The package manager Muon doesn't list it, nor did I get far using apt
(I'm not exactly familiar with Ubuntus)
The package manager Muon doesn't list it, nor did I get far using apt
(I'm not exactly familiar with Ubuntus)
Am Freitag, 09. September 2022, um 23:33:19 Uhr schrieb bad sector:
The package manager Muon doesn't list it, nor did I get far using apt
(I'm not exactly familiar with Ubuntus)
It is not in the official repositories, but you can use a repo to
install it:
wget -O - 'http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xc77205f7194a3e1abe2df9a4b7b9c16f2667ca5c' |gpg --dearmor |sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntuzilla.gpg >/dev/null
Then create the file /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntuzilla.list with root privileges and put the following content inside:
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/ubuntuzilla.gpg] http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/ubuntuzilla/mozilla/apt all main
Then sudo apt update && sudo apt install seamonkey-mozilla-build
The package manager Muon doesn't list it, nor did I get far using apt
(I'm not exactly familiar with Ubuntus)
1) https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/
2) https://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/2.0/install-and-uninstall#install_linux
On 9/9/2022 11:33 PM, bad sector wrote:
The package manager Muon doesn't list it, nor did I get far using apt
(I'm not exactly familiar with Ubuntus)
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/#2.53.13
That's a tarball with executables in it, making it "portable".
It doesn't sit in /usr/bin. It sits in ~/Downloads/Seamonkey.
it has a file "updater" in it, and presumably this does
updates in the portable folder, as new versions become
available.
Which makes the thing "outside package management",
but still receiving updates.
With Seamonkey, sometimes the side-effects of the update
are too much for the "silent approach", and the user is
instead forced to download another tarball. And with any
luck, that tarball when "portably unpacked", will pick
up the profile via profiles.ini.
The only thing missing then, is a .desktop file. Since
it's a suite, I don't know how you go about doing
integration for one of those.
Paul
On 9/10/22 04:52, Paul wrote:
On 9/9/2022 11:33 PM, bad sector wrote:
The package manager Muon doesn't list it, nor did I get far using apt
(I'm not exactly familiar with Ubuntus)
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/#2.53.13
That's a tarball with executables in it, making it "portable".
It doesn't sit in /usr/bin. It sits in ~/Downloads/Seamonkey.
it has a file "updater" in it, and presumably this does
updates in the portable folder, as new versions become
available.
Which makes the thing "outside package management",
but still receiving updates.
With Seamonkey, sometimes the side-effects of the update
are too much for the "silent approach", and the user is
instead forced to download another tarball. And with any
luck, that tarball when "portably unpacked", will pick
up the profile via profiles.ini.
The only thing missing then, is a .desktop file. Since
it's a suite, I don't know how you go about doing
integration for one of those.
Paul
You read my mind as I was just about to ask "what's wrong with the Linux
way which was and remains compiling from source tarballs"? I like the
better package managment apps (Suse, Debian and maybe thuis 'buntu(?)
Muon) but find that the original developers' ideas about injecting the product into the system are deserving of respect and should at least in
some nominal proportion rule. Seamonkey composer has been and will
remain my word processor so I have a dog in the fight but am having
issues with mozila profiles and cross-version/cross-distro
incompatibilites partly of my own doing.
I leave desktop files to system janitors that may follow me around as I
make a mess in every corner. To put an icon on a panel that starts
composer for me I just create one for 'whaaaaaaatever' else and then
maybe give it my icon the important chore being to edit the command to
become something like
seamonkey -edit ~/my-notes.html
BTW, what exactly did you mean by "portably unpacked"? Is that the way whereby one unpacks into let's say ~/myprogs and links to the executable there without any further ado, footwork or involvement?
bad sector wrote:developers' ideas about injecting the product into the system are deserving of respect and should at least in some nominal proportion rule. Seamonkey composer has been and will remain my word processor so I have a dog in the fight but am having issues
On 9/10/22 04:52, Paul wrote:
On 9/9/2022 11:33 PM, bad sector wrote:
The package manager Muon doesn't list it, nor did I get far using apt
(I'm not exactly familiar with Ubuntus)
https://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/#2.53.13
That's a tarball with executables in it, making it "portable".
It doesn't sit in /usr/bin. It sits in ~/Downloads/Seamonkey.
it has a file "updater" in it, and presumably this does
updates in the portable folder, as new versions become
available.
Which makes the thing "outside package management",
but still receiving updates.
With Seamonkey, sometimes the side-effects of the update
are too much for the "silent approach", and the user is
instead forced to download another tarball. And with any
luck, that tarball when "portably unpacked", will pick
up the profile via profiles.ini.
The only thing missing then, is a .desktop file. Since
it's a suite, I don't know how you go about doing
integration for one of those.
Paul
You read my mind as I was just about to ask "what's wrong with the Linux way which was and remains compiling from source tarballs"? I like the better package managment apps (Suse, Debian and maybe thuis 'buntu(?) Muon) but find that the original
being to edit the command to become something like
I leave desktop files to system janitors that may follow me around as I make a mess in every corner. To put an icon on a panel that starts composer for me I just create one for 'whaaaaaaatever' else and then maybe give it my icon the important chore
For example, not tested!
seamonkey -edit ~/my-notes.html
BTW, what exactly did you mean by "portably unpacked"? Is that the way whereby one unpacks into let's say ~/myprogs and links to the executable there without any further ado, footwork or involvement?
Unpack seamonkey-2.53.13.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2 to ~/opt/seamonkey/
$ ./seamonkey --help
Usage: ./seamonkey [ options ... ] [URL]
where options include:
..
-addressbook Open the address book at startup.
-compose [ <options> ] Compose a mail or news message. Options are specified ..
TextEditor ~/.local/share/applications/seamonkey.desktop --------------------------------------------------------
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=SeaMonkey Release
Comment=Internet Application Suite
GenericName=SeaMonkey
Exec=/home/username/opt/seamonkey/seamonkey %u Icon=/home/username/opt/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/default.png Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Network;WebBrowser;
StartupNotify=true
[Desktop Action Compose]
Name=Compose New Message
Exec=/home/username/opt/seamonkey/seamonkey -compose
[Desktop Action ...]
Name=...
Exec=/home/username/opt/seamonkey/seamonkey -...
..
--------------------------------------------------------
| Sysop: | Keyop |
|---|---|
| Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Users: | 299 |
| Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
| Uptime: | 86:16:57 |
| Calls: | 6,696 |
| Calls today: | 1 |
| Files: | 12,230 |
| Messages: | 5,348,140 |
