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  1. April 3rd, 2002, 06:10 PM #1
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    Question Opera for Linux

    Hey all,
    I have Red Hat 7.1 installed on a pentium II 300 and i am trying to get opera installed on it. I downloaded the rpm for it and tried to install it. When I did rpm -ivh (filename) It said i need libXm.so.2. Where do I find this and how do I install it when I find it? Is it on the CD?
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  2. April 3rd, 2002, 06:18 PM #2
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    It should be on the CD, because opera comes with RH (atleast I am pretty sure it came with 7.2). Anyway, search google, I am sure it is there someplace. Also, since you must be running some version of X, go to www.ximian.com They have a program called RedCarpet which is pretty cool. I am pretty sure that it supporst updates on opera.
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  3. April 3rd, 2002, 06:19 PM #3
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    tried googleing for the lib, that usualy works...

    I have had no probs what so ever with the opera 4 linux...
    But then, I never use RPM's...

    Just the tgz

    It has a nice install script with it..
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  4. April 3rd, 2002, 06:24 PM #4
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    Originally posted here by the_JinX
    tried googleing for the lib, that usualy works...

    I have had no probs what so ever with the opera 4 linux...
    But then, I never use RPM's...

    Just the tgz

    It has a nice install script with it..
    Do you use the dynamicly linked or staticly linked? Whats the difference?
    How do you install it?
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    You probably seen the .DLLs in Windows? Tried deleting some from c:\winnt\system32\?
    Well, what's gonna happen is that applications are gonna fail to execute because the DLLs are missing. Where I'm getting at is that these applications are Dynamically Linked (DLL=Dynamic Linked Library), different apps can use the same libraries. This saves space.

    Same thing in Linux, there are libraries and you can link your applicaions to these. With static linking you include the whole library into your executable, which makes the application bigger. But then again you won't have the problem with missing (deleted) libraries.
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  7. April 3rd, 2002, 06:35 PM #6
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    I use the dynamicly linked ones..

    But I compiled my own QT libs..

    QT is the library behind Opera and KDE (www.trolltech.com)

    there is a script u have to execute as root soething like Setup or something

    just type ./Setup

    (if the file name = Setup
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  8. April 3rd, 2002, 06:43 PM #7
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    What should I run ? Gnome or KDE?
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  9. April 3rd, 2002, 07:01 PM #8
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    Hehe that question will start a small war! But from my experiences using both Desktops, they are both excellent.
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  11. April 3rd, 2002, 07:02 PM #9
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    Also, I downloaded and installed opera for Red Hat 7.2 without a hitch. Worked beautifully.
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  12. April 3rd, 2002, 07:07 PM #10
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    Originally posted here by uraloony
    Hehe that question will start a small war! But from my experiences using both Desktops, they are both excellent.
    ussually I will install both but I only have a one gig harddrive for now.
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