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

[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]

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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]

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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]

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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