Disclaimer: I wrote this script for my own personal usage. It is not officially supported by Opera Software.
This script converts an Opera Debian package into standalone (portable) format. If you do not already have it, fetch it as follows:
git clone https://gist.github.com/8416e36372f1a976a713.git
Now use the script to convert an Opera package as follows:
sh standalone-opera.sh opera-developer_27.0.1670.0_amd64.deb
| #!/bin/sh | |
| # | |
| # Version: 1.2 | |
| # | |
| # This script provides a method for tracking software installed from | |
| # source. Run it as follows for more information: | |
| # | |
| # pkgtrack -h | |
| # | |
| # Copyright 2018 Ruari Odegaard, Oslo, Norway |
This script provides a simple method for tracking software that you have built from source, or binaries that you want to repackage from another distribution. It also simplifies transferring the software to other machines for install or backup. It works as a nice secondary package management tool, without the need to work with complex, distro specific, build tools.
Disclaimer: I wrote this script for my own personal usage. It is not officially supported by Opera Software.
Whilst Opera currently only provide .deb packages, it is possible to install Opera on different distros. This install script automates the process.
If you don't already have the script, fetch it like so:
git clone https://gist.github.com/ace4fb780216aa28d922.git
To install the latest stable release, issue:
Find the location of the LZMA compressed tar:
LANG=C grep -abom1 ]$'\000\000'....$'\377\377\377\377\377\377' AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
6704:]�������
Add 1 to this value (e.g. 6705).
Extract the contents of this tar:
tail -c+6705 AdobeAIRInstaller.bin | xz -qqd | tar -xf- --xform='s,^./build,Adobe_AIR_Files,'
When making native Linux packages for Adobe Reader (Acrobat) it is better to use the installer as a source, since it is approximately 13.5 Mb smaller due to use of LZMA compression (the same type of high compression used in 7z and xz files).
The .bin actually has a .tar.lzma archive inside it with the exact same files as the .tar.bz2 that is more commonly used as a source package. The contents of this compressed tar can be extracted using tail, XZ-Utils and tar.
Find the location of the LZMA compressed tar:
$ LANG=C grep -abom1 ]$'\000\000'....$'\377\377\377\377\377\377' AdbeRdr9.5.5-1_i486linux_enu.bin
6888:]�������
Add 1 to this value (e.g. 6889).
Normally if you want to quickly send a file to a remote directory on an ssh server as a one liner or within a script, the following would suffice:
scp file server:pathOccasionally, you may come across a server that only has sftp enabled and not scp. For example if the OpenSSH server you were connecting to was configured as follows:
Subsystem sftp internal-sftp
Before you do this, reconsider if it is really needed. More often than not, it isn't. This is why.
A common reason for attempting a minimal install is an expectation that Slackware will run faster. This is not true. Some example, (IMHO) valid, reasons for stripping back the install include:
Start a terminal and launch Opera via the following command:
open -a /Applications/Opera\ Beta.app --args --with-feature:activation-order-tab-cycling=true
To make that permanent, create a small launcher application. To do this start AppleScript Editor and then choose "File → New (⌘N)" and enter this command:
do shell script "open -a /Applications/Opera\\ Beta.app --args --with-feature:activation-order-tab-cycling=true"
Now "File → Save (⌘S)" as "File format: Application" in a suitable location (/Applications perhaps?). Finally add this launcher application to your Dock and use it to start Opera.