To select it, validate the path, and restart Opera (see Opera'sĭocumentation for more information). 'Tools - Preferences - Content - Java options - Java path' Opera can usually find Java for you, but sometimes you need to find the location of libjava.so on your computer, It uses a different installer that makes Java globallyĪvailable. Typically, this wouldĪgain, you may need to change those depending on your installation. Installer only installs into some of the available plugin directories, Opera will use the right ones. Put the most important/commonly updated ones first, so that if a plugin That you installed the plugin(s) into earlier. In 'Tools - Preferences - Content - Plug-in options', click 'Change path.' and put in the directories Now, tell Opera to look in those directories. 'Tools - Preferences - Content - Plug-in options' Mozilla refused to load the Flash Player 7 plugin, although the Flash Player 6 plugin worked fine. I note that with my RedHat 7.2 + Gnome install, Opera and You may need to change those depending on your installation. Of the other browsers, and may find an earlier version in one of them and use that instead. This is because Opera actually looks in the plugin directories
Install the plugin for all possible browsers, not just Opera. Follow their instructions and ensure that you
Download the plugin installers from the relevant sites (likeĪdobe (Macromedia)). Now, make sure that the plugins are installed properly. So if you are trying to use a plugin that needs the new API (or you don't know what API it needs), and you have The most obvious example is the mplayer-plugin. However, there are a few that will only work with Most current plugins work with both the old and the new plugin APIs. The Netscape architecture on Linux including those for Flash/Shockwave, Real Media, Quicktime (MPlayer), Java, MPEG, VRML, PDF, etc. Thankfully, virtually all of the popular plugins are available for That they produce a Netscape/Linux compatible plugin). If this is the case, there is not much that you can do (except sending them an email politely asking It is also possible that the site could be asking for a plugin that is not available on Linux or is only available for theĪctiveX architecture. Most page authors are not aware of this (or do not care). Provides two alternatives - object and embed, complete with fallbacks, meaning that script it is not necessary at all. Why? Because many sites use JavaScript to detect if the browser supports the required plugin, even though HTML actually 'Tools - Quick preferences - Enable JavaScript' - then reload the page. Starting in Opera 9, Opera now identifies as itself by default. Identifies as Internet Explorer, this only makes matters worse. Why? Well, because Opera uses the Netscape plugin architecture, and some poorly written plugin detector scripts think thatĪnything except Mozilla (AKA Netscape) should use VBscript and ActiveX, just like Internet Explorer.
(In Opera 8, use 'Tools - Quick preferences - Identify as Mozilla 5.0'.) 'Tools - Quick preferences - Edit site preferences - Network - Identify as Mozilla' - then reload the page. 'Tools - Quick preferences - Enable Java' (if it can be enabled) Check if the website is just being stupid
'Tools - Quick preferences - Enable plug-ins' The next thing to do is check that plugins are enabled: Version of Opera, the first thing to try is to install Opera 9, and see if that solves your problem. If you are having trouble with plugins, and you are using an earlier Removed, and the new plugin API has been included. In general, they now just work, as the dependency on Motif has been Plugins got some big improvements in Opera 9.
If you need to test in earlier versions of Opera, change the " DefaultDepth" option to 16 in your /etc/X11/nf file. This makes it difficult to test earlier versions of Opera.
If you have installed the libX11 security patch for CVE-2007-1667, Opera versions earlier than 9.20 will crash on startup.
As with everything else on linux, getting Opera's features to work perfectly sometimes requires a few adjustments toīe done by hand.