Jason, You will probably have to use dpkg -l to find the exact Opera package name and dpkg -r %packagename% to remove it.
Joseph Hume F1 for HELP On 02/24/2012 12:09 AM, John Jason Jordan wrote: > I am trying to install the latest Opera web browser on my Lucid x86_64 > desktop computer. Currently Opera 9.20 is installed, which I did a long > time ago by downloading the .deb file and installing it with gDebi or > dpkg. > > This evening I downloaded the latest .deb (11.61) and tried to install > it. I got an error message that, although not very clear, led me to > believe that it could not be installed without first removing 9.20. I > also found instructions for adding the opera repository, which I did, > and now Opera 11.61 is listed in Synaptic. But trying to install it with > Synaptic results in the same error message. > > I can launch Opera 9.20 and it runs fine. But Opera 9.20 is not listed > in Synaptic. "Aptitude show opera" says there is no such package. > "Aptitude remove opera" says no packages are to be removed. > > WTH? How do I get rid of 9.20? How is it that I can launch and run a > program that is not installed on the computer? > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
