[olpc-community-support] How do I save an image from the web

[phigan]

russelldad at gmail.com wrote:
> Is there a way to save an image from a web page onto the XO hard drive, and then get the path to that image so that I can upload it?


You may be able to enter the direct URL of the image you want to save, but I have not attempted this with the Browse activity.

Opera (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Opera) is what I've been using, and it seems to work pretty well! You have to install it and run it in Terminal. Things you need to know:

Opera-activity on that page doesn't work right now.
When you download something in the Browse activity, it goes into the Journal and in /home/olpc/.sugar/default/datastore/store as a funky filename. Match up the date and filesize, 'cp' it to your /home/olpc directory, and then erase it from the Journal.
To install an rpm, do this as root: rpm -vi <filename>
To run opera after it's installed: opera &

It gives you a right-click menu and will let you save images.

- Joe