Open a browser and go to http://www.opera.com/browser/download/; select Debian as the distribution and then Debian 4.0 (Etch), Debian Testing (Lenny), Debian Unstable (Sid) and click on the Download Opera button:
On the next page, a download dialogue should pop up; click on Save File:
After the download has finished, right-click on the downloaded file and select Open with "Gdeb" from the menu:
A new window opens - click in Install:
Type in the root password:
A terminal window opens where the package is installed. Press ENTER after the successful installation to close the terminal:
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A second way to install Opera is to use gdebi as root from the command line. In contrast to Gdeb, gdebi resolves all dependencies of a package, so you should use this if you are getting dependency problems with Gdeb.
Make sure you use the correct path; also the package name can differ, for example if there is a newer version - use the TAB key to use autocompletion in the terminal.
Debian Lenny comes with the Flash Player 9 installed by default, but we've just installed Flash Player 10 in the previous chapter (from Debian-Multimedia). Here's how we can disable Flash Player 9 and enable Flash Player 10 in Firefox/Iceweasel:
In Firefox/Iceweasel, go to Tools > Add-ons:
Go to Plugins, right-click on the Shockwave Flash plugin and select Disable:
Afterwards, open a terminal, become root...
su
... and run the following command to copy Flash Player 10 to the Firefox/Iceweasel plugin directory:
In Firefox/Iceweasel, type about:plugins in the address bar. Firefox/Iceweasel will then list all installed plugins, and it should list the Flash Player (version 10.0r15) among them:
TrueType Fonts
To check if the TrueType fonts have been installed correctly, open a word processor like OpenOffice. You should now find your new Windows fonts there:
Inventory (II)
Now let's check again what we have so far by browsing the menus again:
Now it's time to check for updates and install them. This is done using the Update Manager. If you see a notification in the taskbar that new updates are available, you can start the Update Manager by clicking on the update icon; otherwise you can start the Update Manager by going to System > Administration > Update Manager:
If new updates are available, the Update Manager will tell you so (you can click on the Check button to refresh the list), and you can click on the Install Updates button to install them. In my case, no updates were available:
Inventory Of What We Have So Far
Now let's browse all menus to see which of our needed applications are already installed:
You should find the following situation ([x] marks an application that is already installed, where [ ] is an application that is missing):
Other: [ ] VMware Server [ ] TrueType fonts [ ] Java [x] Read/Write support for NTFS partitions
So some applications are already on the system. NTFS read-/write support is enabled by default on Debian Lenny.
Configure Additional Repositories
Some packages like the Adobe Reader are not available in the standard Debian repositories. The easiest way to make such packages available to your system is to add the Debian-Multimedia repository.
First we open a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal):
Become root...
su
... and edit /etc/apt/sources.list:
gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
Add contrib and non-free to the official Lenny repositories that are already in the file, e.g. as follows...
[...] deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free [...]
... and add the Debian-Multimedia repository (you can find a mirror close to you here), e.g. like this:
[...] deb http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/debian-multimedia/ stable main deb-src http://ftp-stud.hs-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/debian-multimedia/ stable main
Then download the debian-multimedia-keyring package and install it:
On the next page, a download dialogue should pop up. Click on Save File and save the file to your computer, e.g. the desktop (/home/falko/Desktop in this example):
Then open a terminal and become root:
su
Make the downloaded file executable and run it:
cd /home/falko/Desktop/ chmod 755 GoogleEarthLinux.bin ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin
This will start the installation. A Google Earth Setup window opens. Accept all default settings and click on Begin Install:
After the installation, you can click on Quit or on Start, if you want to start Google Earth now:
