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    Opera 49.0.2725.34 not launching on Kali after install

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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      I've had no problems with Opera in the past. I made an update to 49.0.2725.34 and it stopped launching.

      cat /etc/lsb-release

      DISTRIB_ID=Kali
      DISTRIB_RELEASE=kali-rolling
      DISTRIB_CODENAME=kali-rolling
      DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Kali GNU/Linux Rolling"

      I was able to install and launch a much older version of Opera 12 with no problems.
      Output from my most recent install of Opera 49:

      dpkg -i opera*

      Selecting previously unselected package opera-stable.
      dpkg: considering removing opera in favour of opera-stable ...
      dpkg: yes, will remove opera in favour of opera-stable
      (Reading database ... 434945 files and directories currently installed.)
      Preparing to unpack opera-stable_49.0.2725.34_amd64.deb ...
      update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/firefox-esr to provide /usr/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode
      update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/firefox-esr to provide /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser (gnome-www-browser) in auto mode
      Unpacking opera-stable (49.0.2725.34) ...
      Setting up opera-stable (49.0.2725.34) ...
      update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/opera to provide /usr/bin/x-www-browser (x-www-browser) in auto mode
      update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/man1/x-www-browser.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/man1/opera.1.gz (of link group x-www-browser) doesn't exist
      update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/opera to provide /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser (gnome-www-browser) in auto mode
      update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-www-browser.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/man1/opera.1.gz (of link group gnome-www-browser) doesn't exist
      Processing triggers for menu (2.1.47+b1) ...
      Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-1) ...
      Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-9) ...
      Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-2) ...
      Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
      Processing triggers for shared-mime-info (1.9-2) ...
      Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...

      Appreciate your suggestions.

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      • A Former User
        A Former User last edited by

        If you use kali as stock, that means with only the root user available, it's because opera can not be run as root
        # opera [1113/071120.729838:ERROR:zygote_host_impl_linux.cc(88)] Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported. See https://crbug.com/638180.

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