Re: Unable to run seamonkey on Debian 8.3

[Rainer Bielefeld]

Hi all,

I submitted "Bug 1257256 - State clearly that Linux builds in Table are 
for 32bit only" .


Generally for such clear bugs a participant of the discussion should do 
that to initiate a fix.


A remark "The webmaster should ..." in a discussion here will not 
initiate a fix.


CU

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Re: Unable to run seamonkey on Debian 8.3

[EE]

WaltS48 wrote:

On 03/15/2016 01:26 AM, Amanda Sheppard wrote:

OK, so this seems to be the unhelpful message one gets when
trying to run a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit system where the
32-bit support libraries are NOT installed.

Totall agree. Moreover on the official downloads page (URL:
https://download.mozilla.org/?product=seamonkey-2.40=linux=en-US)
on which there's a green box with the words "Download Now", there's no
mention as to whether the download, Linux GTK2 English (38MB), is for
x86 or x86_64 arch.

The webmaster should specify clearly that the download link in the
green box is for 32-bit arch.



Anyone using SeaMonkey for any length of time knows that the official
builds for Windows, Mac and Linux are 32-bit.

If you want an unofficial 64-bit Linux build you have to go here.



AFAIK there are none for Windows and Mac.


The official build for Mac OS is 64-bit these days.

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Re: Unable to run seamonkey on Debian 8.3

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In ,
WaltS48  wrote:

> On 03/15/2016 01:26 AM, Amanda Sheppard wrote:
> >> OK, so this seems to be the unhelpful message one gets when
> >> trying to run a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit system where the
> >> 32-bit support libraries are NOT installed.  
> > Totall agree. Moreover on the official downloads page (URL:
> > https://download.mozilla.org/?product=seamonkey-2.40=linux=en-US)
> > on which there's a green box with the words "Download Now", there's
> > no mention as to whether the download, Linux GTK2 English (38MB),
> > is for x86 or x86_64 arch.
> >
> > The webmaster should specify clearly that the download link in the
> > green box is for 32-bit arch. 
> 
> Anyone using SeaMonkey for any length of time knows that the official 
> builds for Windows, Mac and Linux are 32-bit.

True, but IMO Amanda's right that the website should be clear,
especially in the case of Linux.  The vast majority of Linux machines
are 64-bit (but I don't know whether most of those are multilib or
not).  The release notes and system requirements don't say anything
about the download being 32-bit, either.  If a new user only comes along
once in a blue moon, that's all the more reason to want to give her a
not-so-frustrating experience.  

> If you want an unofficial 64-bit Linux build you have to go here.
> 
> 

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Re: Unable to run seamonkey on Debian 8.3

[WaltS48]

On 03/15/2016 01:26 AM, Amanda Sheppard wrote:

OK, so this seems to be the unhelpful message one gets when
trying to run a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit system where the
32-bit support libraries are NOT installed.

Totall agree. Moreover on the official downloads page (URL: 
https://download.mozilla.org/?product=seamonkey-2.40=linux=en-US) on which 
there's a green box with the words "Download Now", there's no mention as to whether the 
download, Linux GTK2 English (38MB), is for x86 or x86_64 arch.

The webmaster should specify clearly that the download link in the green box is 
for 32-bit arch.



Anyone using SeaMonkey for any length of time knows that the official 
builds for Windows, Mac and Linux are 32-bit.


If you want an unofficial 64-bit Linux build you have to go here.



AFAIK there are none for Windows and Mac.

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Re: Unable to run seamonkey on Debian 8.3

[Amanda Sheppard]

> OK, so this seems to be the unhelpful message one gets when
> trying to run a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit system where the
> 32-bit support libraries are NOT installed.

Totall agree. Moreover on the official downloads page (URL: 
https://download.mozilla.org/?product=seamonkey-2.40=linux=en-US) on 
which there's a green box with the words "Download Now", there's no mention as 
to whether the download, Linux GTK2 English (38MB), is for x86 or x86_64 arch.

The webmaster should specify clearly that the download link in the green box is 
for 32-bit arch.


> Try this one:
>
> https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/2.39/contrib/seamonkey-2.39.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2

I downloaded the latest version 2.40, x86_64 architecture whose URL is to be 
found under the sub-heading "Contributed builds (other platforms". I untarred 
it and am able to launch it without problem. Thanks.

>Not sure about the weasel, but Firefox uses .mozilla/firefox
>while seamonkey uses .mozilla/seamonkey, so no shared profiles.

You're right. On Debian 8.3, in the home directory, there's a hidden folder 
called .mozilla. When I opened it, there were two folders: firefox (for 
Iceweasel) and seamonkey. Conclusion: firefox and seamonkey don't share 
profiles.

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Re: Unable to run seamonkey on Debian 8.3

[Mason83]

On 14/03/2016 16:58, Amanda Sheppard wrote:

> I have Debian 8.3-amd64 on my machine and Iceweasel was installed by
> default.
> 
> I downloaded seamonkey-2.39.tar.bz2 from
> http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ and followed the
> instructions found on
> http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/install-and-uninstall
> 
> In a terminal I did the following
> 
> username@hostname:~/seamonkey$ ./seamonkey
> bash: ./seamonkey: No such file or directory

OK, so this seems to be the unhelpful message one gets when
trying to run a 32-bit binary on a 64-bit system where the
32-bit support libraries are NOT installed.

Try this one:

https://archive.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/2.39/contrib/seamonkey-2.39.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2

Untar somewhere convenient (like /opt)
and then just run /opt/seamonkey as a regular user.

> Another question: I have Iceweasel installed. If I do get seamonkey
> running, will its profile directory clash with Iceweasel's profile
> directory?

Not sure about the weasel, but Firefox uses .mozilla/firefox
while seamonkey uses .mozilla/seamonkey, so no shared profiles.

Regards.

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Re: Unable to run seamonkey on Debian 8.3

[Jonathan N. Little]

Amanda Sheppard wrote:

Hi

I have Debian 8.3-amd64 on my machine and Iceweasel was installed by
default.

I downloaded seamonkey-2.39.tar.bz2 from
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ and followed the instructions
found on http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/install-and-uninstall

In a terminal I did the following

username@hostname:~/seamonkey$ ./seamonkey
bash: ./seamonkey: No such file or directory
username@hostname:~/seamonkey$


Did you untar it first?

tar jxvf seamonkey-2.*.tar.bz2

That creates the seamonkey directory under wherever you downloaded the 
tgz file to.


I used the Ubuntuzilla PPA with Ubuntu



which uses a deb package and installation was a snap. Seamonkey is 
located here


~$ which seamonkey
/usr/bin/seamonkey

and the profile is located here under:

~/.mozilla/seamonkey




What happened? I used the default file manager in Gnome to navigate to
seamonkey directory and found there was indeed a seamonkey file.

Help to solve the above problem would be much appreciated.

Another question: I have Iceweasel installed. If I do get seamonkey
running, will its profile directory clash with Iceweasel's profile
directory?



So I would assume Iceweasel's profile  would be something like

~/.mozilla/iceweasel/

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Unable to run seamonkey on Debian 8.3

[Amanda Sheppard]

HiI have Debian 8.3-amd64 on my machine and Iceweasel was installed by default.I downloaded seamonkey-2.39.tar.bz2 from http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ and followed the instructions found on http://www.seamonkey-project.org/doc/install-and-uninstallIn a terminal I did the followingusername@hostname:~/seamonkey$ ./seamonkeybash: ./seamonkey: No such file or directoryusername@hostname:~/seamonkey$ What happened? I used the default file manager in Gnome to navigate to seamonkey directory and found there was indeed a seamonkey file.Help to solve the above problem would be much appreciated.Another question: I have Iceweasel installed. If I do get seamonkey running, will its profile directory clash with Iceweasel's profile directory?Regards. Washington DC's Largest FREE Email service. ---> http://www.DCemail.com ---> A Washington Online Community Member --->http://www.DCpages.com___
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