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need help deleating opera lock file

Asked by Andrew

i need to delete the old home/user/.opera folder could someone please tell me how to find it and delete it as i am new to ubuntu i dont know how to do this .as opera wont launch anymore comes up with alock file error. Thanks Andrew

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Max Schukin (schukin) said : 		#1

Hi Andrew,

Try to remove the lock file first:
1. Close Opera.
2. Open a terminal window by going to Applications => Accessories => Terminal.
3. Enter "sudo rm /home/(your username)/.opera/lock".

If this won't work, try this:
1. Close Opera.
2. Uninstall Opera.
3. Open a terminal window by going to Applications => Accessories => Terminal.
4. Enter "sudo rm -r /home/(your username)/.opera".
5. Install Opera.

Hope this helps.

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Andrew (workshop1702) said : 		#2

do i need toput the brakets before and after my username its andrew by the way can you tellme exactly what i need to type into terminalasi get syntax error unexpected token `('
 have tried it without still doesnt seem to work

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Max Schukin (schukin) said : 		#3

If your username is Andrew type "sudo rm /home/Andrew/.opera/lock" and "sudo rm -r /home/Andrew/.opera"

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Best Max Schukin (schukin) said : 		#4

To get your username run terminal and type "who am i".

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Andrew (workshop1702) said : 		#5

Thanks Max Schukin, that solved my question.