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Opera is a multi-platform web browser.

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USE flags

USE flags for www-client/opera A fast and secure web browser

+ffmpeg-chromium	Use Chromium FFmpeg fork (media-video/ffmpeg-chromium) rather than mainline FFmpeg (media-video/ffmpeg)
+proprietary-codecs	Enable codecs for patent-encumbered audio and video formats.
+suid	Enable setuid root program(s)
qt5	Add support for the Qt 5 application and UI framework
qt6	Add support for the Qt 6 application and UI framework

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Accept License

In order to install Opera, the user needs to accept the 'OPERA-2018' license agreement. A copy of the license can be found at '/var/db/repos/gentoo/licenses/OPERA-2018'. Read with:

user $less /var/db/repos/gentoo/licenses/OPERA-2018

And to agree:

root #echo "www-client/opera OPERA-2018" >> /etc/portage/package.license

Emerge

Opera is distributed as only pre-built binaries. To install:

root #emerge --ask www-client/opera

See also

• Vivaldi — a browser for our friends.
• Chrome — Google's proprietary (closed source) web browser.
• Chromium — the open source version of Google's Chrome web browser.
• Firefox — Mozilla's web browser.
• Recommended applications — applications recommended for use in a graphical environment (X11, Wayland) - web browser section.