If you are still looking for a deb package... http://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntuzilla/files/mozilla/apt/pool/main/s/seamonkey-mozilla-build/
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” Edmund Burke James Indiana > Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 02:06:12 -0700 > Subject: Re: Seamonkey as .deb package > To: [email protected] > > On 08/17/2014 10:48 PM, Bret Busby wrote: > > Hello. > > > > I am hoping that I have not previously posted this query to this list. > > > > As the Debian Project has omitted iceape, its derivative of Seamonkey, > > from Debian 7, I am wondering what is the prospect of Seamonkey being > > released as a .deb package for installation on Debian 7. > > > > I had tried installing the Seamonkey tarball, according to the published > > instructions, and could not then get Seamonkey to work. > > You don't need a .deb. All you need to do is create a > /home/<user>/seamonkey directory, copy the tarball to that directory, > extract it there, and then run > $ /home/<user>/seamonkey/seamonkey/seamonkey > Create a menu link with the same, and select the icon from > $/home/<user>/seamonkey/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/default.png > Doesn't get much simpler than that. > > If you can't figure out how to create a menu entry, you can drop this > into a gedit file into > > #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open > > [Desktop Entry] > Categories=GTK;Network; > GenericName=Internet Suite > Icon[en_US]=/home/<yourusernamehere>/seamonkey/seamonkey/chrome/icons/default/seamonkey.png > NoDisplay=false > Terminal=false > Type=Application > Exec=/home/<yourusernamehere>/seamonkey/seamonkey/seamonkey %u > Name[en_US]=Mozilla SeaMonkey > Name=Mozilla SeaMonkey > Comment[en_US]=Mozilla SeaMonkey > Comment=Mozilla SeaMonkey > > > > > As a .deb package, software is usually installed, with all dependencies > > taken care of, and the launch link, added to the appropriate desktop > > menu, so it makes it all, relatively simple. > > > > The system upon which I was unable to get Seamonkey to work (and I am > > not sure that it properly installed), is Debian 7 amd64 LXDE. > > Use the 64bit tarball: > > <http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/2.29.1> > Bottom of page: > > Linux/x86_64 > Linux/x86_64 .tar.bz2 (readme) (MD5 sum) (SHA1 sum) > (ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/2.29.1/contrib/seamonkey-2.29.1.en-US.linux-x86_64.tar.bz2) > > > > > I note that, on the web page at > > http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/ > > the download for MS Windows, is a .exe installer, so I suppose that what > > I am seeking, is the equivalent, as a .deb package for Debian 7 amd64 . > > > > Thank you in anticipation. > > > > -- > > Bret Busby > > Armadale > > West Australia _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
