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Opera SFS Package for Wary and Puppy
Opera SFS Package for Wary and Puppy Linux
OPERA 12.15 SFS PACKAGE
This SFS is intended for use with frugal installs - not full installs. It is the final version of Opera 12.15.
The SFS package places Opera files in /opt/opera and Opera runs from /opt/opera/bin/opera. It also contains a custom desktop file, /usr/share/opera.desktop.
The personal settings, bookmarks, cookies, etc are created in /root/.opera . If you are uninstalling a pet or deb of Opera make sure you backup /root/.opera first. Also, ensure that the old opera.desktop file (or opera-browser.desktop file) is removed. If you leave directory /root/.opera in place (or copy it over) the new installation will use those settings.
It has been tested on Wary and Racy. It probably will work with other recent Puppy variants that include Squashfs 4.0 but I have not tested it. Linux kernels 2.6.29 and later require .sfs files built with Squashfs version 4.0. Earlier kernels required .sfs files built with version 3.0 and will not be able to use this SFS package. For multimedia files Opera requires the older mplayerplug-in which is included in Wary and Racy. It is not included in Slacko and Precise but for these Puppy versions it can be added.
I have frugal installs of several Puppy variants on my PC and the SFS route seems the way to go for browsers that constantly need updating. I intend to maintain up-to-date SFS packages of Opera for Wary/Puppy so check back here when a new version is released.
You can download opera-12.15-1748.i386.opt.sfs from here.
MD5SUM: c7eea8cc6973e27c26e12e98142ded5f
If a Puppy version lacks the necessary plugins it is easy to add them and then in Opera's Tools>Preferences>Advanced>Downloads select the plugin for the required file type. Just download this zipped file, unzip it and place the files in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins where Opera will find them: mplayerplugins.zip
Please note that the download location requires a username and password. [ Username: puppy / password: linux]
