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    How do I install SeaMonkey?

    Ubuntu 8.04 I downloaded the Seamonkey for Linux from http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ and unpacked the archive. I now have a directory with the following files:
    • config.ini
    • installer.ini
    • MPL-1.1.txt
    • README (yes I read it)
    • seamonkey-installer
    • seamonkey-installer-bin

    Tried double-clicking on a few files with no success. Decided to open a terminal prompt, navigate to that directory, entered: seamonkey-installer

    david@david-laptop~Downloads/seamonkey-installer$ seamonkey-installer
    bash: seamonkey-installer: command not found

    and,... I'm out of ideas.

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    Re: How do I install SeaMonkey?

    Quote Originally Posted by deleyd View Post
    Ubuntu 8.04 I downloaded the Seamonkey for Linux from http://www.seamonkey-project.org/ and unpacked the archive. I now have a directory with the following files:
    • config.ini
    • installer.ini
    • MPL-1.1.txt
    • README (yes I read it)
    • seamonkey-installer
    • seamonkey-installer-bin

    Tried double-clicking on a few files with no success. Decided to open a terminal prompt, navigate to that directory, entered: seamonkey-installer

    david@david-laptop~Downloads/seamonkey-installer$ seamonkey-installer
    bash: seamonkey-installer: command not found

    and,... I'm out of ideas.
    Code:
    sudo apt-get install seamonkey

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    Re: How do I install SeaMonkey?

    You do not install software in linux like you do in windows.
    we have something called a repository, a vasy library of apllications for you to use...
    here is a good guide on how to use them:
    http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/
    HOME BUILT SYSTEM! http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/22804/ Please vote up!
    remember kiddies: sudo rm -rf= BAD!, if someone tells you to do this, please ignore them unless YOU WANT YOUR SYSTEM WIPED

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    Re: How do I install SeaMonkey?

    Hmm...What format is it? Tar.gz? If yes, it's a bit more complicated...Here is a link witch may help you http://www.monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/

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    Re: How do I install SeaMonkey?

    .deb format are the format used by Debian-based distributions (including X/K/ed/Ubuntu).

    If you have repositories enabled .deb files are automatically installed along with all the libraries, etc they depend upon.

    See: https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/add-app...s/C/index.html

    Check http://www.getdeb.net for deb files that aren't in the Ubuntu repositories.

    If there are no .deb files available for a particular application you want you will download (probably) as a tar.gz file. Unpack it and follow the instructions in the INSTALL or README file in that directory. Usually you will have to go to that directory in a terminal windows, type ./configure, then make, sudo make install & make clean. You may well get error messages about missing libraries which you need to install first.

    Probably best to install checkinstall first to enable easy (well easier) uninstallation.
    Last edited by kwacka; May 29th, 2008 at 01:12 AM. Reason: extra information added

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    Re: How do I install SeaMonkey?

    Quote Originally Posted by deleyd View Post
    • config.ini
    • installer.ini
    • MPL-1.1.txt
    • README (yes I read it)
    • seamonkey-installer
    • seamonkey-installer-bin

    Tried double-clicking on a few files with no success. Decided to open a terminal prompt, navigate to that directory, entered: seamonkey-installer

    david@david-laptop~Downloads/seamonkey-installer$ seamonkey-installer
    bash: seamonkey-installer: command not found

    and,... I'm out of ideas.
    Try ./seamonkey-installer

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    Re: How do I install SeaMonkey?

    Quote Originally Posted by oldos2er View Post
    Try ./seamonkey-installer
    Do that command in the terminal while you're in the directory containing seamonkey-installer. And if it didn't work, you may need to make the seamonkey-installer executable, with the chmod command (like chmod u+x seamonkey-installer).

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    Re: How do I install SeaMonkey?

    Seamonkey is on Ubuntu repositories
    Click on "System" -> "Administration" -> Synaptic

    Click on "Search"
    Search for "seamonkey"

    Mark the packages you want to install
    Suggestions:
    seamonkey
    seamonkey-browser
    seamonkey-gnome-support
    seamonkey-mailnews

    And then click "Apply"

    Wait for it to download and install

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    Re: How do I install SeaMonkey?

    Try:
    sudo apt-get install alien
    sudo alien -d [nameofpackage].tar.gz
    It will take a while but it will make a .deb
    double click the .deb

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    Re: How do I install SeaMonkey?

    Quote Originally Posted by P3ngu1n0 View Post
    Try:
    sudo apt-get install alien
    sudo alien -d [nameofpackage].tar.gz
    It will take a while but it will make a .deb
    double click the .deb
    Alien is used for converting RPM packages, not tar.gz packages.
    Checkinstall is used for making tar.gz packages into deb packages.

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