Installed 'Opera for Linux' from Web, but Opera appears as "Uninstalled" in Software Manager

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I installed "Opera for Linux" from the web. During the installation, I was asked if I wanted to include Opera in future updates, to which I answered 'yes'.

Now, when I go to Administration > Software Manager > Internet, Opera appears without the checkmark, which tells me that Opera is not installed!

What happened? Can I fix this?

Thanks, guys.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

What version of Linux, and what specific package (the filename) of Opera? I'm presuming the program does run properly as you only talked about updates ...

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I assume that the "software manager" is just the snap store app which mentions opera as not installed, because it was not installed as a snap but from the deb file...
So ignore it. If you want to check that opera is installed, use a proper app like synaptic or dpkg like so

$ dpkg -l | grep opera
ii  opera-stable                           67.0.3575.53                        amd64        Fast, secure, easy-to-use web browser