Download Opera Browser For Ubuntu

Screenshot of Opera On Ubuntu 22.04

Hello everyone, you can download Opera for Ubuntu and I hope you are all having a great Tuesday morning. My Tuesday is going just fine. I actually just had my Lunch right now, some fries and salad with tons of tomatoes, I love tomatoes, lol anyway, enough about food, please read on…

Today we will show you how to install the latest Opera Browser for Ubuntu or any other Linux distro you might have installed, including the popular Elementary OS or the rising Linux Mint. First off, lets find out what makes Opera Browser/Opera Mini such a popular choice on any OS.

What Is Opera Browser?

Opera is a web browser developed by Opera Software. The latest version is available for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux operating systems, and uses the Blink layout engine. An earlier version using the Presto layout engine is still available, and additionally runs on FreeBSD systems.

Install Opera Browser on Ubuntu

Opera Linux Portable version

You can convert the deb package with this script: https://gist.github.com/ruario/8416e36372f1a976a713

Get Flash On Opera

Install this package to get flash:

sudo apt-get install pepperflashplugin-nonfree

Get H.264 working On Opera

Right now it’s a bit complicated to get support for H.264. You can read why here: https://forums.opera.com/discussion/comment/15223803#Comment_15223803

To get support for H.264, you have to run the following commands in a terminal:

sudo apt-get install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/chromium-browser/libs/libffmpeg.so /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/opera/lib_extra/libffmpeg.so.'x'

x = the Opera version. For example: libffmpeg.so.32

Note! Each time you update Opera to a new major version, you have to make a new symlink where you change the last number to the right one.

Then restart Opera. That simple folks! Try it and let us know if it works out for you or not by contacting us.

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