Opera

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Contents 1 About 2 Features 3 Installation 3.1 From the openSUSE repositories 3.1.1 Via console 3.2 Directly from Opera 3.2.1 Prerequisites 4 External Links 5 See Also

[edit] About

Opera is a web browser and complete Internet suite developed by the Opera Software Company. It is non-open source but is available freely to use on PCs.

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[edit] Features

• Speed Dial - your favorite sites can be opened with a single click
• Trash Can - instantly reopen recently closed tabs
• Mouse Gestures - browse the Web with Mouse Movements
• Download manager with BitTorrent support - manage your downloads
• Mail client - organize, index and sort your messages, POP & IMAP supported
• IRC Client - Standard IRC Client built into the browsers tabbed interface
• Opera Unite - new technology platform allowing you to share content directly with friends, without having to upload anything to a Web site
• Opera Widgets - many of your favorite Internet services available from desktop

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[edit] Installation

[edit] From the openSUSE repositories

[edit] Via console

• Login as root using su - in the terminal
• Add the Non-OSS Repository (see below) to your repository list
• zypper ref
• zypper in opera

[edit] Directly from Opera

• Go to Opera Download Page (external link)
• Select distribution and Vendor
• Download the rpm file
• Install by executing the command (you do need to be root):

zypper install [package name]

[edit] Prerequisites

• The Standard C++ Library is needed to run opera.
• It can also be downloaded and compiled from gcc.gnu.org/libstdc++/
• An x11 implementation must be installed

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[edit] External Links

• Opera Homepage

[edit] See Also

• Mozilla Firefox