Opera 12.11 on Fedora 17/16, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6.3/5.8
This is guide, howto install or update Opera 12.11 browser on Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL). This works on Fedora 17/16/15/14/13/12, CentOS 6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.8.
Opera does not, unfortunately, currently offer repositories where Opera could be installed and keep up to date neatly. So the only option is to download the required RPM package directly from Opera’s download page and install it directly with the RPM command.
Download Opera Browser 12.11
Download Opera 12.11 from Here Select your distribution.
Install Opera Browser 12.11 on Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL)
Change Root User
sudo -i ## OR ## su - |
Install Opera RPM package with following command
cd /path/to/downloaded/opera/rpm/package rpm -Uvh opera-12*.rpm ## OR simply ## rpm -Uvh /path/to/downloaded/opera/rpm/package/opera-12*.rpm |
Start Opera Browser
From command line
opera |
From menu
Opera 12.00 Running on Fedora 17 (64-bit)
Hi, I noticed that the old opera logo is used on the page. Would you consider updating it. It can also make the site look more attractive to new visitors.
You can get the new opera logos here: http://www.opera.com/press/resources/
Hi sandmonkey,
Thanks for the notification. I updated old Opera logo to the new one.
I hope that you get your Opera goodie bag! ;D
haha, thanks. and I am :D
Hi plp, I installed the latest version of Opera (11.50) on RHEL 6.1 but java plugin (openjdk) isn’t working. In opera:plugins it gets correctly listed, and the plugin works on firefox (3.6.x, which came along).
Any ideas? How can I provide further info (opera console)?
Hi Daniel,
I tested also Java and it’s not working default even about:plugins shows it.
Try following (as root):
You have to specify your real Java path it. Here I use Java JDK 7, but if you have example Java JRE 6u26 then path looks like following /usr/java/jre1.6.0_26/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so and so on…
Hi! I have problems with flash-plugin 11.1 on Opera 11.60 on Fedora 16. But on work i’m usign Fedora 15 and same versions of plugin and opera and don’t have any problem. The problem is: “operapluginwrapper-native was killed by signal 11″ – and my actions always different at that moment, so i cant understand why this happening, i suppose the different in libs. May be anybody knows what to do?
Hi Dimka,
I use 64-bit system and Opera with Flash 11.1 plugin is working normally.
Could you post output of following commands:
Here it is:
$ uname -a
Linux bred.fedora16 3.1.4-1.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Nov 29 11:37:53 UTC 2011 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ rpm -qa flash-plugin opera
opera-11.60-1185.x86_64
flash-plugin-11.1.102.55-release.x86_64
Also i mentioned that this happens just on some sites, i suppose problem in some flash-content.
Here it is:
$ rpm -qa flash-plugin opera
opera-11.60-1185.x86_64
flash-plugin-11.1.102.55-release.x86_64
Also i mentioned that this happens just on some sites, i suppose problem in some flash-content.
Thanks Dimka,
First I have to ask do you have nVidia graphics card and use nVidia drivers?
Could you also post output of following commands, after operapluginwrapper-native was killed by signal 11:
Sorry for not reply for a long time.
Yes, i’m using official nVidia driver from nvidia.com 270.10 and videocard is 9600gt.
Also i installed opengl 32 bit libs, which included in nvidia driver.
$ grep -i opera .xsession-errors
(operapluginwrapper-native:2103): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)’ failed
(operapluginwrapper-native:2103): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)’ failed
(operapluginwrapper-native:2103): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)’ failed
(operapluginwrapper-native:12603): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)’ failed
abrt-applet: repeated problem in opera-11.60-1185, not showing the notification
(operapluginwrapper-native:12650): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)’ failed
(operapluginwrapper-native:12650): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_unref: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)’ failed
# grep -i opera /var/log/messages
Dec 13 18:44:48 bred kernel: [ 1371.242523] operapluginwrap[12426] general protection ip:3a12c329e0 sp:7fff725787f8 error:0 in libgobject-2.0.so.0.3000.1[3a12c00000+4c000]
Dec 13 18:44:49 bred abrt[12595]: Saved core dump of pid 12426 (/usr/lib64/opera/operapluginwrapper-native) to /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2011-12-13-18:44:48-12426 (58761216 bytes)
Dec 13 18:46:01 bred kernel: [ 1444.301305] operapluginwrap[12603] general protection ip:3a12c329e0 sp:7fffde712ce8 error:0 in libgobject-2.0.so.0.3000.1[3a12c00000+4c000]
Dec 13 18:46:01 bred abrt[12648]: Saved core dump of pid 12603 (/usr/lib64/opera/operapluginwrapper-native) to /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2011-12-13-18:46:01-12603 (42713088 bytes)
# dmesg | grep -i opera
[ 1371.242523] operapluginwrap[12426] general protection ip:3a12c329e0 sp:7fff725787f8 error:0 in libgobject-2.0.so.0.3000.1[3a12c00000+4c000]
[ 1444.301305] operapluginwrap[12603] general protection ip:3a12c329e0 sp:7fffde712ce8 error:0 in libgobject-2.0.so.0.3000.1[3a12c00000+4c000]
And also i didn’t mentioned that after mistake flash-plugin is still working without opera restart.
Hi again Dimka,
Looks like bug on Opera with Gnome 3.2. Should be fixed on Opera 11.60 final (build 1185), but I’m not sure is it, because you use Opera 11.60 and it still exists…could you post some link to flash content where it crash? So I can try it myself. :)
Hi!
I’m not using Gnome, i’m using KDE.
Now i’m at work, but later i will send some links.
Also i mentioned that crashes also happen when i’m closing opera tab’s with flash content.
Thank you for your help.
Oh, you are using KDE, could you test, is Konqueror working normally on same sites?
Thanks, I test those links with opera-11.60-1185.x86_64 and flash-plugin-11.1.102.55-release.x86_64 on Fedora 16 with nVidia graphics and with Intel graphics, just in case… :)
Could you post also output of following command:
here is some links:
http://www.overclockers.ru/
http://rutracker.org/forum/index.php
http://habrahabr.ru/
Flash crashes not always, but often, just right after page is loaded.
Konqueror, Firefox working normally. Also i tried to disable desktop effects, but it didn’t help.
# rpm -qa glib2 glibc* | sort
glib2-2.30.1-1.fc16.i686
glib2-2.30.1-1.fc16.x86_64
glibc-2.14.90-21.i686
glibc-2.14.90-21.x86_64
glibc-common-2.14.90-21.x86_64
glibc-devel-2.14.90-21.x86_64
glibc-headers-2.14.90-21.x86_64
I’m updating system daily. I don’t know what to try more =)
Hi Dimka,
This is strange problem, and it is some bug in Opera, because flash works ok with other browsers, I can reproduce operapluginwrapper crash easily with Opera+Flash on those sites. I check some Opera blog posts and looks like they have added to /usr/share/opera/defaults/plugin-ignore.ini file following content to prevent some flash problems:
I just tried to comment that row out and restart Opera and then I didn’t got any crash on quick testing. I’m not really sure is this fixing it, but you could try following, open /usr/share/opera/defaults/plugin-ignore.ini file and modify it to looks like following (comment out npwrapper… row):
Then restart your browser and try again those sites. Is it still crashing? :)
Yeap, still crashing =)
Ok, I tried reload those pages several times, but it doesn’t crash, but then this doesn’t solve operapluginwrapper problem… :/
One thing what you could do is fill Opera bug report here. It is really strange why Opera 11.60 and Flash 11 works on Fedora 15 normally, but crash sometimes on Fedora 16.
ok, anyway i’m very grateful for your help. Thanks!
You are very welcome Dimka, I am sorry that the problem was not resolved, but maybe bug report to Opera developers solve this problem some next Opera version… :)
i am using suse 10.1 vertion.im trying to install operaopera-11.61-1250.i386.rpm but it show the error like this
#rpm -ivh /home/Balaji/Software/RPM/opera-11.61-1250.i386.rpm
error: Failed dependencies:
libgstautodetect.so is needed by opera-11.61-1250.i386
libgstwavparse.so is needed by opera-11.61-1250.i386
rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma) <= 4.4.6-1 is needed by opera-11.61-1250.i386
can u have any idea about this error…..plz suggest
Hi Bala,
Your problem is maybe too old SUSE version (SUSE 10.1 released 2006-05-11), some requirements are missing…
same here on Fedora 16 Gnome 3.2 and Opera 11.62:
tom@tomlaptop ~$ rpm -qa flash-plugin opera
flash-plugin-11.2.202.228-release.x86_64
opera-11.62-1347.x86_64
Hi tom,
Could you tell more specific what you mean with “same here”?
I also get the “operapluginwrapper was killed” message. On my system it appears completely unrelated to flash. I am running fedora 16 with the lxde desktop. Once I launch opera, it tries to put opera into the system tray, and the kill message seems related to that. Even if the Opera icon remains in the system tray, clicking on it does nothing. However the Opera application itself continues to run and appears to function normally.
In addition there seems to be some sort of system tray collision between Opera and gdesklets. After launching Opera, the two gdesklets that I have running on my desktop (an analog clock and 5-day weather forecast) disappear from my desktop, and I can’t restart them.
Looking at /var/log/message relating to the operapluginwrapper
I see this,
operapluginwrap[4429]: segfault at 96000000aa ip 00000039728308dc sp 00007fffe0cdde58 error 4 in libgobject-2.0.so.0.3200.4[3972800000+4b000]
The same libobject-2.0.so.3200.4 is involved in all the faults.
Hi Brian,
Could you go to following “addresses” using your Opera browser:
opera:about
opera:plugins
And post info here?
I have another computer running Fedora 14. I upgraded from Opera 11.64. to 12.01 and had trouble, not the same issue as we are experiencing now, so I went back to 11.64 which was working without incident. Out of curiousity, I took a look at the operapluginwrapper-native and noticed it was a different size and not faulting so I moved it to the computer running F17. No good. It would not detect the plugins despite the paths being correct. It was a desperate move, pity it didn’t come off.
My next move is to look at downgrading the package that libgobject-2.0.so.0.3200..4 belongs to and seeing what happens.
operapluginwrap[3124]: segfault at 96000000aa ip 00000039728308dc sp 00007fffa1c097b8 error 4 in libgobject-2.0.so.0.3200.4[3972800000+4b000]
Linux uname -a (hostname and domain edited for this post)
Linux hostname.domain 3.5.2-3.fc17.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Aug 21 19:06:52 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Version information
Version 11.64
Build 1403
Platform Linux
System x86_64, 3.5.2-3.fc17.x86_64
Browser identification
Opera/9.80 (X11; Linux x86_64; U; en) Presto/2.10.229 Version/11.64
Paths
Preferences /home/brian/.opera/operaprefs.ini
Saved session /home/brian/.opera/sessions/autopera.win
Bookmarks /home/brian/.opera/bookmarks.adr
Opera directory /home/brian/.opera
Cache /home/brian/.opera/cache
Help documents /home/brian/.opera/opcache
Mail directory /home/brian/.opera/mail
Plug-in path /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins
User CSS directory /home/brian/.opera/styles/user
Plugins
Shockwave Flash
Description: Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.soapplication/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl
RealPlayer 9
Description: Gecko Media Player 1.0.6 Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-rm.soapplication/smil SMIL smi,smil
mplayerplug-in is now gecko-mediaplayer 1.0.6
Description: Gecko Media Player 1.0.6 Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer.sovideo/mpeg MPEG mpeg,mpg,mpe,m2v,m1v,mpa
QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.9
Description: Gecko Media Player 1.0.6 Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-qt.sovideo/quicktime Quicktime qt,mov,mp4,sdp
QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6
Description: The Totem 3.4.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.sovideo/mp4 MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4
Windows Media Player Plug-in
Description: Gecko Media Player 1.0.6 Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-wmp.soaudio/wav Microsoft wave file wav
DivX® Web Player
Description: DivX Web Player version 1.4.0.233
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-mully-plugin.sovideo/divx AVI video divx
Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Totem)
Description: The Totem 3.4.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-gmp-plugin.sovideo/x-msvideo AVI video avi,asf,wmv
VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Totem 3.4.3)
Description: The Totem 3.4.3 plugin handles video and audio streams.
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libtotem-cone-plugin.soaudio/wav WAV audio wav
DivX Browser Plug-In
Description: Gecko Media Player 1.0.6 Video Player Plug-in for QuickTime, RealPlayer and Windows Media Player streams using MPlayer
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/gecko-mediaplayer-dvx.sovideo/divx DivX Media Format divx
video/vnd.divx DivX Media Format divx
IcedTea-Web Plugin (using IcedTea-Web 1.2 (fedora-2.fc17-x86_64))
Description: The IcedTea-Web Plugin executes Java applets.
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.soapplication/x-java-vm IcedTea class,jar
application/x-java-applet IcedTea class,jar
Hi again Brian,
Thanks for this information. This is actually known bug on Opera with Flash player and that’s why I asked your Opera version. This should be fixed on Opera 11.60, but as you can see from earlier discussion with Dimka, unfortunately this bug still exists also on Opera >11.60, even it should be fixed.
So I recommend you to upgrade to Opera 12.01 if it’s possible. :)
On this computer with Fedora 14 and Opera 11.64, I don’t have a problem.
On my upgraded computer, new motherboard, CPU etc. and Fedora 17, the problem arises irrespective of the Opera version.
I’ve tried Opera 12.0 and 12.01 latest build version I have regressed back through the versions to 11.60 and it still faults.
I have tried Mint 13 KDE with Opera 12.01 and I had what appears to be the same problem although I can’t be sure as I didn’t try to troubleshoot it to the same degree.
It seems to me that the problem is with operapluginwrapper-native and the latest glib2, both being common to Mint 13 and Fedora 17.
In Fedora 14 and Opera 11.64, Flash works without fault with Fedora 14 using glib2 2.26.0-2.fc14 and flash 11.2 r202.
Opera has had trouble with Flash on and off for a long time in my experience, I’ve tolerated it where possible but I’ve also stuck with the working versions when they have appeared and resisted upgrading for as long as possible until it has been practically unavoidable.
I’ve pretty much reached the point of tolerating the problem, using Firefox as a backup to view videos on pages if I think they are interesting enough. Eventually, the problem will be sorted and we’ll all be able to move on until something else breaks with another “upgrade”.
Brian
Okay, the problem is glib2 and operapluginwrapper (flash), that’s why same problem exists also earlier Opera versions (11.6x) even if Opera team announced that the these bugs should be fixed. It was probably fixed only with some versions of glib2, but not all or something like that.
Thank you Brian for this in-depth research :)