Arora – Cross Platform WebKit Browser in Ubuntu
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Install arora in Ubuntu
If you want to install from ubuntu repositories use the following command
sudo apt-get install arora
This will complete the installation.
or
Install from .deb package (The reason for this is you can install latest version)
If you want to install from .deb package first you need to download latest package from here on to your desktop when you try to install you should see similar to the following screen click on close
Now click on Install Package
Enter your password
Downloading additional packages in progress
Installing dependencies in progress
Installing package in progress
Installation finished
Using arora
Go to Applications--->Internet--->Arora
Arora Browser in action
Arora version details
I can’t find any deb for Arora 0.6. I just installed it from this PPA:
https://launchpad.net/~mapopa/+archive/ppa
@John,
After adding the source list you need to run the following command to update
sudo apt-get update
Now you try
Did you try any one method specified above
I didn’t install Arora from the repository since I didn’t want an old version. I was just commenting on the fact that I couldn’t find a .deb package like you had in the article.
I use Arora for my olpc running DebXO, it is superslick, runs like a breeze, and only slows down if I have more than 5 tabs open (note: olpc). There is theoretical flash support, but it’s not important for what I use it for.
Hi I could not find the deb on the website,
where can I find it?
echo “echo \”#Arora webkit
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/mapopa/ppa/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main\” | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ppa.list
sudo apt-key adv
--recv-keys--keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0x643dc6bd56580ceb1ab4a9f63b22ab97af1cdfa9sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install arora
” > ./arora_install.sh
sudo sh ./arora_install.sh && rm ./arora_install.sh
The .deb file is definitely on that web page. It just has a long file name which is truncated by the right margin. It is in the list “featured downloads”, and the full file name is:
arora_0.6-0ubuntu1~jaunty1~upstream1_i386.deb
What YOU will see, however, is something like this:
arora_0.6-0ubuntu1~jaunty1~upstream1_i
Arora won’t install! Upon opening the debian package I get this error message:
Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libqt4-network
Assuming I need to install libqt4-network, I opened the Synaptic Package Manager, to discover that libqt4-network is already installed!
So now what do I do?
Try to run the following command
sudo apt-get -f install
I see, according to the manual, “-f” fixes broken dependencies. Okay, so I ran the command. Then attempted to open the debian package again. Same problem:
Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: libqt4-network
Anything else to try? TIA.
same problem here. Any ideas?
I think the Ubuntu creators want former Windoze users to feel right at home. I remember all those missing DLL’s that really were not. In Ubuntu, it’s missing dependencies (that really are not). I feel just like I’m back using XP. Great!
@Zeke: You can’t just download the deb and double-click it. The dependency is not satisfiable because you didn’t properly add the PPA repo, or you didn’t ‘sudo apt-get update’, so Ubuntu knows where to get the dependency. More than likely it’s in the same PPA.
FWIW, I’m running Ubuntu Jaunty, and installed Arora 0.8.0 from Canonical’s repos via commandline (sudo apt-get…) with no trouble at all.
That said, for some reason it’s running (scrolling, loading pages, typing, etc.) so slowly as to be almost unusable. That’s even with only one tab and Click-to-Flash (or whatever it’s called) turned on… I’ve seen this behavior once or twice before in the past, but I can’t recall what the exact issue was. I’ll keep an eye out for future releases — hopefully the issue will be resolved soon, because using Dillo2 or Links2 as the “lightweight” option isn’t always the most pleasant experience.
I just installed Arora, it works! Cool. Is there a URL that I see how the webKit could function? Is there some documentation somewhere?
Cheers,
Insane User