[PLUG] Stupid apt-get problem

Benjamin Kerensa bkerensa at ubuntu.com
Fri Feb 24 16:16:34 UTC 2012


On 02/24/2012 12:09 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote:
> I am trying to install the latest Opera web browser on my Lucid x86_64
> desktop computer. Currently Opera 9.20 is installed, which I did a long
> time ago by downloading the .deb file and installing it with gDebi or
> dpkg.
>
> This evening I downloaded the latest .deb (11.61) and tried to install
> it. I got an error message that, although not very clear, led me to
> believe that it could not be installed without first removing 9.20. I
> also found instructions for adding the opera repository, which I did,
> and now Opera 11.61 is listed in Synaptic. But trying to install it with
> Synaptic results in the same error message.
>
> I can launch Opera 9.20 and it runs fine. But Opera 9.20 is not listed
> in Synaptic. "Aptitude show opera" says there is no such package.
> "Aptitude remove opera" says no packages are to be removed.
>
> WTH? How do I get rid of 9.20? How is it that I can launch and run a
> program that is not installed on the computer?
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1. Uninstall http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1042091

2. Install via sudo dpkg -i packagename.deb or if newer is available via 
repo then sudo apt-get install packagename


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