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Opera is a full-featured Internet tool, most notably a fully standard conforming Web browser. Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like a password manager, mouse gestures, native Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) support, an email program, RSS newsfeeds, and IRC chat. It is designed to be fast andhighly customizable.

Step 1

If you want to install opera Web browser you need to edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file and enter the source list and save your file.

#vi /etc/apt/sources.list

add the following souce

For Debian Sarge

deb http://deb.opera.com/opera sarge non-free

For Debian etch

deb http://deb.opera.com/opera etch non-free

For Debian sid

deb http://deb.opera.com/opera sid non-free

Import to key using the following commands

gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 6A423791
gpg --fingerprint 6A423791
gpg --armor --export 6A423791| apt-key add -


Now you need to update the source list using the following command

#apt-get update

Step 2

Install Opera in Debian

#apt-get install opera

This will complete the opera installation.

Step 3

After finishing the installation if you want to open opera go to Applications—>Internet–>Opera and you can see in the following screen

Once you start opening this first time you need to agree the license agreement you need to click on I agree

Opera Web Browser in action

Opera Web Browser Version Details

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