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    installing opera

    Just downloaded Opera tarball, extracted it in root into the Desktop folder, then ran ./install.sh got some options, put in yes for both and thats it. Went to the shared folder and tried to run Opera, but no luck. Am I missing something? I am running FC4 with latest Gnome.
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    As a sidenote, can any of you seasoned linux OS users recommend any handy programs? Or any cool games specifically for Linux? I do run a rather outdated system which is 733mhz processor with 300ram, 30gig HD, but it should still pull ok.

    Thanks for any suggestions.
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    What options? How did you try to run Opera after that? What errors did you get? I could go on and on, but that's enough for now...
    Handy programs? gimp gaim aterm firefox nautilus openoffice2 grip beep-media-player lyx jabref gnumeric mplayer dvdstyler ogle dia opendx xv gftp thunderbird mutt giFT xchat bluefish Jedit xfe Doom3 Quake4 TuxRacer AmericasArmy Scorched3d EnemyTerrirory...
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    Thanks a lot for that insight Fro. Some of the progs you list come with gnome already. I'll take a look at those others you mentioned.

    I was not aware, however, that Doom or Quake run on Linux? Do you need a program that simulates Windows to run them?

    For Opera issue, I said just what happened. I didn't get any "errors" per se. As I said, it came with the install.sh and opera.sh files, so, I tried running them but literally, nothing happened, so, I tried to ./configure it, still nothing, as it said that there was no "source" file. I'll try to run ./opera and see what happens. If I get any errors, I'll post here.
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    Code:
    ERROR: ld.so: object 'libjvm.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
    ERROR: ld.so: object 'libawt.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
    ./bin/opera: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
    ERROR: ld.so: object 'libjvm.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
    ERROR: ld.so: object 'libawt.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
    Here's what it throws for the errors. Perhaps I need to install the libst libraries first.
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    Quote Originally Posted by temak82
    I was not aware, however, that Doom or Quake run on Linux? Do you need a program that simulates Windows to run them?
    No - there are native Linux binaries provided by id software. You will require a copy of the game in order to get the appropriate PK3 files in order to play the game, but it all runs natively (and it's great )
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    Sounds great. Too bad my computer won't pull it. But ok.

    Thanks again.
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    Have you tried the static build of Opera?
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    Quote Originally Posted by temak82
    Code:
    ERROR: ld.so: object 'libjvm.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
    ERROR: ld.so: object 'libawt.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
    ./bin/opera: error while loading shared libraries: libstdc++.so.5: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
    ERROR: ld.so: object 'libjvm.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
    ERROR: ld.so: object 'libawt.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded: ignored.
    Here's what it throws for the errors. Perhaps I need to install the libst libraries first.
    About libjvm.so and libawt.so: those seem to be java SDK related.
    So if (like me) you do not have SDK packages installed, you can ignore those errors or edit opera binary as following :
    Code:
    ## Uncomment the next lines to workaround the "libjvm.so & libawt.so preloaded" error message
    #LD_PRELOAD="libjvm.so:libawt.so:${OPERA_LD_PRELOAD}"
    #export LD_PRELOAD
    /me chose 2nd solution
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