Opera will not install (solved)

[cstrike77]

I don't use Opera that much, but used it yesterday and found there was an update. So I downloaded it and used rpm -Uvh packagename to install. Got these error messages:

libgstautodetect.so is needed by opera-2:11.61-1250.i386
libgstwavparse.so is needed by opera-2:11.61-1250.i386

Nither package is in the repos, anybody got any ideas?

Thanks!

jan

[pinoc]

I don't use Opera that much, but used it yesterday and found there was an update. So I downloaded it and used rpm -Uvh packagename to install. Got these error messages:

libgstautodetect.so is needed by opera-2:11.61-1250.i386
libgstwavparse.so is needed by opera-2:11.61-1250.i386

Nither package is in the repos, anybody got any ideas?

Thanks!

jan

yes, the idea is that you are not supposed to install packages from outside the repo but instead use and install what is available in Synaptic. Now you could

Code:

rpm -e opera-2:11.61-1250.i386

, then start Synaptic, Reload, search for and install opera
hope tho shelps,
-p.

[djohnston]

pinoc,

I think he has Opera already installed. The repo version is 11.60 and he wants to upgrade.

cstrike77,

The files already exist.

/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstautodetect.so
/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstwavparse.so

I have no idea why the Opera installer doesn't find them. Another good reason why you should stick with the packages that are in the repository.

[cstrike77]

pinoc,

I think he has Opera already installed. The repo version is 11.60 and he wants to upgrade.

cstrike77,

The files already exist.

/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstautodetect.so
/usr/lib/gstreamer-0.10/libgstwavparse.so

I have no idea why the Opera installer doesn't find them. Another good reason why you should stick with the packages that are in the repository.

+1 already installed..

Just looked, and those packages are not there. I used searchmonkey last night and it didn't find 'em either...

Suggestions?

jan

[djohnston]

Both files are provided by the gstreamer0.10-plugins-good-0.10.30-1pclos2011 package. I would say install gstreamer0.10-mms package from Synaptic. The plugins should be flagged as dependencies. Check to see if installing the -mms package will also install -plugins-good. I believe it will.

EDIT: pinoc beat me to it. But, to reiterate what pinoc said about installing from outside the repositories. If you install from an unapproved rpm package and anything "breaks", you own it.

caveat emptor

[pinoc]

yes, another suggestion is to update the version of Opera in our repo to 11.61. I just did that and 11.61 works fine, will submit the rpm to dropbox tomorrow and then you should find it in Synaptic soon after.
regards,
-p.

[pinoc]

Hi cstrike77,

the updated Opera is now in Synaptic.
-p.

[cstrike77]

Hi cstrike77,

the updated Opera is now in Synaptic.
-p.

Got it, many thanks! I know everybody is busy re-packaging for 64bit.

jan