Opera Error in Ubuntu Linux: operamotifwrapper plug-in

After I installed Opera on Ubuntu, I encountered the following error:

The Error

Opera encountered a problem during plug-in setup. Plug-ins will not work properly. Check your installation. Could not start plug-in executable 'operamotifwrapper'. /usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6/operamotifwrapper-3 Please install Motif. Plug-in path (Path can be modified in Preferences dialog) /usr/lib/opera/plugins /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins /usr/lib/netscape/plugins-libc6

The Solution

To fix this problem, enter this in the command line:

sudo apt-get install libmotif3



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# apt-get install libmotif3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
E: Couldn't find package libmotif3

...any idea plz?

Posted by yannis on Tuesday, 02.7.06 @ 07:01am | #818

Use this mirror
http://http.us.debian.skynet.be stable/non-free

Posted by AJ on Wednesday, 02.8.06 @ 09:18am | #823

I was able to solve this by using Synaptic and installing lesstif2

Posted by lnxguit on Wednesday, 02.15.06 @ 10:59am | #844

I was able to solve this by using Synaptic and installing lesstif2

Posted by lnxguit on Wednesday, 02.15.06 @ 10:59am | #845

This worked perfectly for me. Thanks!

Posted by Chevey Chase on Wednesday, 02.15.06 @ 02:30pm | #847

thanks, this tip worked for me too.

Posted by sunil on Saturday, 04.15.06 @ 09:31pm | #980

Second tip worked for me, too. Thanks.

Posted by Alper on Friday, 04.21.06 @ 03:57pm | #993

'apt-get install libmotif3' didn't help. But installing lesstif2 solved the problem for me. Thanks, folks.

Posted by koru on Saturday, 04.22.06 @ 12:17am | #994

i think it is working for me ... no more error pop up

Posted by bluesdirt on Tuesday, 04.25.06 @ 12:49pm | #1006

no sorry error is still popping up
darn!

Posted by bluesdirt on Friday, 04.28.06 @ 10:16pm | #1015

Hey!!!! lnxguit you were a big help! cause it worked for me too.

Posted by Carlos Alberto Lopez (http://www.svcommunity.org)on Sunday, 05.28.06 @ 11:28pm | #1231

Installing lesstif2 did the trick on OperaVer 8.54
for me as well. Thanks.

Posted by Radi on Saturday, 06.3.06 @ 04:09pm | #1435

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