Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-25 Thread Jens Hatlak
NoOp wrote: On 05/23/2010 02:23 PM, Jens Hatlak wrote: Rob Lindauer wrote: The Seamonkey install instructions I've been using (successfully) for a year or two have me expand the Seamonkey tar/bz2 file into a subdirectory under home, and manually add an entry in my Gnome/Kde menu, as opposed to

Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-25 Thread Tony
Jens Hatlak wrote: Rob Lindauer wrote: The Seamonkey install instructions I've been using (successfully) for a year or two have me expand the Seamonkey tar/bz2 file into a subdirectory under home, and manually add an entry in my Gnome/Kde menu, as opposed to installing via Synaptic/Apt. The

Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-25 Thread NoOp
On 05/25/2010 04:40 PM, Tony wrote: ... I have a related question - I have set up my laptop with Ubuntu 10.4 LTS and installed 2.0.4 from the Ubuntu Software Respository. Seems to be working fine but no mail/news just browser composer. I think I see the appropriate files for mail/news but

Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-24 Thread Rob Lindauer
Philip Chee wrote: On Sun, 23 May 2010 15:54:26 -0700, NoOp wrote: On 05/23/2010 02:23 PM, Jens Hatlak wrote: Basically all extensions that have default preferences and/or components. All these had to be installed somewhere under the SeaMonkey application directory. You might have

Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-24 Thread NoOp
On 05/23/2010 09:25 PM, Philip Chee wrote: On Sun, 23 May 2010 15:54:26 -0700, NoOp wrote: On 05/23/2010 02:23 PM, Jens Hatlak wrote: With SeaMonkey versions before 2.0 there were extensions that needed to be installed into the application directory so you needed access to that directory,

Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-24 Thread Jens Hatlak
NoOp wrote: On 05/23/2010 09:25 PM, Philip Chee wrote: On Sun, 23 May 2010 15:54:26 -0700, NoOp wrote: Can you please advise which extensions required root access? Note: not a confrontational question, just curious as this is the first I've heard of this. Basically all extensions that have

Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-24 Thread Stanimir Stamenkov
Mon, 24 May 2010 21:38:51 +0200, /Jens Hatlak/: NoOp wrote: /home/username/seamonkey119/./seamonkey -no-remote -mail -browser BTW: -no-remote does nothing with SeaMonkey version prior to 2.0. Just remove it. I remember this has come up before

Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-24 Thread Jens Hatlak
Stanimir Stamenkov wrote: Mon, 24 May 2010 21:38:51 +0200, /Jens Hatlak/: NoOp wrote: /home/username/seamonkey119/./seamonkey -no-remote -mail -browser BTW: -no-remote does nothing with SeaMonkey version prior to 2.0. Just remove it. I remember this has come up before

Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-24 Thread NoOp
On 05/24/2010 12:38 PM, Jens Hatlak wrote: NoOp wrote: On 05/23/2010 09:25 PM, Philip Chee wrote: On Sun, 23 May 2010 15:54:26 -0700, NoOp wrote: Can you please advise which extensions required root access? Note: not a confrontational question, just curious as this is the first I've heard of

Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-23 Thread NoOp
On 05/23/2010 12:27 PM, Rob Lindauer wrote: The Seamonkey install instructions I've been using (successfully) for a year or two have me expand the Seamonkey tar/bz2 file into a subdirectory under home, and manually add an entry in my Gnome/Kde menu, as opposed to installing via

Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-23 Thread Jens Hatlak
Rob Lindauer wrote: The Seamonkey install instructions I've been using (successfully) for a year or two have me expand the Seamonkey tar/bz2 file into a subdirectory under home, and manually add an entry in my Gnome/Kde menu, as opposed to installing via Synaptic/Apt. The rationale as I recall

Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-23 Thread Phillip Jones
NoOp wrote: On 05/23/2010 12:27 PM, Rob Lindauer wrote: The Seamonkey install instructions I've been using (successfully) for a year or two have me expand the Seamonkey tar/bz2 file into a subdirectory under home, and manually add an entry in my Gnome/Kde menu, as opposed to installing via

Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-23 Thread NoOp
On 05/23/2010 06:31 PM, Phillip Jones wrote: NoOp wrote: ... Or, if you want an 'unofficial' Ubuntu system install that works (32bit 63bit): 63 bit? Yeah... I was watching the Sharks get wooped by the Blackhawks at the time dropped a bit in the process :-)

Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-23 Thread Phillip Jones
NoOp wrote: On 05/23/2010 06:31 PM, Phillip Jones wrote: NoOp wrote: ... Or, if you want an 'unofficial' Ubuntu system install that works (32bit 63bit): 63 bit? Yeah... I was watching the Sharks get wooped by the Blackhawks at the time dropped a bit in the process :-) Thought maybe

Re: Installing Seamonkey manually vs via Synaptic / Apt (Ubuntu / Mint)

2010-05-23 Thread Philip Chee
On Sun, 23 May 2010 15:54:26 -0700, NoOp wrote: On 05/23/2010 02:23 PM, Jens Hatlak wrote: With SeaMonkey versions before 2.0 there were extensions that needed to be installed into the application directory so you needed access to that directory, which usually meant you needed to be root.