Quick Opera install in Linux

In my opinion Opera is a very light weight, no-nonsense software. While opinions may vary, here is a easy way to install Opera in your Ubuntu/ Debian system.

Open to edit the apt sources.list file

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

add the opera repo in a new line

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

Add the Opera GPG key with the command (recommended)

wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -

If you get authentication warnings, you may try (optional)

sudo apt-get install debian-archive-keyring

Run aptitude update

sudo apt-get update

Finally install Opera browser

sudo apt-get install opera

Install Google Chrome browser in Ubuntu Linux

Here is a way to run your favourite Google Chrome browser in your Ubuntu Linux desktop.

(Note: Athough there are other ways of installing Chrome on Wine, I have found that is not very efficient.)

So here is a quick and dirty way :)

Open apt sources file

$ sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Add these lines at the end

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Save (Ctrl+O) and Exit (Ctrl+X) nano.

Update apt

$ sudo apt-get update

Then install Chrome browser with the following command

$ sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

Enjoy ! ;)

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Incase you get the following error (while running apt-get update):
The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 5A9BF3BB4E5E17B5

(It means you need to import the key for "Launchpad PPA for chromium-daily")

Resolution: Run the following command
$ sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 5A9BF3BB4E5E17B5

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