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I would like to know how to install the Opera browser on Linux without using the sudo command.

In the past I have been able to install screen and gecko-driver without using sudo by installing them on my personal user bin directory and then altering my .bashrc file appropriately, but I cannot figure out how to do the same for Opera.

I have tried installing it without sudo via dpkg -x <opera_package> <user_bin_directory>, but I get the error libffmpeg.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory whenever I then try to run opera in the terminal.

Please note I have very little experience with Linux.

Thanks in advance.

opera-wo-sudo
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  • From the error message, it looks like the Opera package depends on the libffmpeg package, which is not installed... And probably cannot be installed without root access, as it would install to `/usr/lib`. You will most likely need to build both packages _from source_ instead of from a .deb file, so you can build them with your local user-specific directories. If you do have root access, you can install all the dependencies required by Opera, and then your local user specific install should work. – C. M. Apr 26 '21 at 09:08

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