", and "launcher.exe", to the "opera20usb" on your usb drive, and then copy these files to the "...Program Files/opera20usb" (mentioned in step 3) in the Wine user profile directory on your Linux box.

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

Next notice: you can update the Opera 20 to the latest build 20.0.1387.77, which includes few important fixes.

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

there is no window, but "welcome to opera" window bar is shown
Hi Ukbeast, I think, that I know, what can cause the issue in your case: lack of one or two, preconfigured sections in the "Preferences" file, which should include lines as below:

{
   "browser": {
      "window_placement": {
         "height": 327,
         "left": 46,
         "maximized": true,
         "top": 28,
         "width": 761
      }
   },
   "session": {
      "restore_on_startup": 5
   }
}

In addition, if one answered the question about statistics, then the file should include also the "statistics" section, as below:

{
   "browser": {
      "window_placement": {
         "height": 327,
         "left": 46,
         "maximized": true,
         "top": 28,
         "width": 761
      }
   },
   "session": {
      "restore_on_startup": 5
   },
   "statistics": {
      "collection_asked": true,
      "collection_enabled": false
   }
}

I hope, that this will help to solve the problem

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

One correction of the mistake in the launch script, please replace the line:

cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/opera20usb"

with this:

cd ~/".wine/drive_c/Program Files/opera20usb"

or with this - it also works:

cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/opera20usb

[ukbeast]

ukbeast last edited by

Thanks mate
My findings:

1. flash works but is slow due to no hardware acceleration (intel b820 integrated GPU)
2. Divx web plugin does not work
3. fonts are rough
   4 HTML5 youtube full-screen does not work.

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

You're welcome

Additional progress: regarding the GPU hardware acceleration, and the problem with a black screen.

Try to remove the "--disable-gpu" switch in the launch script, and replace it with "--disable-gpu-compositing". After this change, the Opera should work also well, and even better for most GPUs.

Launch the Opera, go to the address bar, and type "opera:gpu", and press enter. Here, on my Linux box, the statuses for almost all graphics functions are in green

[frenzie]

frenzie last edited by

I think it's easier to use a VM. Microsoft offers images on http://modern.ie

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

Hi Frenzie, nice to see you also here

Yep, I already installed several instances of the virtual machines (e.g. VMware Player, Oracle VM VirtualBox), I have all of the Opera's streams installed there, and I'm experimenting with them from time to time, nevertheless I thought, that I can also try, a bit more native Linux solution, and a little more close to the Open Source like Wine, instead to use licensed M$ software

[onlinepiercingshop-com]

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Great guide, thank you. But https does not work. You can solve this problem?

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

Hi, you're welcome Which version of Wine? Here it works without problem, for example encrypted google, opens without issues.

[onlinepiercingshop-com]

onlinepiercingshop-com last edited by

Hi l33t4opera,

Opera
Version: 20.0.1387.91
Update stream: Stable
System: Windows XP 32-bit
Browser identification
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/33.0.1750.154 Safari/537.36 OPR/20.0.1387.91

Wine 1.6.1

[onlinepiercingshop-com]

onlinepiercingshop-com last edited by

just tried another version of wine (1.7.17), it's works!, thanks!

[l33t4opera]

l33t4opera last edited by

I'm glad, that you made it, congrats